Arab women want male guardianship
Britain has called for the abolition of the Saudi system of male guardianship for women, but have the women themselves been asked what they want?
Experts Opinion
Distancing Israeli Arab moderates instead of drawing them closer
This Islamic State madness has gone on long enough
An obsession with Israel that even trumps national self-interest
Islamic State – APEC a fizzer - G20 promises no better
Hopefully the Beijing babble will give way to serious business in Brisbane.
Indo-Israeli bond deepening
India today is Israel’s largest purchaser of defense technology.
Jerusalem tries out ‘broken windows’ policing
The new policy won’t solve all the city’s problems, but if maintained, it might reduce the violence.
Egypt’s war on terrorism
Perhaps Egypt can succeed where Israel has notably failed – in convincing the leaders of Hamas that terrorism is a two-edged weapon that can bring an unwelcome retribution down on its perpetrators.
A lethal mantra for Palestinian statehood and Mideast peace
Any still-proposed “Two-State Solution” derives from an historical and conceptual misunderstanding of Israel and “Palestine.”
A Basic Law passed by 32 MKs doth not a constitution make
No other democracy worldwide has ever treated legislation passed by a minority of parliament as a binding constitution.
The Arab World and Israel: New possibilities
Could one envisage an Arab League summit, with Israel at the table, discussing details of a détente between Israel and the PA? Stranger things have happened.
The high poverty rate and other Israeli myths
Ascribing complex problems to simplistic causes exaggerates their scope and makes them harder to fix.
Does the West care about the Islamist threat to India?
"All countries have to work harder together including India, the US and UK to fight this kind of terrorism around the world wherever it is,” Britain’s Minister of Culture, Sajid Javid says.
Green Lines and Red Lines
Should dialogue fail to resolve the EU’s new Red Lines to its satisfaction, they could well turn into ultimata to Israel, with tightening of sanctions as the deterrent.
