America, Israel, Iran: war in focus

Paul Rogers 15 December 2011
The argument in America for war against Iran is often couched in religious-apocalyptic terms. But the decisive element in the end will be strategic and political calculation.

Gaza, the ‘damn table’, and the Arab Spring

Wasseem El Sarraj 14 December 2011

The wasted years of peace talks have finally sunk in. A decent future lies ahead, but only if the Palestinians can work together on a clear and simple set of timeless goals and tactics: non-violence, Palestinian unity, justice and equal rights, if possible with international law in its corner.

The Middle East on the brink: an urgent appeal for common sense

Karabekir Akkoyunlu 12 December 2011
This is an appeal to the global citizenry to wake up to the dire situation unfolding before our eyes and to raise our voice. It is time to put concerted pressure on our respective governments, who are complicit in this cynical spectacle, and urge them to act responsibly for the benefit of all nations.

A dangerous transition in the 'greater Middle East'

Hall Gardner 6 December 2011
Revolutions have overthrown post-colonial regimes throughout the Middle East and north Africa, but the region is still in a delicate phase of transition. Rivalry between Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey could destabilize the region further, with dire consequences

Security and cooperation in the Middle East: searching for a solution

Ali Fathollah-Nejad 1 December 2011
The lack of both security and cooperation is an enduring malady in the Middle East. Can global civil society apply itself to a solution?

The two-state solution: where next?

Tony Klug 6 November 2011
As a series of abstentions, including those of Britain, France, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, leave Palestine with eight confirmed votes in favour of UN recognition – just short of the nine needed to sway the 15-nation UN Security Council – the author argues that there is no win-lose or lose-win scenario in the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

The possibilities and impossibilities of being a neighbour

Daniel Zylbersztajn 4 November 2011

German-born Daniel Zylbersztajn has recently returned to Poland, two months after his father's passing away. In the son, this has prompted thoughts on neighbourly relations and the meaning of transformative dialogue in general, taking account of his experiences in Jewish - Palestinian dialogue and his upbringing in Germany.

The middle east and war over Iran

Tarek Osman 2 November 2011
The Arab world is remaking itself. But even as its states cope with multiple domestic challenges they also face a choice over how to respond to a prospective American and Israeli attack on Iran, says Tarek Osman.

Trading lives: Gilad Shalit – Israeli perspectives

David Volodzko 31 October 2011
Though critics consider the trade a tactical weakness, Israelis on the front lines want to know that the government will work for their safe return in the event of their capture.

The mystery of IRG Ltd: Britain's former defence secretary and the right-wing lobby

Tom Griffin 25 October 2011
Last week, Britain's defence secretary resigned following the revelation that he was using a friend with close links to right-wing lobbyists as an unofficial foreign envoy. While the government attempts to bury the story, Opposition leader Ed Miliband has a duty to pursue the truth.

Talking with Khalil: the subtle violence of constant occupation

Mariano Aguirre 14 October 2011
On a journey to the West Bank, the author encounters one small instance of the broader machinery that Israel uses to sustain its occupation of Palestine. The days of battle are over. Now the Palestinians suffer the indignity of daily humiliations, and the slow and quiet effort to snuff out any dream of statehood

A global revolution is under way

Pedro Silverio Moreno 12 October 2011
It is necessary to find a new system where decisions can only be taken if they have sufficient support from the people to legitimate them. This is why we cannot deny that we have entered into a new era.

The economic basis of indignation in Israel

Angel Martin 29 September 2011
The J14 protest movement that started in Tel Aviv was sparked by the anger of young Israelis over the cost of living. Angel Martin looks at why the cost of living is so high in Israel and describes a corporatist economy in the grip of powerful interest groups

Israel: the cost of arrogance

Khaled Hroub 21 September 2011
A triple diplomatic challenge to Israel from Turkey, Palestine and Egypt both reflects the region's political transformation and reveals the key flaw in Israel's attitude to its neighbours, says Khaled Hroub.

Palestine's UN bid: lessons from the history of Zionism

James Renton 21 September 2011
'Historian James Renton suggests that this week's application for UN membership by the Palestinians could provide the moral and legal backing required to achieve the reality of statehood, much as the Balfour Declaration of 1917 laid the ground for the birth of the Israeli state in 1948.

This week's editor

Heather McRobie


Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

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