Bush says he wants to talk, but no one knows about what, writes Gamil Mattar

False oppositions and machinations are rife in the Arab world, where secularism has become a corrupted political fashion, writes Azmi Bishara

We sensationalise our defeats without learning the hard lessons from them, writes Amin Howeidi

The success of the Justice and Development Party in the Turkish elections is a victory of pragmatism over pedantry, writes Galal Nassar

If oil producing Arab states turned up the economic pressure, Israeli recalcitrance in the face of international law would collapse, writes John V Whitbeck

Just as Jews in Egypt and Iraq in the 20th century were manipulated by Israel, so now Iran's Jewish community is in peril, reflects Jonathan Cook

As Bush scrambles to save face from his bloody presidency, Palestinians should not be fooled into accepting what their so-called leaders deem the best peace on offer, opines Ayman El-Amir