An open letter to US President Barack Obama following his speech to the United Nations on the issue of Palestinian statehood.

Stephen Kruger argues that International Law and the International Community have unfairly discriminated against Israel for annexing territory through warfare and using economic blockades, which are standard practise among states such as the US, China, and Russia.

On 27 January 2006 the Middle East woke up to a new reality. The Palestinian Elections Committee announced official results of parliamentary elections, declaring Hamas the clear winner with 76 seats in the 132-seat-strong legislative body. The victory of Hamas, which is labeled as a terrorist group by Europe and

Independent journalist Atkilt Geleta comments on the UNGA speeches made by Ahmadinejad and Netanyahu and offers some analytical insight on the worsening Syrian crisis and the complex geopolitical structure of alliances and interests that surround it.

The Palestinian National Authority's 2009 declaration under Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute to join the ICC presented the international court with an opportunity to implement its Statute and respond to the many UN and other reports of human rights abuses committed in Palestine since 2002. As Mahmoud Abdou argues,

University for Peace PhD Candidate Harout Akdedian presents grassroots perspectives on the Syrian crisis and an analysis of today’s socio-political reality in the Middle East.

As 50 years old Mordechai Vanunu was released last month after 18 years in prison, Aki Orr reminds us that the campaign to make the Middle East a zone free of all weapons of mass-destruction under international control continues.

Violence Next Door: “Third Party” People-to-People Initiatives in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict Author: Daniel Noah Moses Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 03/16/2007 This past Thursday, in Hebron, I stood on a hill, at the edge of the Old City. Looking down, I could see the place where, according

This article traces the rise of Al-Jazeera and discusses some of the controversy that surrounds it.

Mahmoud Abdou explores the history and implications of political disunity among Palestinian leadership, arguing that a united Palestine is an essential step toward peace for everyone in the region.