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Saturday 17 May 2008 (11 Jumada al-Ula 1429)

Play Today and Forever Pay

I bumped into Haider, a long-time acquaintance at a supermarket checkout stand recently. He was just ahead of me, and when his turn came to pay for his purchases, I noticed he pulled out a credit card... Full Story


Editorial: Defiance of Terror

It is still unclear who was behind the horrific series of bomb attacks in the Indian city of Jaipur on Tuesday which killed 63 people and left some 200 injured. Suspicions, however, are being pointed... Full Story


Palestinians Mourn Continuing Catastrophe

In sharp contrast to last week’s Independence Day celebrations on the streets of West Jerusalem, the east side of the city took on an air of mourning Thursday, as the 60th anniversary of the Nakba... Full Story




Palestinians’ No. 1 Priority: Statehood

In the spring of 1948, my father, George Kuttab, and his brother Qostandi fled Musrara, a Jerusalem neighborhood just outside the walled city, after their sister Hoda’s husband was killed in front... Full Story


Afghanistan, Iraq Expose Limits of US Military Power

Donald Rumsfeld is today a discredited and widely reviled figure. Robert Gates, Rumsfeld’s successor as defense secretary, is generally admired for manifesting qualities that Rumsfeld lacked — a willingness... Full Story


No, It’s Not Appeasement When Your Allies Do It

WASHINGTON, 17 May 2008 — While President George W. Bush was ruffling the presidential contest with a warning about the “foolish delusion” of negotiating with terrorists, one of his few Middle East... Full Story