Yet another nothing
While Hamas is changing facts on the ground at Rafah, the latest talks between Abbas and Olmert go nowhere, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied East Jerusalem
People power in Gaza
At the end of the day, it was simply people standing up and marching to Gaza's border that changed everything, writes Ramzy Baroud
Spontaneous popular action on the part of Palestinians in Gaza left all political players reeling last week, sparking an influx of an estimated 700,000 Palestinians -- near half of the Gaza Strip population -- into the Egyptian Sinai, desperate for food, fuel, medical supplies and other basic necessities of life. Can the genie be put back in the bottle? And should it?
Israel's Gaza mess The crisis created by Israel's blockade of Gaza is unlikely to go away anytime soon, writes Dina Ezzat
New dawn
When the walls collapsed, so did the red lines drawn by Israel and the Palestinian Authority, writes Saleh Al-Naami from Gaza
Brotherhood sought
Palestinian calls for a permanent border agreement with Egypt intensify as Gaza is swiftly returned to a state of total siege, reports Serene Assir from Gaza
The Rafah Quartet
Out of crisis springs opportunity, but Hamas, Israel, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority must work together, writes Ezzedine Choukri-Fishere
Constants reiterated
In Damascus, Amira Howeidy attends a conference of Palestinians who refuse to kowtow
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