Top Banner

Lebanonwire Prominent Lebanese Best  in Lebanon Useful Data Historic Documents Selected Data

Logo

Breaking News Lebanon Links Mideast Links

Mideast News

About Us Contact us

Mideast Opeds
August 2002

Oped Bar

.Feb 2002  | March 2002 | April 2002 | May 2002 | June 2002 | July 2002 | Aug 2002 | Sept 2002

Oct 2002 | Nov 2002 | Dec 2002 | Jan 2003 | Feb 2003 | March 2003 | April 2003 | May 2003

June 2003 | July 2003 | Aug 2003 | Sept 2003 | Oct 2003 | Nov 2003 | Dec 2003 | Jan 2004

Feb 2004 | March 2004 | April 2004 | May 2004 | June 2004 | July 2004 | Aug 2004

Sept 2004 | Oct 2004 | Nov  2004 | Dec 2004 | January 2005 | Feb 2005 | March 2005

April 2005 | May 2005 | June 2005 | July 2005 | Aug 2005 | Sept 2005 | Oct 2005

Nov 2005 | Dec 2005 | Jan 2006 | Feb 2006 | March 2006 | April  2006 | May  2006

June 2006 | July 2006 | Aug 2006 | Sept 2006 | Oct 2006 | Nov 2006 | Dec 2006 |Jan 2007

Feb 2007 | March 2007 | April 2007 | May 2007 | June 2007 | July 2007 | Aug 2007 | Sept 2007

Oct 2007 | Nov 2007 | Dec 2007 | Jan 2008 | Feb 2008 | March 2008 | April 2008 | May 2008

June 2008 | July 2008 | Aug 2008 | Sept 2008 | Oct 2008 | Nov 2008 | Dec 2008

Jan 2009 | Feb 2009 | March 2009 | April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009 | July 2009

