In today's Israel, advocating equal rights for all can prove fatal, writes Ahmad Tibi

In hosting a successful World Cup, South Africa brought light to an entire continent, writes Ayman El-Amir

For Arabs who have fully supported Obama, the tone and content of the recent joint press conference with Netanyahu was like a cold shower, writes James Zogby

Giving the Palestinian refugees the right to work would benefit Lebanon and the refugees, says Franklin Lamb in Beirut

Nicola Nasser assesses what Obama's embrace of Netanyahu means

The recent meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama turned out to be bland and fuzzy on detail, writes James Gundun

In kowtowing to Netanyahu, Barack Obama has proved that his outreach to the Arab and Islamic world was but hot air, writes Jeremy Salt in Ankara

Western academics continue to debate the best means of promoting democracy, but in reference to the Arab world they misread the reasons for the democratic deficit, writes Amr Hamzawy

The way some childish pundits talk, Egypt would be better off if it didn't develop its land resources at all, writes Abdel-Moneim Said