by Bakir Oweida | Aug 1, 2014 | Opinion
As mourners comfort each other over the passing of their loved ones, they often wish that the loss will be “the last of sad times.” But they are not aware that, in doing this, they unintentionally overlook the fact that sadness at the calamity of death only ends when...
by Bakir Oweida | Jul 25, 2014 | Opinion
Nothing justifies the tanks of the Israeli “Defense” Force shelling thirty Palestinian families, none of whom had any chance of taking shelter or running away. This happened in the town of Khuzaha, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, just days after the streets of the...
by Bakir Oweida | Jul 13, 2014 | Opinion
Over the past few days people on the street, in the press, and on satellite TV and radio stations, have been saying that Israel has decided to launch its third war against the Gaza Strip, coming as it does from the two wars of November 2008 and December 2012. But...
by Bakir Oweida | Jul 3, 2014 | Opinion
The US has put a 10 million dollar bounty on the head of a terrorist called Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. It would make no sense for me to invite President Barack Obama to pledge allegiance to Baghdadi, who has now proclaimed himself “Caliph” Ibrahim, a ludicrous scene. But...
by Bakir Oweida | Jun 29, 2014 | Opinion
Arab countries have been going through a downward spiral on a number of levels over the past few years. In fact, the situation in the Arab world is going from bad to worse. Take the recent UN report on the numbers and conditions of refugees around the world released...