Russia announced that it will begin loading fuel into Iran's Bushehr reactor this week, marking a further shift in the Iranian nuclear question, writes Amani Maged

Syria was the target of intense diplomatic efforts by Iran this week, with the country's foreign minister and top adviser to supreme leader Ali Khamenei visiting Damascus, writes Bassel Oudat

The US is trying to convince Iran that a nuclear weapons programme is not in its own best interests rather than planning military strikes, argues Ali Younes

Electricity remains subject to long daily outages in Gaza, the problem not only Israel but also Palestinian disunity, writes Saleh Al-Naami

A decision by the British Methodist Church to boycott products from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories has led to a determined counter-attack, writes Stuart Littlewood in London

A globalised Palestine is a normal Palestine and one that is a member of the WTO, writes Jamil Salman in Amman

While Netanyahu greeted Muslims around the world, bulldozers in Jerusalem were busy desecrating historic Muslim graves, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

The US is backing the naturalisation of Palestinian refugees in any country but Lebanon, while refusing to support their social and economic rights, writes Franklin Lamb in Beirut

Despite the suffering they have endured over recent decades, it seems the Iraqis will have to endure a lot more pain, writes Salah Hemeid

Getting a grip on referendum logistics has proven difficult, triggering a new round of political crises in Sudan, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Israeli attacks on Gaza and the Lebanese border in recent weeks, together with increasing repression in the West Bank, may suggest a larger offensive is in the offing, writes Stephen Lendman