Al-Ahram Weekly Online   27 August - 2 September 2009
Issue No. 962
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Terrorism revisited
The deliberate confusion of resistance to occupation with terrorism serves to reinforce the latter, argues Ayman El-Amir
With Mubarak in Washington
The prospects for peace, writes Abdel-Moneim Said following his return from the US capital, are more positive than at any time in recent memory
Anti-Zionists: the new heretics
Just as the Inquisitions decided who was in and who was out, with dreadful consequences for the latter, so now is Zionism in its demand for total allegiance to Israel, writes Jeff Gates
Could El-Baradei have halted the Iraq invasion?
Latent indications of remorse suggest there is more to the role of some in paving the way for the invasion of Iraq than at first meets the eye, writes Abdallah El-Ashaal
The right to walk
Israel's atrocities in Gaza must not be allowed to slip from public consciousness, writes Ramzy Baroud
Palestine in relativity
Freedom or oblivion is the stark choice facing all Palestinians, writes Mazin Qumsiyeh
Another long hot summer
As happens to every president, the malaise of summer has derailed, somewhat, the momentum of Obama. That he will fight back and prevail is nonetheless assured, writes James Zogby
Time to speak openly and freely
Israel has profited from the intellectual cowardice of others long enough. It must be exposed for what it is, writes George Hishmeh
In Focus: The Islamic Republic of Gaza
How can the project to liberate Palestine be saved from collapse, asks Galal Nassar
My name is Khan
The aggravated detention of India's greatest superstar is proof that America under Obama has not yet turned a page on the paranoia of Bush's war on terror, writes Aijaz Zaka Syed

Editorial:
Whither Palestine?

Close up:
Old medicine
By Salama A Salama


This week:
Ramadan

Cartoon by Gomaa

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