Hanan Ashrawi: the West’s preferred voice of PalestineOne of the most powerful Arabs, Ashrawi is the Middle East’s version of the Unsinkable Molly Brown
Israel’s reckoningLater this year, the country’s Jewish population will hit six million—the same number of Jews killed by Nazi Germany
Was Yasser Arafat poisoned?It’s the West Bank equivalent of the John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories
This year’s winners: the game changersFrom Arcade Fire, through Mark Carney to the Palestinians–whatever they did, this year they played by their own rules
It’s tough being Tony BlairThe Palestinians don’t like him and his business dealings are under scrutiny