Having clung to it for long, Palestinian officials are seeing the basis of the two-state solution evaporate before their eyes, writes Saleh Al-Naami

With a more liberal government in Washington and a more hawkish one in Tel Aviv, this is some change, if only in rhetoric, says Anayat Durrani

While its founders believed that the violence and racism at the heart of Israel's birth would be forgotten, it isn't and never will be, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem

Pre-empting the outcome of national dialogue, Mahmoud Abbas has reappointed his unpopular premier. It won't do him good, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah

Could the dynamics of democracy be moving finally in the right direction in Kuwait? Sherine Bahaa assesses the results of the Kuwaiti elections

Military manoeuvres and a network of spies: is Israel preparing for another war on Lebanon? In Beirut, Omayma Abdel-Latif seeks answers