While Palestinian negotiators are weak and prone to sign any peace deal, Israel's current leaders look set to reject every solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes Ghada Karmi

Through the eyes of his children, Amr Hamzawy reflects on Egypt and Egyptians

Yet more pointless talks with Israel, asks Stuart Littlewood in London

Boycotting Israeli settlement products is not as simple as it sounds, as Khalil Nakhleh discovers

By standing his ground on the Cordoba project, Obama has not just reinvented his own leadership, but has led the world to rediscover America, writes Aijaz Zaka Syed

The situation of the peace process is fraught, but hope must be maintained, writes James Zogby

Finally a people's history of Palestine is emerging; one that is as honest about itself as about its oppressor, writes Ramzy Baroud

In response to efforts to involve the US in plans to attack Iran the answer must be never again, argues Jeff Gates

The sensational theft of a Van Gogh from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum leads Abdel-Moneim Said to ponder the place of art in today's Egypt