The Paris peace conference was convened this week to discuss the Israeli-Arab conflict.A similar conference, with identical title, was held a century ago, but brought havoc to the Arab nation, following World War I.This one is bound to yield no result, since Israel has already re

The battle for Fallujah was due to be a pan-Iraqi victory against Daesh, waged by all components of the Iraqi society.But the sudden appearance of Iranian military leader General Qassem Suleimani on the battleground changed the equation, making the Fallujah battle more of a vende

The recapture of the Iraqi town of Rutba by government forces gives two strong indications: that Daesh is not invincible; that the Iraqi military knows how to win a battle when it is determined, without having to use ragtag militias like Badr Brigade, Asaaib Al Haq, Jeish Al Mahd

Israelis celebrated their independence day this week with festivities all over the country. On the occasion, it was announced that Israel’s population now counts 8.5 million, with a forecast for 10 million more within 10 years.At that moment of “glory”, as it was called, Isr

A holocaust is being perpetrated by the ruling regime in Syria. An American scholar, and expert in Arab affairs, Robert Satloff, published last week in the Washington Post a comparative study between what the Nazis did in 1941 to 6 million Jews and what Bashar Assad is

The Israeli government committed last week one more strategic mistake that will, in the long run, have a serious impact both on Israelis and on Palestinians.Nearly three decades ago, military occupation authorities in the West Bank and Gaza deported 415 Palestinian activists to L

Bombing a civilian bus in Israel on April 18, alerted many people to the ramifications of the third Intifada, which spontaneously expressed Palestinians’ anger with both the Israeli occupation of their land and the Palestinian Authority’s lack of action to end their plight.H

The Islamic summit that convened in Turkey last week within the context of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) registered abysmal failure.This 13th session represented a moral victory for Daesh and other radical groups. The 49 participants — heads of states and gov

The need to keep Jordan stable is part of the psychology of all citizens, of all strata and origins.The Washington Institute of near East Policy Studies published last week an article by one of its renowned scholars, David Schenker, in which he analyses the cat and mouse game bet