The decision of US President Donald Trump’s administration to cut aid to UNRWA is not only regrettable, but also incorrect and irresponsible.Millions of school children, teachers and other personnel will be directly hit and hurt as a result of such ill-timed, biased-toward-Israel

When US President Donald Trump was still a presidential candidate and almost totally unknown to many of us in this part of the world, I had a discussion about him with an American friend of mine.“Do you think he has a chance of winning?” I asked in the middle of the conversation.

It goes without saying that the Palestinian cause has been facing unprecedented challenges for some time now.For nearly two decades, Israel has been doing its best not only to evade an equitable peace settlement with the Palestinians, but to bury the matter of peace altogether.Th

Since the advent and flourishing of social media in particular, there has been a noticeable increase in people's engagement in our society with public issues in general, and with governmental performance in particular."Engagement" is key here.This has not always been the case.

The current state of inter-Arab and intra-Arab affairs is entirely unacceptable.For decades, there have been jealousies, frictions and even levels of animosity among Arab countries.Nevertheless, never has the state of pan-Arab affairs been so disappointing, and in shambles.Since

It goes without saying that everything has its pros and cons, and that healthy societies are those that maximise the former and minimise the latter.This general principle applies, among many other things, to social media specifically and electronic media more generally.Not a long

There has been a lot of anticipation this time, perhaps more than any other time in recent memory, as to who will be part of the Omar Razzaz Cabinet, and what it will and will not be able to do.This is understandable, of course, in light of the fact that the Razzaz’s government h

The proposed income tax law, drafted by the government and submitted to the Parliament last week, has evoked a lot of anger by a lot of people across the various sectors.As a result, Wednesday witnessed significant demonstrations and strikes against the proposed law, and a wave o

Tuesday, May 15 marked the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the forced migration of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes due to the creation of the state of Israel.Every year, since the catastrophic event, much is said about the ongoing injustice and t