Palestinian Stock Exchange Lacks Public Regulation It's time for the Palestinian Securities Exchange, the first Arab stock exchange to be privately owned, to become a public company. Palestine
Revisiting Davutoglu on Syria Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s first-ever admission of mistakes in Syria policy offers clues to his mindset. Syria
Even $4 Billion Can't Buy Love Or Peace Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains committed to Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s approach: “Everything we don't grab will go to them." Palestine
Egypt Needs Security Strategy For Sinai The Sinai has exposed the fallacies of the piecemeal approach to the Arab–Israeli conflict. Egypt
Next Iranian President Faces Economic, Foreign Policy Tests The next Iranian president will have a full plate, dealing with economic and foreign policy challenges which are linked. Iran
Hezbollah Confesses To Hand in Qusair Battle Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has explicitly acknowledged his party’s role in Syria, and sources describe the battle for Qusair. Lebanon
Turkey’s Moral Majority Tests Its Power With a series of moves such as the limitation of alcohol sales and a kissing ban, perceived as strong signs of social paternalism following the military tutelage, Turkey is being dragged into a refreshed Kulturkampf. Turkey
Turkey and Syria’s Kurds Edging Toward an Uneasy Peace? Fresh fighting between Syrian Kurdish groups and Arab opposition fighters in Syria's Kurdish region is threatening to spread. Iraq
Liberman Bill To Draft Israeli Arabs Just a Cheap Trick Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman’s demand to include Israel’s Arabs in the new universal national service plan is no more than a desperate attempt to show that he is still relevant. Israel
Former South Yemen President To Continue to Call for Secession In an interview with Al-Monitor, former South Yemen president Ali Salim al-Beidh discusses the nature of the Southern Movement, his position on the Gulf Initiative and relations with the US, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Russia. Yemen
Most Israelis Back Arab Peace Initiative A new poll indicates that if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adopts the principles of the Arab Peace Initiative, 69% of the Israeli public would support him. Palestine
Social Divisions Hinder Saudi Rights Movement Ideological and social polarization is preventing a strong Saudi rights movement from emerging. Saudi Arabia
WEF Dreams And Palestinian Realities The rosy picture that US and Israeli officials are trying to portray at the World Economic Forum is viewed skeptically by a grieving couple who were unable to see the wife's dying mother. Palestine
Jordan Deals With Backlash From Iraq, Syria Jordanians may be becoming more xenophobic as the Hashemite Kingdom deals with pressures from Iraq and Syria. Jordan
Davutoglu Cautiously 'Not Pessimistic' On Syria Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says US-Turkish policies on Syria are now synchronized. Syria
Nasrallah on Syria: 'This Battle Is Ours' Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declares war on Salafist groups and calls for "political dialogue" in Syria. Lebanon
