Effective, targeted sanctions against the symbols of Israeli occupation could break the deadlock of the stalled Arab-Israeli peace process, writes Ezzedine Choukri Fishere

So far, Obama's Israel-Palestine policy appears indistinguishable from that of previous US administrations, writes Galal Nassar

With Israel's political system fractured, Arabs can seize the moment and define the terms of debate on peace and its achievement, writes James Zogby

Understanding and tolerance between the West and Islam can hardly be achieved when one side continues abusing the other, writes Aijaz Zaka Syed

Though it's early days for Obama, sooner or later he will have to face and deal with the reality of terror, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

Unless Obama can change the US's Middle East policy, which means confronting Israel's new right-wing leadership, his entire programme for change will collapse, writes Hassan Nafaa

While some saw Israel's war on Gaza as an attempt to restore Israel's military cache, it was Israeli deterrence that was the final victim of Israel's failed offensive, writes Amin Howeidi

The Taliban are coming, shouts Muqtedar Khan

The ascendance of a business class in other parts of the world has fostered democracy. Can the same happen in the Arab world, asks Amr Hamzawy