No Shortcuts on National Unity

As the hype surrounding the Palestinian bid for statehood reigns in, the issue of reconciliation returns to forefront as a point of concern.

Why Oslo Was a Capitulation. Why the U.N. Vote Is Not

That Oslo represented anything other than a second Nakba has been imminently disproved by now. By taking a vote to the people, writ large, the Palestinians will be revivifying the peace process. This revivification would be caused by the Arab spring, by Libya, by Egypt.

Fatah and Hamas tie the knot. Shit.

Exciting news coming in from Cairo tonight: Fatah and Hamas, to the surprise of almost everyone, have come to an agreement to resolve all their issues and create a government of national unity. Too good to be true?

Hamas Raid on Arrigoni’s Killers

The Gaza police took control of the area and brought a number of relatives of the suspects in the Vittorio Arrigoni killing to persuade them to surrender. They failed.

How to Free Palestine

Neither Fatah nor Hamas will end the Zionist Occupation of Palestine. And neither current nor upcoming Palestinian faction (violent and nonviolent alike) can end the Israeli Occupation of Palestine. These facts are based on the following causes: 1 – Israel is in full control of the occupied territories from the Jordan river and border in [...]

Know Your Islamist Party

This list only contains the Islamist parties in the Arab World. Note that the majority of Muslims (as well as Islamist parties) are not Arab.

There will be a separate case study on the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Courts Union (coming soon) …

Certified Islam

Ever wonder how the Muslim World ended up with a mainstream interpretation of Islam that has no concern or objection to:

environmental pollution, healthcare, smoking, direct and indirect domination and exploitation of resources, the spread of junk-food and associated diseases, consumerism, unemployment, unions, poverty, famine, natural disasters, mass corruption and bribary, and Israeli-owned sweatshops in sovereign Arab states?

Hamas’ Record on Women, a Mixed Bag

When it comes to women rights, Hamas in Gaza continues to pass and enforce laws and regulations that are baffling to say the least. I have been watching their actions on women related matters and most of the time I am surprised by how much time to dedicate to making the life for women a bit more difficult. But then when I went to Gaza and saw how things are, I started to see Hamas’s record as a mixed bag. While the majority of Hamas figures see the home and family are the only place for a women. Many Hamas supporters also engage in polygamy (but her husband is a Shaheed). Granted there are things I see as a downside, some might seem them as an upside. For example, in their rallies, Hamas likes to enlist the help of women by promising them to get food stamps for showing up to their rallies. Here is a list of observations on Hamas’ record on women as the Hamas government continues to make waves.

Hamas in the Eyes of Ibish

Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), landed another one of his controversial articles in NowLebanon, this time on “Hamas’s many splendored contradictions.” I take this opportunity to shed light on some of his misconceived ideas regarding Palestinian internal affairs. The main contradiction espoused by Ibish is that Hamas [...]

Hamas in the Eyes of Ibish

By Sarakenos

Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), landed another one of his controversial articles in NowLebanon, this time on “Hamas’s many splendored contradictions.”

I take this opportunity to shed light on some of his misconceived ideas regarding Palestinian internal affairs.

The main contradiction espoused by Ibish is that Hamas has both a religious and a nationalist agenda, intertwined and at odds with one another. read.