Issue No. 897
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A double-edged sword
Hizbullah has proven its resolve when under threat. Unless there is a swift political deal, civil strife could be the net result, Lucy Fielder reports from Beirut Uncertainty abounds
Dina Ezzat examines how a flurry of high-level diplomatic and business contacts may impact a region mired in turmoil and complexities Crooked at the top
Humiliated in 2006 and now hit by corruption scandals, most Israelis want Prime Minister Olmert to resign immediately, writes Jonathan Cook Storm clouds in Gaza
Egypt's efforts at mediating have no chance as Israel prepares for more aggression, warns Saleh Al-Naami Because it is our right
Anayat Durrani outlines plans to mourn 60 years of tragedy 'Yes...but'
Should a truce between Hamas and Israel prove tough to deliver, Cairo is determined to secure containment at the least Challenges and opportunities
Gamal Nkrumah attends the launch of this year's UNDP Egypt Human Development Report Flaming over gas
The campaign against the sale of natural gas to Israel is gathering momentum, reports Gamal Essam El-Din All change, again
So the education system is being overhauled. What's new, asks Reem Leila No going back
Druze allegations and Hizbullah actions have shattered the tenuous calm In the eyes of Hizbullah
Hanady Salman reflects on six fateful days in the streets of Beirut Skirting the precipice
Despite the sad sight of casualties, recent events in Lebanon may have sent tremors strong enough to break the current political deadlock, writes Ayman El-Amir First bluff, now blood
In an unprecedented development, a Darfur armed opposition group storms Sudan's cultural capital, writes Gamal Nkrumah The sight of moulds breaking
The tales of three unstable states expose the tender underbelly of the inheritors of the Pan-Arab dream, writes Gamal Nkrumah This state cannot survive
A growing number of Israeli intellectuals believe their state may soon implode by force of its contradictions and failures, writes Saleh Al-Naami Israel's twilight years
Palestinians are increasingly rejecting the crumbs of a two-state solution in favour of justice for all in a single state, Palestine, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah Nakba ongoing
Unseen and unreported, Israeli police attacked children and parents who wished to remember the Palestinian national tragedy that is the flipside of the birth of Israel, writes Jonathan Cook in Nazareth An irreducible fact
In the face of the most sustained assault on the collective memory of a people in recent history, the Palestinians still remember who they are, writes Ramzy Baroud Breaking up
The honeymoon lasted six weeks but Pakistan's two main political parties have decided to go their separate ways, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad Silent tsunami
Is there more than meets the eye in the sudden flurry of talk about a world food crisis, asks Eric Walberg The future according to WEF
An international high-level conference to be convened in Sharm El-Sheikh next week is a good opportunity for Egypt to show off, Mona El-Fiqi reports The viable solution
In a wide-ranging interview, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin tells Assem El-Kersh that the only way to end poverty in Egypt is to continue to pursue sustainable growth while ensuring that public spending is directed far more efficiently at those most in need Les Miserables redefined
Nehad Selaiha watches a curious Egyptian version of the famous musical Les Miserables at the National Trio march ahead
In contrasting styles, three Egyptian clubs advanced in their respective African football club championships, reports Ahmed Morsy |
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The Dome of the Rock, Islam's third holiest shrine, is engulfed with fireworks marking the start of Israel's celebrations; Palestinians watch as a huge 10-metre long iron key is brought to the symbolic "Return Gate" at Aida refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem during a gathering to mark the 60th anniversary of the Nakba; Top right: Hanzala, the infamous caricature character by Nagi Al-Ali has become an icon of the disgruntled Palestinian dismayed with the disheartening Arab status quo
 Resisting the Nakba
By Joseph Massad
 Memory for forgetfulness
By Mahmoud Darwish
Project tabula rasa
By Jonathan Cook
History lessons
If the six decades of the Arab-Israeli conflict should have taught us anything it is surely that it is time to think out of the box, writes Hassan Nafaa We remain
Nothing can annul the legitimacy of the Palestinian struggle for justice and self-determination, writes Mustafa Barghouti The Soviet hand in Israel
While Balfour is usually blamed for the break up of Palestine, it was the Soviets that ensured the creation of Israel, writes Rumy Hasan Towards a modern state
Attempts to accommodate Islamism are at heart regressive, argues Galal Nassar Salama A Salama Sixty terrible years |
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