Asia Opinion

By Mahmoud Abbas Wall Street Journal, 19/09/08 (Mr. Abbas is chairman of the executive committee of the PLO and president of the Palestinian National Authority) This month marks 15 painful years since the Arafat-Rabin handshake on the White House lawn. Palestinian children who...

By Mahmoud al-Zahar Washington Post, 16/04/08) (Mahmoud al-Zahar, a surgeon, is a founder of Hamas. He is foreign minister in the government of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, which was elected in January 2006) President Jimmy Carter’s sensible plan to visit the Hamas leadership...