Mideast Daily

Iran escapes once more through the skin of their teeth. The lingering issue of whether to impose international sanctions on Iran for failing to cease their uranium enrichment project, hich the US regards as potentially dangerous for the entire world, drags on for two more months. In a world where diplomacy often fails to come up with the right solutions, Iran has been given more and more time to contemplate…

Peace talks between Israel and Palestine is like butter extracted in the evening that melts away with the sunrise. Will ongoing Mideast peace talks provide some tangible results thus leading to a two state solution while ending illegal Israeli possession of Palestinian land? If land swap for peace is an offer, then will Israel deliver to it? Well, there are rare chances because as of now, the most generous Israeli…

The Christians were once the dominant community in Lebanon but now they play second fiddle to Muslims. As if that itself doesn’t threaten them in the fight for survival amidst Lebanon’s political turmoil and insecurity, the fact that the Christian community is internally divided has started to strike at the very heart of the Christian unity and integrity. Fears of yet another Civil War in Lebanon have raised their ugly…

Slowly but surely British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pulling his troops away from the volatile region of Iraq. His conservative approach towards the war in Iraq is known to all and the Labour party leader is in full swing to fulfill his promise to pull Britain away from the war zone. People in Britain demand immediate pull out of British troops stationed in Iraq and the Premier is doing…

The Blackwater USA mayhem that commenced last month is still dragging its tail. After several days of investigations, carried out independently by the US officials and Iraqi authorities, a common conclusion is yet to be reached. The friction between the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the White House, on this sensitive issue, appears to be on the increase. The Iraqi authorities have concluded that the Blackwater private security…

Well, a sensational development in the Mideast. Is it? Yes, you read it right. There opens a new window for the Palestinians who remain divided after Hamas’ violent takeover of Gaza – a very move that not only divided Hamas and Fatah ideologically but geographically as well. Since then, both factions are running parallel governments in Gaza and West Bank. This did nothing good but made things difficult for not…

Bush is closing his ears to all sensible advice on the Palestinian issue. He and his faithful deputy Condoleezza Rice want to make the forthcoming Israel-Palestinian peace conference in the US next month a success and at the same time they are shutting out Hamas totally from the picture. Hamas is popular amongst the Palestinians and it has won elections fairly held in Palestine. It has shown its capacity to…

Jerusalem has been a bone of contention between Israel and Palestine. The holy city is often the unholy battleground for these two forces, and blood of innocents is spilled in the city frequently. Israel sees the city as its undivided capital, but for the Palestinians, it is a symbol of hope and prosperity. Even under increased international pressure no solution to the Middle East problem has been outlined. But after…

It is a known fact that the root cause of an unstable Mideast lies in the age-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Without any constructive peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians leading to the creation of a separate Palestinian state living peacefully with Israel, there is virtually no hope for the stability in the region. As American secretary of state Condoleeza Rice gets ready to visit Bethlehem to meet both the…

Mordecai Vanunu was an Israeli under-cover agent who blew the whistle on Israel’s nuclear programme to the world. He was whisked away from the streets of London in broad day-light by Mossad agents and served a very long term in solitary prison confinement. He was recently released but now again is under house arrest in Israel. Vanunu is an old man now. Israel treats him ruthlessly, and then one can…