Aug 2009 | Sept 2009 | Oct 2009 | Nov 2009 | Dec 2009 | Jan  2010 | Feb  2010

March  2010 | April  2010 | May 2010 | June 2010 | Back Home

August 31
A two-state solution won’t work - Mazin Qumsiyeh, Daily Star
Peace talks need some nourishment - Samir Sanbar, Daily Star
Arabs must prepare for sequel to war on Iraq - APR
Egypt remains favorite holiday spot for Israelis - Iason Athanasiadis
An Arab statement to the Earth summit - Najib Saab, Daily Star
Europe unites in doubt - Ian Black, Guardian
Beating about the bush - Alexander Chancellor, Guardian
Living by the sword - Hussein Ahmed Amin, Ahram Weekly
History and post-history interrelated - Moh. Sid-Ahmed, Ahram Weekly
Phantoms of liberty - Hani Shukrallah, Ahram Weekly
Extending the boycott - M Shahid Alam, Ahram Weekly
Super puppeteer -Amr Elchoubak, Ahram Weekly
.
August 30
Robert Fisk: A conflict conveniently forgotten
Riyadh has some tough choices to make - Saad Mehio
Lockdown: Curfews are driving Palestinians to despair - Sam Bahour
Arab-Israeli soccer star gives boost to morale - IPR
Neither side is listening in the ‘debate’ on Iraq - APR
Now every Jew must decide - Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
Leader: Gaza holds the key - leading article, Guardian
A world of bullies - Polly Toynbee, Guardian
Fighting talk - leading article, Times
The enemy within:The new Israeli army chief speaks to Ha'aretz
The silent type is better - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
A scandalous security failure - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Crying peace, peace,when there is no peace - Midge Decter, Jpost
Man who wants to become new president of Palestine - Telegraph
.
August 29
Sleepy silence hides fury of Palestinians living under curfew - Telegraph
America drops its three Arab aces - Joseph Samaha
Ankara stakes its claims in post-Saddam Iraq - Mohammad Noureddine
Can Washington find a way to make up with Cairo and Riyadh?  - APR
More Israelis killed in car accidents than in Palestinian attacks - IPR
Why America has turned to Winston Churchill - Michael White, Guardian
Comparing Churchill to Saddam is 'lazy thinking' - Guardian
High Road to Baghdad - Richard Holbrooke, Guardian
At last, a great debate is beginning in America - Hugo Young, Guardian
Desert Storm II would be a walk in the park - Kenneth Adelman, Times
Yes, plus - yes, minus - Times
Why war should be America's last resort - Wesley Clark, Times
If Churchill were alive today, he would strike at Saddam - Telegraph
Amid talk of war, one thing is sure: fuel prices will rise - Independent
US doves need to speak up now to spare us war on Iraq - Independent
.
August 28
Analysis: The new battle for regional control
I'm With Dick! Lets Make War! - Maureen Dowd, Nytimes
Lessons from the American political process - James J. Zogby
Israel focuses on loyalty of its Arab citizens - IPR
Time is not on Washington’s side, but not for the reason it claims - APR
Bush must give a lead - Daily Telegraph
Riyadh's envoy forced to start all over again - Richard Beeston, Times
We need Bush and not Saddam calling the shots - Michael Gove, Times
In case you thought it was safe to dismiss war against Iraq -Independent
The relevance of the security council - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Deterrents that haven't deterred - Amira Hass, Haaretz
There's a more important war now - against `the ruler of the planet'
They hate Christians, too - Michael Freund, Jpost
Something rotten in the state of Denmark? - Daniel Pipes, Jpost
.
August 27
Bush has selective stances but no credible foreign policy - Fahed Fanek
US sends Egypt the wrong message on human rights - Steve Negus
The mysterious death of Abu Nidal: loose ends and bizarre happenings
Can the Arabs withstand US pressure over Iraq? - APR
"Israel must win the war against ‘cancerous’ Palestinian threat- IPR
Interview: Prophet of hope - Guardian
A facade of going forward - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
No unilateral concessions - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
The first lesson from Afghanistan - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
.
August 26
Of  Turks and Kurds - William Safire, New York Times
What Catastrope Can Reveal: Shafeeq Ghabra, New York Times
Time for Saudi civil society to emerge - Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi
Sharon government under fire from right and left alike - IPR
PA’s nascent peacemaking runs into bilateral resistance - APR
Something rotten in the New York Times - Barbara Amiel, Telegraph
Doing nothing about Saddam is not an option - David Clark, Guardian
A timely warning to the White House - Guardian
e-mail: Jonathan Cook @ Jericho  - Guardian
Strategy, not tactics, is behind the US debate over Iraq - Times
