Negotiations and Violence

The new Israeli government wants to create international precedent by its demands that Palestinians unilaterally end what it calls violence and terrorism as[…]

Closed bridges policy

The new Jordan River Bridge that has been built with Japanese money is impressive in its structure. Towering so high the new bride[…]

Advice to Sharon

The establishment of what seems like a stable government in Israel should once again place the focus of attention on the best means[…]

Is there an effective Palestinian Strategy?

The title of this article seems to be the talk of town in Palestinian circles this week. After the abandonment of the Americans[…]

Light at the end of the Big Prison

Samir Awad is an American Palestinian architectural engineer. He has been working with the Kansas City bases Engineering company for the past five[…]

The third way

A group of residents of Ramallah and Al Bireh whose homes are adjacent to the Jewish settlement Psagaot seem to have found the[…]

Sharon and Palestinians

While the rest of the world is trying to figure out what its response to the overwhelming victory of Ariel Sharon, I conducted[…]

Anticorruption campaign

The buzz word this week in Palestine has been the need to fight corruption. You see reference to this issue in the press,[…]

On the way to Jericho

When I heard the newly sworn-in president of the United States mention Jericho in his inauguration speech, I wondered whether he had ever[…]

Executing scapegoats

I found myself in a very difficult position this week. Without giving much thought to it, I had begun defending the decision of[…]