Al-Ahram Weekly Online   15 - 21 May 2008
Issue No. 897
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

We remain
Nothing can annul the legitimacy of the Palestinian struggle for justice and self-determination, writes Mustafa Barghouti
In Focus: Towards a modern state
Attempts to accommodate Islamism are at heart regressive, argues Galal Nassar
'My way or the highway'
In turning its arms on its Lebanese opponents, Hizbullah transitioned from a movement in resistance to a movement embracing tyranny, writes Hussain Abdul-Hussain
History lessons
If the six decades of the Arab-Israeli conflict should have taught us anything it is surely that it is time to think out of the box, writes Hassan Nafaa
The Soviet hand in Israel
While Balfour is usually blamed for the break up of Palestine, it was the Soviets that ensured the creation of Israel, writes Rumy Hasan
Resisting the Nakba
The viciousness of Israel is testament to its knowing that Palestinians will always remain steadfast and defeat its past and present attempts to erase them, writes Joseph Massad

Editorial:
Rethinking epithets

Close up:
Sixty terrible years
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Soapbox: Lebanon's third way
By Ammar Ali Hassan

Cartoon by Gomaa

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