Sticking with the gradual cease-fire plan - for now - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Drafting a joint statement comes first - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
.
August 25
The Palestinian heir apparent - Neil Locjhery, Jpost
Israel: Tip of the Iceberg? - Ina Friedman, Jrep
First we take Baghdad... - Mark Steyn, Jpost
Diplomatic maintenance - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
He who lives by terrorism... - Con Coughlin. Telegraph
Abu Nidal sows chaos from the grave - Peter Beaumont, Observer
The terrorist I knew - Christopher Hitchens, Observer
Hawks in the dovecote - Christopher Hitchens, Observer
Sanitizing Islam - Jpost, Editorial
`Jews are very visible among demonizers of Islam' - Ori Nir, Haaretz
How Kurdistan's first suicide bomber changed his mind - Observer
.
August 24
A place in the ‘Arab orchestra’ - Saad Mehio
Destabilizing Arabs and destabilizing America - Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Now is France’s opportunity to make ‘soft power’ relevant - J. Charmelot
Fatalism’ takes hold of ordinary Israelis - IPR
PA chooses suicide as Schroeder outshines Khamenei on Iraq - APR
Bush administration makes it clear to Egypt that even a ‘special relationship’ has its limits - Iason Athanasiadis
Are Saudi Billions Leaving America? - Tony Karon, Time
Person of the Week: Abu Nidal - Tony Karon, Time
In the beginning is the end - Samir Amin, Ahram Weekly
Taking the waters - Hani Shukrallah, Ahram Weekly
One into four - Mohamed Khaled El-Azar, Ahram Weekly
Can the catastrophe be averted? - Hassan Nafaa, Ahram Weekly
Unbuilding Babel - Marwan Bishara, Ahram Weekly
.
August 23
Dervis tries, but fails, to be all things to all men - Mohammad Noureddine
Rounding up of Hamas men puts East Jerusalemites in the spotlight -IPR
Does Turkey have designs on northern Iraq? - APR
Iraq cannot be left to its own dangerous devices - Guardian
A Patriarch under fire from his Arab flock - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
America's options - Uzi Arad, Haaretz
Saudi Arabia: The Sarajevo of the 21st Century?
Analysis: Washington Retreating on Iraq
Ask yourselves - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
.
August 22
Globalization will save the Arab people - Saad Mehio
Is a Syrian about-face likely? - Ibrahim Hamidi
Cease-fire deal lets ‘Arafat slip through the back door’ - IPR
Saudis are sure of enduring American friendship - APR
Bahraini monarch woos Tehran with an eye on the home front -A. Khalaf
The cost of Bush's war - Seumas Milne, Guardian
Thomas Friedman: Bush slices his drive for democracy
Gadafy - human rights crusader - Catherine Bennett, Guardian
It's lucky there's Saddam - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
The collapse of a unified city - Daniel Ben Simon, Haaretz
The Jimmy Carter of Haifa - Ari Shavit, Haaretz
.
August 21
Thomas Friedman: Bush's Mideast Sand Trap
Fate of US war plans rests in hands of British public - Joseph Samaha
For once, the US has got it right - Rami G. Khouri
‘Gaza-Bethlehem First’ is a trial balloon ready to be popped - IPR
Can oil and money sway US debates on Iraq and Saudi Arabia? - APR
Reluctant CIA tries to revive security-oriented peace process -Ed Blanche
Don't trust Bush or Blair on Iraq - Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian
Palestine's partisans - Paul Foot, Guardian
Derring do in Berlin - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Neither side had any choice - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
Inbuilt contradiction - Amira Hass, Haaretz
.
August 20
Robert Fisk: Gun for hire who has already died at least twice
Arab failure to address US presents grim scenario - George S. Hishmeh
Baghdad weighs options for foiling attack - Micheline Hazou
The ‘globalization’ of terror networks - Atmane Tazaghart
Death of a terrorist - Daily Telegraph
Abu Nidal: full obituary - David Hirst, Guardian
Abu Nidal, a hired gun who turned on himself - Times
Chicken hawks - Matthew Engel, Guardian
Why did you want to kill my father? - Andy Beckett, Guardian
A glimmer at last - Leading article, Times
‘Gaza First’ set to begin with a Bethlehem pullback ­ if, in Israel’s view, there is ‘quiet’  - IPR
‘Happy are the Arabs excluded from US list of friends and allies’ - APR
Scared to death - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
The enemy has been singled out - Moshe Arens, Haaretz
.
August 19
Gaza-Bethlehem first' then what? - Jpost
Arafat’s ‘secret’ bank accounts lead front page - IPR
Riyadh, Cairo ask: Why does the Bush administration hate us? - APR
Under the microscope: Arab human development revisited - F. Fanek
The reality and prospects of Iran’s relations with the GCC - M. Al Roken
War and peace: Egypt’s stakes in the future of Sudan  - A. El-Affendi
Dare to dream of Jerusalem marching alongside Jenin - Guardian
Email from Mansoura - Amil Khan, Guardian
Cabinet makers - Peter Preston, Guardian
