Lessons of 9-11 - The world has not made the necessary changes in how it responds to terror.

Everybody loves the Hamas - Everyone has been showering "gifts" on this reactionary genocidal group.

Middle East: Hungry and Angry - The food problem can only be solved at a global level.

Between Israel and Lebanon - A youthful vision of peace by a 13 year old Israeli girl.

If only my dream is realized - A Palestinian girl in Ramallah dreams of peace.

Egypt: Women's Rights - Are Egyptian women winning the battle, or fooling themselves?

Palestine: One state nightmare or two state reality? Straight talk and good sense from the UAE.

Oasis of Peace - Deanna Armbruster's glowing report of Neve Shalom, Wahat al Salaam. Can it really be a model for coexistence? Why can't there be more?

Abie Nathan - Abu Salaam - Middle East Peace has lost a spiritual father.

Palestine 2018- A Palestinian student imagines peace in Ramallah.

Israel 2018 - An Israeli student imagines peace in the future.

Palestine & Israel: One state and binational state 'solutions' are frauds - Nobody sincerely offers to give up nationality in order to solve a national conflict.

Israel & the Palestinians - No peace progress, whose fault? - The object of the exercise is not to solve the problem, but to blame the other side.

No attack on Iran in sight - Perennial rumors are wrong as usual.

Will Iran Finally Blink? - an optimistic appraisal.

Not Everything is conflict - Arab-Jewish relations in Israel.

Gaza: how peace is lulled to eternal sleep - There can be no peace with Hamas in power.

Democracy in the Middle East - Democracy cannot mean forcing people to conform to the wishes of another country.

Muslim-Jewish dialogue - A Muslim reaches out to Jews, albeit in a flawed way perhaps.

A flight of white doves - Account of a Scottish interfaith dialogue in the holy land.

Is US Middle East policy hopeless? A prestigious policy forum presents platitudes and spin along with unrealistic and undesirable goals for the Middle East. The product reflects US Middle East ignorance.

Middle East Hopes Tempered by Caution - Is this the dawn of a new era in the Middle East? Maybe, says Benjamin Pogrund.

The day Middle East Peace broke out A series of improbable events that may not be as wonderful as they seem.

Hezbollah and Lebanon: Whistling in the Dark - Everyone pretends the disaster didn't happen. A Middle East fantasy.

Israel - Syria Negotiations and their Possible Impact on Israel - Palestinian Peace

Israel-Syria peace: a possible dream? We all want it to happen, but wishing will never make it so.

Springtime for Nasrallah and Iran, winter for Lebanon and France - The hollow Doha compromise.

Lebanon: frozen in the headlamps of history - Everyone sees the danger, nobody is doing anything about it.

Rights for Palestinian refugees - Palestinian refugees are betrayed by their own leaders.

Israel-Palestinian negotiations muddle - No progress toward Middle East peace because leaders are unwilling to make public commitments.

Durban Conference: Pushing the World's Battle against Racism - There is still a chance this conference will be about racism, and not an anti-Semitic hate fest.

Perverting the language of dialogue and peace making - Middle East double-talk makes genocidal intent masquerade as "peace" and reconciliation.

Arab World: Who's the leader of the club? - No wonder Hassan Nassrallah is the most popular guy in the Middle East!

Human Rights and Jimmy Carter - Jimmy Carter, crusading human rights advocate, meets Bashar Assad, the Middle East's mukhabarat master.

The self image of the Middle East - Terrorists or just plain folks? - Bad guys never think of themselves as such.

Descending to a Summit: Understanding the New Arab Cold War - Eran Lerman examines the Arab summit.

Why is there no Israeli-Palestinian peace? - In the Middle East, appearances are deceptive.

Playing with fire: United States attack on Iran canard - How many times are you going to fall for the April fool's story from "Russian intelligence" or Seymour Hersh about the imminent US attack on Iran? It's a dangerous prank that could start a real war.

Arab Summits: A modest proposal - The summits seem to serve no purpose other than to expose Arab disunity.

Germany and the Middle East - Peaceful cooperation is a better road to happiness than militarism.

Killing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process again - Both sides seem to be determined to wreck chances for peace.

Palestinians and Israel: Wrecking the peace process - Both sides are at it.

Israel's Terrible Choices in Gaza - There are no good options.

Massacre in Jerusalem: A mighty blow for greater Israel - Terror attack raises the fortunes of extremists. Peace negotiations are empty gestures if violence cannot be stopped.

