Over the years, many divides have defined the American social, cultural or political landscape. Some have been philosophical, others regional, issue-based, racial, economic, gender or age-related.

March 30, 1976, was a transformative moment in Palestinian history.

It was 40 years ago that I co-founded the Palestine Human Rights Campaign (PHRC) and wrote “Palestinians, the invisible victims”.I was concerned that in the American mind, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had been reduced to a simple equation: Israeli humanity versus the Palestin

It looks like the Trump administration has come to agree with the conclusion reached by every US president and central command chief since the Gulf War of 1991 — that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is necessary to promote regional security and US strategic interests i

Last week, President Donald Trump issued a revised executive order restricting immigration from six majority Muslim countries and more than halving the US refugee programme.This version includes some significant changes: it is more carefully written; it removes Iraq from the list

Like many other progressives, I was disappointed that Congressman Keith Ellison lost the election to be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee to former labour secretary Tom Perez. I was disappointed, but not distraught.

Something is happening in Saudi Arabia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump was overshadowed by dramatic and unsettling events that preceded and followed their perfectly bizarre press conference. The week began with the forced resignation of White House National Secur

As US President Donald Trump and Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei trade barbs, a nervous Arab world is caught in the middle.Earlier this week, Iran’s supreme leader made headlines thanking Trump for “revealing the true face of America”.While much of Ayatollah Khamenei’s criticism was di