Analysis: AIPAC's is America's biggest lobby conference and a formidable show of strength. But the pro-Israel group is aligning more and more with the American far right and it's influence may be peaking.
Comment: Israel has used its overblown, inaccurate campaign against Tehran's nuclear activities like a smokescreen as it steals the West Bank and commits atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza, says Said Arikat.
Comment: The rift between Barak Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu is real, but America's blind support for Israeli crimes remains almost visceral, no matter who is in the Oval Office, writes Said Arikat in Washington.
Comment: A much-touted summit on violent extremism this week in Washington appears to be very light on substance. Better for the US to reassess long-standing policies, especially in the Middle East.
Comment: The Chapel Hill shootings look to have been a hate crime one way or another. Arab and Muslim Americans hope they may shine a spotlight on what they see is a frenzy of anti-Muslim fervour in America.
Comment: Obama says he will limit presidential powers of war, but what he says and what happens in Iraq and beyond are two different matters, says Said Arikat.
Comment: The persecution and prosecution of Palestinian professor Sami al-Arian paints a chilling picture of US justice post 9/11. His treatment was ‘gratuitously punitive’. His case is unique.
Comment: Palestinians must still prepare for the long-haul. A chaotic Middle East means there will be no change, no matter the personal feelings of their leaders towards each other, in the US-Israeli relationship.
Comment: UNRWA has to suspend cash payments to a Gazan population suffering not only the devastation wrought by Israel's military, but an unusually harsh winter and the apparent apathy of a world that will make pledges but won't deliver.
