Mon 5-May-2025

Khalid Amayreh

The silent-love affair between Tehran and the Arab Left

The Arab left with its two wings the Marxist-Leninist and the Pan-Arab nationalist seems to have found an unorthodox ally in Tehran especially since the beginning of the Arab Spring.

Hamas will not commit suicide by recognizing Israel

The reelection of Khalid Mashaal as the chief of the movement’s politburo may have created a certain impression that Hamas is opting for more pragmatism.

Our enemies are known the Emir of Qatar is not one of them

I am not accustomed to praising rulers and political leaders. I always thought that doing this would be demeaning to the dignity and integrity of true journalists.

Abu Hamdiyeh: A victim of Israel’s criminal callousness

As widely expected Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh succumbed to his untreated illness in an Israeli jail earlier this week.

Egypt’s fifth columnists and the Palestinians

Some Egyptian media outlets have recently been badmouthing the Palestinian people and their resistance movements. The vilification is too virulent to be mentioned before a polite audience.

Obama: The Jewish organ grinder’s monkey

It should be amply clear by now that President Obama’s visit to Occupied Palestine has been a great disappointment especially for those who had counted on him to revive the moribund peace process.

What do Muslims expect from the new Pope?

The selection by the Roman Catholic Church of Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as the new Pope of the Vatican is an important event for the estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.

Trying to revive a false hope

President Obama is due to arrive in occupied Palestine in less than two weeks in a much-heralded visit aimed according to American sources at reinforcing the Israeli- American alliance.

Honesty is needed to tackle the Sunni-Shiite strife

A recent letter to President Muhammed Mursi by a number of Iranian academics intellectuals and theologians urged the Egyptian leader to adopt the Shiite brand of Islam..

Erdogan is correct; Zionism is a crime against humanity

Israeli leaders have been infuriated by the fleeting remarks made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan at the opening session of the Fifth UN Alliance of Civilizations held in Vienna last week.

Caught red-handed

It is fairly certain by now that Arafat Jaradat who died earlier this week at an Israel jail was tortured to death by his murderous interrogators.

Only a modus vivindi is possible between Fatah and Hamas now

As widely expected all reconciliation efforts made recently to end the 6-year rift between Hamas and Fatah have failed to make a real breakthrough.

The undemocratic Egyptian opposition

Notwithstanding the legitimacy of some of its demands the Egyptian opposition has very modest chances to beat the Islamist camp in any free and fair elections under present circumstances.

The West’s selective morality in Mali

The ongoing Malian crisis looks quite minor when compared with far more tragic crises plaguing other part of the world. Yet we have seen France embark on a bloody crusade..

Pyongyang has a perfect right to make nukes

there is no convincing logic allowing for America and Israel and several other countries to be in the prestigious nuclear club whereas Koreans or Iranians are excluded.

Awaiting the American illusion…again

Both President Obama and his newly-appointed Secretary of State John Kerry are planning to visit the region and hold talks with Israeli and Arab officials.

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