Gaza: Holocaust or The Hashoah? Who is threatening whom and how can it all be fixed?

Israel and Gaza: Two rights can make a wrong - As Gazans prepare to pour over the border into Israel, perhaps it is time for Israel to rethink its policy.

Israeli-Palestinian peace process? What peace process? - After focusing on the Palestinian authority at Annapolis and ignoring Gaza, everyone has now forgotten the Palestinian authority, and Israel pursues a non-peace non-policy.

Self-defense, not settlements - The occupation is not worth the price.

At the Altar of Palestine - Arabs are neglecting important issues at home.

Women foster Security in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Women have a vital role to play in security too.

Lost in Translation - Hatikva in Arabic Too - Can there be an anthem all Israelis can sing?

West Bank economy may be recovering - It may be so, though the article gives no statistics.

Gaza and Sderot: Lighting a candle - Two bloggers try to to keep alive Israeli-Palestinian dialogue in trying circumstances.

The rush to sell out Palestine and peace - As Hamas becomes the darling of "peace" proponents.

Hamas: Heads we win, tails you lose - Hamas may have rigged the game so that they win no matter what anyone will do.

What am I missing about Gaza?? - Why is everyone doing the opposite of what their professed positions should lead them to do?

Gaza Grief - No solution is on offer, but the idea of Palestinian Authority supervision of checkpoints might be the least bad idea around.

Revealed: Israeli Talks with Hamas - Hamas offers a Peace now, die later plan it seems.

Daniel Barenboim becomes a Palestinian - was this a good idea?

Is the Israeli-Palestinian Partnership in Business?  - Ziad Assali reports on some promising progress in peace cooperation.

Gaza Gimmix - Everyone, particularly Hamas and their supporters, is using the suffering of Gaza and Sderot residents as political capital.

Bush in the Middle East - We will all be very surprised if anything important happens on this visit.

The war of the Zionist right against Sari Nusseibeh - Dubious evidence is being used to pillory this Palestinian moderate.

US Presidential candidates and the Middle East - The candidates' lack of foreign policy expertise and clear solutions is scary.

Crystal Ball 2008- Don't laugh too hard at the end of the year. Remember: they seemed reasonable at the time!

Bhutto Assassinated - Hope for democracy mortally wounded - It is time to understand that there can never be any democracy as long as Islamist terrorism and violence is tolerated.

On priorities - Tarek Heggy's critique of Egyptian priorities might be applicable to many countries in the Middle East.

Prophet and Loss Statement: 2007  - What we predicted and what we missed.

Preparing for Israeli-Arab peace - Israelis and Palestinians won't take the necessary steps precisely because they are likely to bring Middle East peace and compromise closer, but why won't Americans and Europeans start the ball rolling?

It's the Gaza strip, stupid There can't be any peace until someone does something about the Gaza strip.

Israel-Palestine: Peace or Justice? - You cannot have both peace and justice, argues Michael Goldfarb.

Annapolis versus Lake Success - Paul Scham sees the Annapolis meeting as closing a circle.

Wanted: A Definition of Final Status - Peace conferences don't mean much until there is an agreed upon definition of peace, writes Daoud Kuttab.

Israeli Settlers should come home - A proposal to lure settlers back to green line Israel has met with opposition. It should be a  model for preparing for peace.

Iraq and the Middle East: Optimism? What Optimism? - Iraq is not really improving following the surge, and nobody has any good answers.

The oracle of Washington DC: Iran is not benign - The deputy high-priest of intelligence interprets the oracular NIE, which can mean what you want it to mean.

The Iran nuclear issue and the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate -  The most important lesson of this report is that the United States government doesn't speak with one voice and doesn't know what it believes.

Economic breakthrough tied to political one - Palestinian economy cannot improve until the political situation improves.

Choosing the Annapolis road - The peace process is not perfect, but it is the only way forward.

Olmert rises to the occasion - MJ Rosenberg has rare words of praise for Israel PM Ehud Olmert's leadership in the peace process.

Women take lead toward Mideast peace - Condoleezza Rice and Tzipi Livni star at Annapolis.

Refugees and Jerusalem: An economic outlook - Peace will cost $90 billion.

Iraq: A Surge of Optimism? - The security situation has definitely improved, but the political problems remain.

Annapolis Summit: History or bluff? - Will something come of all the speeches and declarations?

