Just when one thought that the direct peace talks might be able to produce a breakthrough, one got an awakening jolt. Crossing the bridge over the Jordan River must be the world’s worst gift that keeps giving. This gift has been giving grief, anger, frustration and an overall realisation of what the

While technology has made a considerable contribution to media throughout the globe, it has had a unique impact in the Arab world. But this impact has not always been positive. Until the mid-1990s, radio and television stations that Arabs were able to follow were mostly government owned. With the

A Palestinian state is coming -- it's just not clear whether it will result from the current peace talks. It is easy to be pessimistic, or even apathetic, about the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. History is a witness to the lack of Palestinian accomplishments in incremental