Rice's last and final visit to Israel/Palestine is conclusive proof that the neocons achieved nothing and could offer nothing, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah

With Fatah clamping down hard on Hamas in the West Bank, Palestinian unity is the clearest victim, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah

Israeli military operations and the siege on Gaza make an end to the Egyptian-mediate ceasefire inevitable, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Arafat's death served Israel well, leaving the Palestinians in disarray, says Ghada Karmi

Damascus television aired the confessions of the perpetrators of a recent bombing. But what exactly are the Syrians trying to say? Bassel Oudat reports from Damascus

Can Lebanese society pull together under the ever-looming war clouds, asks Raed Al-Rafei

Serene Assir in Madrid interviewed Mohamed Al-Faidhi, spokesman of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq, on the future of the Iraqi resistance and the inevitability of US withdrawal