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Communication Management Units, the highly restrictive prisons holding mostly Arab and Muslim men, continue to operate outside the law, with no oversight.

On a recent visit to Gaza, officials from both factions told me they are ready to accept the results of new elections, win or lose.

The Palestinian liberation struggle was “the rock that was thrown in the still water.”

Far from winning votes, “Muslim-bashing” alienates large swaths of the electorate—even as it hardens an already hard core on the right.

Obama shows no inclination to back his words on the 1967 borders with the power the US government could wield.

Time is running out on America's ability to protect Israel from itself.

For most of an intense, three-hour conversation with a Hamas leader, three Jewish visitors were both comfortable and chutzpadik.

The agreement to end the schism between the two Palestinian factions reflects the profound political changes underway in the Middle East.

Despite a “reconsideration” on the part of its author, the Goldstone Report remains as vital as ever for understanding the 2008-2009 Gaza conflict.

Carter Vaughn Finley's timely new history contends that Turkey's development has been misunderstood as an upward march from Islamic empire to secular republic.