Al-Ahram Weekly Online   22 - 28 January 2009
Issue No. 931
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Arab pipe dreams
The Arabs don't have what it takes to reach a union, and Israel's role in dividing the Arabs doesn't help, writes Hassan Nafaa
The Gaza aftermath
The Arabs are trapped between the anvil of Israeli belligerency and the hammer of US indifference to their concerns, writes Ayman El-Amir
Whose resistance?
Democratically elected or not, no one asked the Palestinian people if they wanted to confront Israel in the name of resistance, writes Amr Hamzawy
Time for trial
International law not only establishes state responsibility, but also individual responsibility. It is time that this was invoked, and Israeli war crimes and other violations prosecuted, writes Elna Sondergaard
Israel's enduring fantasy
Israel dreams that it can break the will of Gaza. It cannot, writes Ramzy Baroud

Editorial:
Assigning blame

Close up:
Ambivalent Europe
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Before more blood is shed
By Sameh Fawzi


This week:
Barack Obama

Cartoon by Gomaa

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