Whether the string of scandals now hounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads to his sacking or not matters little.Though nearly half of Israelis polled last July — well before the scandals took a much dirtier turn — believe that Netanyahu is corrupt, a ma

The postponing of an Israeli Knesset bill that would have annexed major illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank to the Jerusalem municipality is the result of behind-the-scenes US and, possibly, European pressure.

Israeli footprints are becoming more apparent in the US security apparatus. Such a fact does not bode well for ordinary Americans.US Senate Bill S.720 should have been a wake-up call.

The reconciliation agreement signed between rival Palestinian parties Hamas and Fateh in Cairo on October 12 was not a national unity accord — at least, not yet.For that to be achieved, the agreement would have to make the interests of the Palestinian people a priority, above fac

To understand the United States’ stratagem in the Pacific, and against North Korea in particular, one has to understand the fundamental changes that are under way in that region. China’s clout as an Asian superpower and as a global economic powerhouse has been growing rapidl

Some promises are made and kept; others disavowed. The “promise” made by Arthur James Balfour in what became known as the Balfour Declaration to the leaders of the Zionist Jewish community in Britain 100 years ago was only honoured in part: it established a state for the Jew

The BDS movement (boycott, divestment and sanctions), was the outcome of several events that shaped the Palestinian national struggle and international solidarity with the Palestinian people following the second Intifada in 2000.Building on a decades-long tradition of civil disob

The nature of the rhetoric in US President Donald Trump’s first speech at the United Nations General Assembly was largely predictable.

There is a great irony in the fact that Israel is seeking a seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).Since its establishment atop the ruins of Palestinian cities and villages in 1948, Israel has had the most precarious relationship with the world’s largest international