The Iraq debate warms up - Washington Post via IHT
A command of contradictions - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Saving Jewish lives is the real priority - Pini Dunner, Haaretz
In principle, elections should be held in the PA - D. Rubinstein,  Haaretz
.
August 18
Thomas Friedman: Fog of War
'Saddam will not stop me being a Kurd' - Jason Burke, Observer
This land is your land - Jacqueline Rose, Observer
War with Iraq could bring Blair the mother of all party splits - Indep.
Be very afraid - Bush Productions preparing to go into action - R. Fisk
Paracetamol for Alzheimer's - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz
Some lives are cheaper than others   - Gideon Levy, Haaretz
Hardship in the territories -Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
.
August 17
Analysis: Will Iraq Be an Afghanistan -- or another Bay of Pigs? - Stratfor
Analysis: U.S. Putting Jordan in a Vice  - Stratfor
A turning point in Palestine? - Michael Young
US support for Israel isn’t as solid as we’re led to believe -Sherri Muzher
President Bush plans a war of aggression - David Morgan
Rumsfeld Pushes the Envelope With Forces Proposal - Stratfor
Tensions Surface in U.S.-Egyptian Relations - Stratfor
A big ‘thank you’ to Bush from bin Laden - Abdeljabbar Adwan
The nonmassacre of Jenin - Salwa de Vree
Penrose: Why don’t the Arabs love us anymore?
Poll: Mitzna is Labor’s best chance against Likud - IPR
US faces uphill battle over planning for war on Iraq - APR
Israelis watch the street, not the skies - Jonathan Steele, Guardian
Leading article: Banging the drum - Times
Can you ever build a bridge by putting up a fence? -Ben Macintyre,Times
The moment for Mr Blair to listen to his Cabinet - Independent
.
August 16
Action, inaction and their consequences on US public opinion - J. Zogbi
Israeli Air force ‘preparing for an Iraqi attack’ - IPR
No one buys the ‘democratic’ case for waging war - APR
Can Dervis head off an Islamist triumph at the ballot box?
Bush speaks softly, but wields a stick - Roland Watson, Times
Amricans remembers human cost of Vietnam - Guardian
One in six Iraqis are in exile, and they want this war - Guardian
'We are asking God for US to attack Saddam' - Telegraph
Into the rough - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Hold him to his word - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
Demolishing houses - tried and tested - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Bring back 'poor Samson' - Doron Rosenblum, Haaretz
.
August 15
The Iraq Obsession - Stratfor
America’s double game over Iraq - Hussein Naboulsi
Biased advisors trying to poison US-Saudi relations - Jamal Khashoggi
Shortcomings of the UN report on Jenin - Abdulhadi Khalaf
Will Israel show restraint this time? - Israel Harel, Haaretz
Palestinians say Israel, not Barghouti, on trial -Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
Saudi Arabia, The troubled ally - Times
A Palestinian Reaches for Mandela's Mantle - Tony Karon, Time
Bethlehem Monks fall victim to 'peace' fence - J. Huggler, Independent
Poll shows Mitzna as a vote winner for Labor - IPR
Arafat is misreading the signals from Washington - APR
Punishment by detail - Edward Said, Ahram Weekly
Comparative advantages? - Hani Shukrallah, Ahram Weekly
African cloaks, foreign daggers - Hassan Abu Taleb, Ahram Weekly
Hassan Abu Taleb - Ali El-Ghatit, Ahram Weekly
Impossible to fight - Diaa Rashwan, Ahram Weekly
.
August 14
Signs of weariness on both sides  - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Preemptive warnings of fantastic scenarios - Meron Benvenisti, Haaretz
Specter of Palestinian ‘transfer’ haunts Jordanians - Fahed Fanac
Islam has the right to a place in the world - Mohammad Sammak
Election fever and a plague of dismissals - IPR
America seeks ‘Karzais’ to do its bidding - APR
George is nuts about Saddam's soft centre - Rod Liddle, Guardian
Robert Fisk: Americans begin to suffer grim and bloody backlash
Robert Fisk: Afghanistan is on the brink of another disaster
Serious discussion is needed - Ze'ev Segal, Haaretz
The truth and the truce - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Meaning well may not be enough - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
Making life difficult for the Palestinian peace camp -Amira Hassl, Haaretz
In Jordan, they're also blaming the media - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
The courage of my convictions - Daniel Pipes, Jpost
.
August 13
It’s bye-bye Bush ­ most probably - Abdeljabbar Adwan
Rival Iranian camps part ways over Palestine - Ali Nourizadeh
Jewish settlements are an enemy of peace - Daoud Kuttab
Mayor Mitzna gathers support for early elections - IPR
Has the countdown to war on Iraq become unstoppable? - APR
The US has got it right: the case for war is irresistible - Guardian
Leader: No easy choices in Iraq - Guardian
