I was out driving when I received the first phone call from journalists today, informing me about Saddam's guilty verdict and asking me about my reaction.

Mahmoud Abbas still hasn’t passed with flying colors, and he can certainly do better if he applies himself, but he’s on the right track.

One wonders what kind of “pressure” was put on Marwan Barghouti to withdraw from what was supposed to be a free and fair presidential election.

Mustafa Barghouthi was beaten by Israeli soldiers near Jenin, as were people in his group (some of whom were hit with rifle butts and made to lie motionless on the floor for an hour).

Marwan Barghouti is currently serving 5 consecutive life sentences – one for each Israeli person for whose death he was supposedly responsible. The trial was a sham.

Abbas has agreed with Sharon that Palestinian media is the real cause of Palestinian violence and that the media (not the actions of the Israeli army) is guilty of incitement against Israel.

Metula News Agency claims the whole incident was a staged production of French television channel France 2, and of its respected Middle East correspondent Charles Enderlin.

It may seem strange that a critic of Arafat like myself should be irritated by the reactions to his death, but I have taken issue with many of the questions asked.

Israel’s typically violent attack has been given an unbelievably arrogant code name: “Operation Days of Penitence.”

It’s been four years since Ariel Sharon barged into the most sacred Muslim site of Palestine accompanied by 1,000 Israeli soldiers.