Self-Immolation Reminds Tunisians Of Dashed Hopes The Tunisian uprising, which started as a social revolution with a call for dignity and bread, has shifted to include not only economic grievances but a battle for the role of religion in the country, writes Fernande van Tets from Tunis. By Fernande van Tets
Kirkuk Still Divides Arabs, Kurds in Iraq Despite the passage of more than 43 years since an autonomy agreement was signed between Iraq’s central government and the Kurds, tensions persist between Baghdad and Erbil, writes Abdel Hamid Zebari. By Abdel Hamid Zebari
Bilingual School Teaches Lesson in Coexistence A bilingual school for Jewish and Arab children is showing promising results for tolerance even as random aggression toward Arabs has increased in Israel in the last three months without reaction from the government, writes Akiva Eldar. By Akiva Eldar
Salafist Factions on Rise At Palestinian Camp in Lebanon The historically contentious Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in southern Lebanon has been shaken up by the the surge in the proliferation of hard-line Islamism in the region, Nasser Chararah reports. By Nasser Chararah
Exclusive: Gaza Salafists Take Fight to Syria Asmaa al-Ghoul reports from Gaza on claims that Palestinian jihadist Salafist militants are fighting on the side of Jabhat al-Nusra in the Syrian civil war. By Asmaa al-Ghoul
Iran and Egypt Chart New Course in Relationship Stronger ties between Iran and Egypt will improve regional stability, Kayhan Barzegar writes. By Kayhan Barzegar
Knesset Members Spend Big On 'Contact With the Electorate' Knesset Members spend unnecessarily large sums of money in the context of ''sustaining contact with the electorate," writes Idan Grinbaum. By Idan Grinbaum
Baghdad's Residents Fear Renewed Civil War With the Sunnis in Anbar and Mosul demonstrating against what they call the Iraqi government’s sectarianism, Baghdad residents fear that their mixed city may once again become the main arena for civil war, writes Mushreq Abbas. By Mushreq Abbas
US Locked Into the Middle East While events will not allow the United States to pivot from the Middle East to Asia, the US still needs a coherent strategy for the region, writes Jean-Loup Samaan. By Jean-Loup Samaan
Palestinian Shoe Industry Declines in Hebron Once boasting a thriving shoe industry, Hebron is struggling to compete with cheap Chinese imports and Israeli control of the economy, Jihan Abdalla reports. By Jihan Abdalla
Palestinian Union Boss Emerges as Power Broker Union head Bassam Zakarneh, who has recently steered several mass strikes, is one of the most powerful men in the West Bank, Daoud Kuttab writes. By Daoud Kuttab In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics
Israel Arresting Children To Prevent Third Intifada Israel is arresting and mistreating Palestinian children to prevent a third intifada, Jillian Kestler-D'amours reports. By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
New March 14 Group to Launch In Lebanon Next Week Next week will see the birth of a new current that intends to recapture the spirit of the Lebanese March 14 Movement under the guidance of former MP Samir Franjieh, writes Elie al-Hajj. By Elie Hajj
Egypt's Brotherhood Struggles To Govern The Muslim Brotherhood’s incompetence to date in governance is because of its lack of political experience, not its Islamist ideology, Khalil al-Anani writes. By Khalil al-Anani
Iraqi Provincial Elections Postponed in Anbar As protests continue in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, local authorities have decided to postpone provincial elections scheduled for April 20, writes Ali Abel Sadah. By Ali Abel Sadah
Moshe Ya'alon Will Bring Balance To Israeli Defense Ministry Ben Caspit retraces the career of Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon, the expected choice for defense minister in the new Israeli government. By Ben Caspit In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense