Gamal Nkrumah sounds out Nayef Hawatmeh's views on Palestine, Pan-Arabism, Gaza and Hamas

As Israel engages in nationwide defence drills, Abbas is told that settlement expansion will continue, reports Khaled Amayreh from Ramallah

Bombs would fall under other circumstances, but when influential rabbis call for the total annihilation of the Palestinians the world watches without blinking, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Lebanon viewed Israel's military manoeuvre with trepidation this week, but opinion was divided over whether it presaged war, Lucy Fielder reports from Beirut

A new film offers a devastating portrait of Israel's stranglehold over Palestinian water resources

Participants in the second Asia Middle East Dialogue meeting underline the importance of cooperation and inter-faith harmony, Doaa El-Bey reports

On a drive to disarm Sadr ahead of provincial elections, Al-Maliki proposes that militias back none in politics except him and his allies, reports Saad Abdel-Wahab from Baghdad

Intra-Shia strife is further evidence that after five years the US occupation cannot provide stability in Iraq, writes Ibrahim Nawwar