Brutish, short, and probably pointless - Ian Buruma , Guardian
President Bush must heed the new mood in Washington  - Independent
The chances are slim to none - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
The return of Bibi - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
Staking our claim - Evelyn Gordon, Jpost
Selective MemriSecretive institute spreading misleading articles about Arabs investigated
.
August 12
This is a recipe for global turmoil and endless war  - Guardian
'It's gone beyond hostility' - Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian
Regrets? I have a few - John Sutherland, Guardian
A man with a gift for making enemies -
Leading article: Regime change
Trying to be relevant again -   Haaretz
Escalation to an ever-deadlier norm   - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz
.
August 11
West's greed for oil fuels Saddam fever - Observer
Who will save Iraq? - Nick Cohen, Observer
Saddam gives us no choice - Telegraph
Cooling the volcano - Efraim Inbar, Jpost
The folly of waiting - David Weinberg
Controlling the volume button - Uzi Benzimanl, Haaretz
The trouble with (getting rid of) Yasser  - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
The last recourse - Gideon Levy, Haaretz
Drop-dead funny - Doron Rosenblum, Haaretz
Fergal Keane: America will attack Saddam in the spring
Schools of Hatred - Times
Traitor's death for collaborator - Suzanne Goldenburg, Guardian
.
August 10
Understanding the real Middle East divide - Ray Hanania, Daily Star
Why US populists hate Europe and Iraq - Maher Nicolas Firzli, Daily Star
What poverty and malnutrition can tell us about the future - C. Cook
Explosives US knew would kill innocents continue... - Robert  Fisk
Peace and its discontents - Marwan A. Kardoosh, Daily Star
Syria’s self-inflicted image problem - Ibrahim Hamidi, Daily Star
Baghdad’s moderation is America’s nemesis - Joseph Samaha, Daily Star
Missing the point about Jenin, everything else -Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Punishment by detail - Edward Said, Ahram Weekly
Comparative advantages? - Hani Shukrallah, Ahram Weekly
African cloaks, foreign daggers - Hassan Abu Taleb, Ahram Weekly
In the name of the law - Ali El-Ghatit, Ahram Weekly
Impossible to fight - Diaa Rashwan, Ahram Weekly
Arrows deployed Israel to stop Iraqi Scuds - IPR
America’s neo-conservatives set Arab alarm bells ringing - APR
.
August 9
US lobby urges Bush to rebuke Rumsfeld - Lewis Roth
Washington’s real reasons for ‘regime change’ - Fahed Fanek
US-Palestinian talks: exercise in futility or renewed hope - APR
Sharon ‘the liar’ will cause a regional war - IPR
Jonathan Steele: Israeli 'restraint' still means terror - Guardian
Gadafy's big tent is no circus - Simon Tisdall, Guardian
Elders hold sway as Palestinians revert to tribal law - Times
In the name of the father - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
Mohammed versus Colonel N. - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
Immoral and illogical: No convincing case has been made for the slaughter that would follow an attack on Iraq - Colin Bennetts, Guardian
Draining the lifeblood of democracy - Ze'ev Sternhell, Haaretz
We cannot let death have dominion - Yossi Sarid, Haaretz
Strategic dilemma - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
.
August 8
Humiliation of a Muslim woman at Seattle airport - J. Khashoggi
Nasser makes a new debut on Egypt’s stage - Saad Mehio
Cairo holds the key to Yasser Arafat’s political survival - Micheline Hazou
Ankara: Will the army let politics take its course?  - M. Noureddine
Sharon urged to dump ‘this idiotic fence’ - IPR
Making enemies of allies: What does the US want from Riyadh? - APR
A message aimed at Baghdad and Washington - Independent
Robert Fisk: Families of the disappeared demand answers
Libya is better behaved, but the West better beware - Times
Saddam diversion spares Bush's blushes - Robert Scheer, Guardian
Clear and present danger - Aharaon Levran, Jpost
Anatomy of an execution - Khaled Abu Toameh, Jpost
Gaza plan is good for the PA - but a dilemma for Hamas - Haaretz
The army is dictating policy - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
The fence of hysteria and illusion - Yisrael Harel, Haaretz
The security umbrella of victory - Ari Shavit, Haaretz
Expel the suicide bombers' families - Avraham Sharir, Haaretz
In the name of the fathers, and of the fired   - Jalal Bana, Haaretz
.
August 7
Robert Fisk: For the forgotten Afghans, the UN offers a fresh hell
Hegemonic power is the key problem ­ wherever it’s from - Rami Khouri
Iraq players vie for advantage as Baghdad seeks to pre-empt blitz - APR
Settler urges war on ‘people’ not ‘terror’ - IPR
Gaza first, once again - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
I would have done the same - Yitzhak Frankenthal, Guardian
Facts are the best cure for this outbreak of war fever - Guardian
