Obama's visit to the West Bank took him into the center of the Palestinian tragedy where outrage over Israel's military occupation and civilian settlements has been punctuated by bursts of terrorist violence, quiet oppression, and demoralizing acquiescence.

Israeli military law imposed in the occupied West Bank places sweeping and arbitrary restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly. This makes any unauthorized peaceful protest by Palestinians a criminal offence.

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The beginning of the end of occupation also requires telling Israelis that the settlement enterprise runs contrary to peace.

Fadi would not want there to be an international outcry over his detention if there were not a similar -- in fact, greater -- outcry over the detention of the 4,800 other Palestinians languishing in Israeli prisons after being denied trials in civilian courts.

What is more essential to American security today -- convenient bases for its ships, planes and troops across the Middle East, or a full transition to democracy throughout the region?

This century-long Israeli-Palestinian battle over territory threatens to draw the entire global community into its bowels. The only way out of the current paralysis is to kill the "peace process" once and for all.

If the Palestinians in occupied territories present a security threat so compelling that it required a multibillion dollar Separation Wall -- then Israel has no business moving its men, women and children right into the danger zones.

By moderating their stances to accommodate changing realities in the Middle East, Hamas has left people confused in recent years. Here is what Meshaal had to say about the challenges of peace on the eve of direct peace talks.

What happens when all sides of a conflict are so mired in hypocrisy that no one can steer a path towards some sort of solution?

Every summer, hundreds of young international activists travel to Israel to stand in solidarity with Palestinians. Some seasoned activists question whether their activism functions more like occupation tourism.

Obama's Mideast speech laid out a new vision for Israel and the Palestinians. But the U.S. can't impose solutions unless the participants break out of the old patterns of antagonism.

To consider Gaza Palestinians infiltrators if caught in the West Bank past their permit deadline reflects the Netanyah government's rejection of the unity of Palestinian territories.

I find myself wondering: Were Thomas' words an admission of anti-Israel or anti-Semitic bias, or rather an angry condemnation of Israeli settlers in Gaza specifically?

Beyond being a point of contention in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the West Bank separation wall has also become a place where activists, street ...

It is up to Obama to use the Prize as an opening to pursue truly transformational policies on the world stage regardless of the potential political cost to him.

No wonder human rights experts, including Mary Robinson, refused to participate in this mockery, declaring that it was "guided not by human rights, but by politics."

An IDF officer allegedly orders one of his soldiers to shoot a bound, blind-folded Palestinian detainee at close range.

The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Occupied Territories, which Bush et al either supported or outright committed, actually strengthened the Ahmadinejad government.