I should have been angry but I wasn’t. Israeli soldiers at the Qalandia checkpoint slashed all four wheels of my car. Apparently they[…]

During the past weeks I attended two conferences in New York and Vienna, which were aimed at finding ways of using the media[…]

It is hard to know whether the international presence created by foreign citizens at Yasser Arafat’s Ramallah headquarters helped prevent further violence there[…]

Discussions among Palestinians, concerning democracy, transparency and reform of the way the Palestinian National Authority conducts itself, are very refreshing. Minister of Legislative[…]

The reality on the ground in Palestine is hard to refute. The presence of any international civilian in the occupied areas is an[…]

The Palestinian president Yasser Arafat besieged by the Israelis in Ramallah since last December and imprisoned in his office since March 29 has[…]

I still remember the day early in March 1997 when I was handed a piece of paper issued by the Palestinian Authority allowing[…]

In dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict, there seems to be a major problem in deciding what the time reference is. Listening to the[…]

As the world entered the 21 century with the goal of ending occupation, colonization and military rule, it is important to give these[…]

One of the more popular Palestinian songs asks travelers where they are going and the answer is Ramallah. This town, built on a[…]