A few months ago we pretty much hit the bottom in violence and political discord across the entire Middle East, with active wars and insurgencies and daily...
The dizzying pace of events across the Arab world during this fourth year of continuous citizen protests for a better life reveals a wide variety of...
Seventeen respected international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and prominent Palestinian groups Al-Dameer...
The conduct of the courts and judges in Egypt during the past three years is a critical element to watch as the country pursues its tortuous route toward a...
The collapse of the American-mediated Palestinian-Israeli negotiations last week ushers in a period of uncertainty that will most likely be dominated by many...
The Israeli decision to break off negotiations with the Palestinians last week after the Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas announced their reconciliation...
This week, the Israeli Transportation Ministry announced that it would establish designated bus routes for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank,...
Patient, serious diplomacy appears to be bearing fruit in many places simultaneously this week, except in the Israel-Palestine talks that have gone on for two...
One of the most fascinating, if problematic, recent incidents relating to the extent of allowable free speech in the United States took place this week when...
One of the gradual developments that has taken place over the past few years has been the almost total reversal of Lebanon’s place in the geopolitics of the...
The humiliations and scorn that many Arab leaders heap on their populations seem to have no end. While a few Arab dictators having been toppled or challenged...
Those who have followed the last eight months of American-mediated Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have anticipated the unveiling of the United States’ own...
Consider two incidents that occurred in the past few days in the United States and you should start to grasp the elements of a slow, subtle but steady and...
This week’s announcement by retired Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that he would run for the presidency of Egypt had been fully expected since the...
How many ways are there to die in the Arab world today, other than through an act of nature or a natural death? Let me count the ways.Being subjected to...
One of the big issues that remain to be resolved across the entire Arab world is how citizens who feel most comfortable participating in public politics...
Perplexity and despair seem to be the two sentiments that most often define people’s attitudes to the mayhem in Syria.The fighting by an expanding range of...
In Libya and Yemen, two Arab countries that are experiencing complicated, slow-motion transitions to more representative and accountable rule, we can clearly...
Is there no limit to the assault on the basic rights and humanity of Arab citizens? The latest insult to common human decency and the struggle of hundreds of...
Many significant things related to the Middle East and its relations with Western societies happened Monday, some more significant than others.Benjamin...
In my discussions on Palestinian-Israeli negotiations with various informed audiences around the United States during the past month, the question that comes...
Much analysis and posturing is taking place these days about the “framework accord” that the United States government will soon put on the table as its...
With perhaps just weeks to go before the United States unveils its framework accord that it hopes will prod Palestinians and Israelis toward a comprehensive...
Several months ago when I wrote about the looming danger of the growing strength of Salafist-takfiri groups in Iraq and Syria, I focused on the threats that...
Many significant things are taking place around the Arab world these days, some violent, some peaceful, some within one country and some across several...