The King and the sword - Tarek Heggy discusses the strange gift of an Arabian monarch to a holy man.

An Unprecedented Inter-religious Council: Putting Faith in Annapolis? - A key element is missing from the Annapolis peace process.

On the brink of Annapolis: O ye of little faith - Annapolis can be a limited success provided goals are realistic, but it will not bring instant peace.

Who's afraid of Annapolis?  - Extremists oppose the Annapolis meeting not because they are sure it will fail, but because they are afraid it will succeed.

Kurdistan: the beloved country cannot even cry - In the Middle East, self determination, national rights, legitimate resistance are all for Arabs only. No Kurds or Amazigh or others need apply.

Israel and Palestinians: The crucial issue - Until Palestinians accept the right of the Jewish people to self-determination, there can be no peace.

Sderot is still under Qassam fire - Military moves are not going to stop Qassam fire on Sderot, MJ Rosenberg points out.

In humanity: hope - Shared humanity must be the basis of Middle East peace.

Solving the water problem - Solutions to the water problems needn't depend on politics.

Guarding Optimism to save Annapolis - It is important to take a positive approach to the Annapolis conference, writes Ziad Assali.

Who will be the turkey at the Annapolis Middle East Thanksgiving? - Each party has a different view of this Middle East Thanksgiving holiday celebration, and fear that they might play the role of the turkey.

My Cousins and I - A well meaning article by a Yemeni journalist that highlights the gulf that needs to be crossed before there can be peace in the Middle East.

Middle East Bullsh*t Bingo - A speech by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is too obviously full of the usual.

The strange physics of Middle East geopolitics is due for a paradigm shift - Conventional views of the Middle East ignore too many unexplained facts that don't fit the theories.

Annapolis Middle East meeting: Lay down the law - If the US is serious about peace, it too will have to do some painful and risky things.

Annapolis meeting: Propitious signs for peace - When all seems lost, we still have our sense of humor.

Annapolis: The consequences of failure - All parties seem blithely unconcerned about the impending failure of Israeli-Arab Middle East peace talks, despite the enormity of the consequences. What are the goals of the Annapolis talks, and who loses what if they fail?

Toward Annapolis: Palestinians learned nothing and forgot nothing - Daoud Kuttab asserts Palestinians got nothing out of the Middle East peace process.

Should the US propose an Israeli-Palestinian final settlement? - There's much less than meets the eye to this proposal for U.S. Middle East diplomacy by Oded Eran. 

Annapolis: Palestinian great expectations - Ghassan Khatib presents a Palestinian view of the negotiations.

Annapolis: walking off the cliff? - Yossi Alpher warns that a failed Annapolis meeting will be a disaster for the Middle East.

A happy end for Israel and Palestinians at Annapolis? - Eran Lehrman thinks it may be possible to invent a happy end for the the Annapolis meeting, despite the glum prognosis.

The Murder of Rami Ayyad - Where is Gaza going?

Support for One Million Voices from the Palestinian Authority  - Middle East peace gets a boost.

Sumud: One Million Voices for real peace in Israeli and Palestinian societies - Israelis and Palestinians will need to be steadfast against the enemies of Middle East peace.

The role of public opinion in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict - Ziad Abu Ziad points out the importance of mobilizing public opinion for peace.

Drowning out One Million Voices: The enemies of peace - As the November Middle East peace summit at Annapolis drags on to its almost inevitable and disastrous conclusion, there is one small candle emitting a ray of hope. A conspiracy of evil people, masquerading as "progressives" and friends of the Palestinians and members of the "peace camp," has been formed to snuff out this ray of hope.

Spinning Jihadism and stopping the clash -- postscript - Why "understanding" extremism hurts Islam.

Is Iran hiding nuclear facilities? - Should we be concerned about Iranian claims to have secret facilities?

Wrong way to democracy in the Middle East - American policy makers seriously debate whether it is right to force countries to "choose" democracy.

Giving peace a chance? Is there really a window of opportunity for Israeli Palestinian peace?

Going green could bridge West Bank-Israel gaps - Could environmental cooperation lead to wider cooperation for peace?

Talk to Lebanon First - Peace talks with Syria should begin with the Lebanese issue, argues Michael Young.

The only thing worse than talking to Syria is not talking to Syria, claims Ted Kattouf.

Middle East Peace Conference: Plenty of nothing or a bit of something? - The outcome of the peace conference depends on the spin