US President Barack Obama is reportedly frustrated that the American public does not see his achievements the way he does, as he was hoping to leave a “positive legacy” after his two terms at the White House.The international public is reacting very similarly.

A five-column article, titled “Brave keepers of the peace, or antagonists?”, published in Monday’s Washington Post has raised curiosity whether these the American media are now willing to consider new approaches to covering the ongoing conflict between the Israelis and the P

There is no doubt that US policy towards the Middle East has been, to date, a failure and it is very unlikely that the Obama administration will undertake any new steps that will revive Arab affection for the US administration, since his term in office is expiring in the next few

There is no doubt that the eight-column headline in the sports page of The Washington Post last Sunday was remarkable and unprecedented: “Palestine Marathon sparks a growing push for movement over politics.”Never before have the American media, certainly not the country’s leading

The ongoing debates among aspirants to the leadership of the Republican and Democratic parties have been disappointingly rough, offensive and insulting in regard to personal, local and international issues, particularly US Mideast policy.The campaign rallies of the Republican fro

US President Barack Obama bluntly talked about his “hardest” decisions about America’s role in the world in an interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, while a pro-Israel conference in Washington featured four front runners in the ongoing presidential race: three Republica

The surprise partial withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria, ordered by Russian President Putin after restoring the position of Syrian President Bashar Assad makes many wonder whether it would encourage Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do the same.But this is a momen

A week ago, my mailbox had a surprising letter addressed to my wife and me by a David Trone, who only provided a post office number and the name of a nearby neighbourhood for his address.The opening line was addressed to “dear neighbour”; the message was that he was running

Time is running out for a reasonable and fair Palestinian-Israeli settlement, which prompts many Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to call for the one-state solution.The right-wing Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been aggressively expandin