'And then what?' is no defence against action in Iraq-Tim Hames, Times
Looking for new enemies - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Anatomy of a drastic policy - Mazal Mualem, Haaretz
Out of the bloody square - Gideon Samet, Haaretz
The Israeli Arab view - Mordechai Kedar, Jpost
.
August 6
Thomas Friedman: Oil price formula calls for critical maths if Saddam is taken out of the equation
Good prospects for mobile telephony in the Arab world - Henry Azzam
An unhappy public is ‘ripe to send Sharon back to his farm’ - IPR
Can a new ‘balance of terror’ persuade Israelis to end occupation - APR
Does Iraq have a nuclear weapon? - David Albright, Guardian
For hire: Gaza's boy human shields - Jonathan Steele , Guardian
War games - Brian Whitaker , Guardian
The issue explained: War with Iraq  - Guardian
Denis Healey: Tony Blair must not support an attack on Iraq - Indep.
Oil is the key to peace in Sudan - Jonathan Steele, Guardian
This failure has a father - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz
Military logic versus political grandstanding - Amir Oren, Haaretz
What do we do now? - William Maclean, Jpost
The delusions of Gaddafi, Emperor of Africa - Michael Dynes, Times
.
August 5
Jordanian government cannot keep deferring polls - Fahed Fanek
Selling a new brand of ‘progressive’ Islam - Abdelwahab El-Affendi
The death throes of Israel’s Labor Party - Joseph Samaha
Saddam poses new biological weapons threatm - IPR
Nothing will deter America from war on Iraq - APR
Warning signs - Peter Preston, Guardian
Search for peace should be America's first priority  - Independent
The army would rather grit its teeth than stamp its feet - Haaretz
Painfully slow - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Annihilate Hamas - Jpost, Editorial
Another step backward - Haarezt, Editorial
Saddam and Arafat, Sharon and Golda - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz
.
August 4
The Israeli society is bleeding - Amos Harel, Haaretz
Israel's interest in the war on Saddam - Reuven Pedhatzur, Haaretz
Crossroads for the Mossad - Jpost, Editorial
No partners for Hamas - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Jenin checkpoint, 4 P.M. - Gideon Levy, Haaretz
An Egyptian Andrei Sakharov - Shlomo Aveneri, Jpost
Stalemate on attack is welcome to many - Michael Young
Shame on a world where Sharon is a free man - Ramzy Baroud
.
August 3
Robert Fisk: Abdullah, the king on a mission to prevent war
The power of fear - Salwa de Vree
Israel’s new policy is simply to ‘wait for Arafat to breathe his last’ - IPR
War drums beat again in the Gulf - APR
Is Sudanese pact a ‘peace in our time’? - Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Iraq's olive branch too little, too late - Alan Philps, Telegraph
Prospects remain dim for inspectors allowed in sites - Independent
Saddam's offer can be turned to our advantage - Independent
Winning the war of words - Telegraph
Seven years of resistance and brinkmanship - Sandra Laville, Telegraph
The writing on the wall - Jonathan Glancey, Guardian
Analysis: Serious offer or buying time? - Brian Whitaker, Guardian
Delicate balancing act for man in the middle - Brian Whitaker, Guardian
How the inspections broke down - Linda MacDonald, Guardian
Who are the racists? - Ibrahim Nafie, Aharam Weekly
Nasser and the end of politics - Hani Shukrallah, Aharam Weekly
Democratic reductionism - Ayman El-Amir, Aharam Weekly
No more heroes - Azmi Bishara, Aharam Weekly
.
August 2
Back to the law of the jungle - Patrick Seale, Daily Star
Maariv says: Time to ‘go for the big solution’ - IPR
How far will Washington go to get good press? - APR
Cairo will not yield to pressure over Saadeddine Ibrahim - Steve Negus
Peace in the Middle East is a four-way street - Mark Rosenblum
Truth-seeking in Jenin - Guardian
Battle for hearts and minds - Martin Woollacott, Guardian
A three-pronged fight against terror - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
Defined by terrorism - Doron Rosenblum, Haaretz
Don't underestimate Assad Jr. - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
.
August 1
Approval of austerity budget sparks talk of early Israeli elections - IPR
Sudan’s peace agreement: prelude to partition or just another political gambit? - APR
Summer of Saddam - Tony Karon, Time
William Shawcross: Let's take him out
Hugo Young: Blair is jumping the gun in backing Bush's war on logic
There is no hermetic seal against bombings - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz
When Israel blames Arafat, Hamas wins - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Military attacks are not the way - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
The campus is not immune - Haaretz, Editorial
It all started when he hit me back - Jpost, Editorial
When the US sneezes... - Daniel Doron, Jpost
Thomas Friedman: $6 or $60

back.gif (883 bytes)