Palestinian statehood bid ‘could lead to war’, says Mofaz
TEL AVIV: A unilateral Palestinian bid for statehood in September could lead to fresh conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and destabilize the whole region, a senior Israeli politician has…
Dissidents openly call for democracy at Damascus meeting
DAMASCUS: More than 100 dissidents heard calls for a peaceful transition to democracy at a public meeting in Syria's capital on Monday that they said was unprecedented in five decades…
Tunisia’s Islamists pull out of reform commission
TUNIS: Tunisia's Islamist movement Ennahda (Renaissance), has definitively pulled out of a national commission tasked with bringing in political reforms, its leader Rached Ghannouchi said Monday. The commission "believes it…
Tut-tut Tut doomed or entombed?
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Belt tightening isn’t enough. Beggars can’t be choosers, they say when the kitty’s dwindling. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are funding feeding fellahin fuul. Egypt could weigh up…
Religion and public space
By Virginie Guiraudon Religious intolerance is a daily reality in Europe. Mainly targeted at Muslims, attacks on religious pluralism focus on refusing to share public space with non-majority religions or only…
The unraveling of Europe’s peace
By Fabrizio Tassinari COPENHAGEN: The European Commission recently unveiled long-awaited measures to bring neighboring countries in the Mediterranean and the former Soviet Union closer to Europe. On the same day, another…
Making the Facebook revolution work for Israelis and Palestinians
By Rami Mehdawi RAMALLAH, West Bank: A few months ago I was standing at the Qalandia checkpoint near Ramallah, waiting for an Israeli journalist from Israel’s Channel One Television who was…
ElBaradei to present rights charter to SCAF for discussion
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Political leader Mohamed ElBaradei's Basic Rights Charter will be presented to the ruling army council within days for discussion, member of his presidential campaign Hisham El-Hawary told…
Gulf economies to grow on average 4pct in 2011: AMF
BASEL: Gulf economies will grow on average 4 percent this year thanks to elevated oil prices but Bahrain will underperform the others because of political turbulence, the head of…
Amer Group sets up new businesses: paper
CAIRO: Egyptian real estate company Amer Group has established four new companies in Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia to focus on tourism and property development, a newspaper reported on Monday.…
