How Mahmoud Abbas Fans the Flames in Gaza
While Hamas’s long-term goal remains, as always, the destruction of Israel, Ghaith al-Omari and Grant Rumley argue that the organization’s ongoing conflict with Mahmoud Abbas is the f...
Grant Rumley
Expert: During 13 Years in Power, Abbas Has “Exacerbated Crisis of Corruption” in the PA
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, who was elected to a four-year term 13 years ago this week, has presided over an “exacerbated crisis of corruption” in the...
Op-eds
Ageing and ailing, who will succeed current Palestinian leaders?
Palestinian politics is a relentless and often fruitless pursuit: after more than two decades of on-off negotiations, a state remains out of reach. Now add to the mix rising age and failing healt...
Op-eds
A Temporary Thaw in Egyptian-PA Relations
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...
Policy Briefs
Fatah Elects Vice Chairman
The Fatah Central Committee on Wednesday elected Mahmoud al-Aloul to serve as the movement’s vice chairman, making him the first to hold the newly-created position. The election of...
Op-eds
Another Palestinian Unity Agreement?
A coalition of Palestinian parties released a statement last week calling for the first session in over two decades...
Policy Briefs
Fatah sets date for top leadership elections
Fatah's top leadership body decided on Wednesday that the long-awaited seventh Fatah General Congress will take place at the end of November. “The Fatah Central Committee unan...
Op-eds
Hamas Vows to Join Municipal Elections, but Obstacles Remain
Hamas announced last week that it would participate in municipal elections across the West Bank and Gaza in October. It is a surprisin...
Policy Briefs
Foreign Affairs Podcast
FDD research fellow Grant Rumley discusses the changing dynamics of Israel's relationship with its MIddle East neighbors. ...
Op-eds
Palestinian Prime Minister Acknowledges Torture
In an interview that somehow failed to make headlines, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah admitted last week that torture occurs in PA facilities. Hamdallah, speaking on...
Policy Briefs
Mahmoud Abbas Tells UN He Will No Longer Observe Oslo Accords
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday declared that he will no longer be bound by the 1993 Oslo Accords between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, citing Israel's fa...
Op-eds
New Report Details Options for the U.S. to Shape Palestinian Succession after Mahmoud Abbas
FDD Press Release
Press Releases
One Year Later, A Unity Government without Palestinian Unity
The political reconciliation struck between the two dominant Palestinian factions on the eve of last summer’s 50-day war turns a year old on Tuesday. Then, as now, reconciliation between Fa...
Policy Briefs
Obama Handing Over Peace Process Portfolio to Europe?
Journalist Amir Tibon filed a story Sunday in Israel's Walla! News citing sources who cla...
Policy Briefs
Nuclear Deal with Jordan is Russia’s Latest Attempt to Woo U.S. Allies
Russia’s state-run nuclear-energy company last week signed a $10-billion agreement to...
Policy Briefs
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Splits in Two
Jordan’s seven-decade-old Muslim Brotherhood wing disbanded this week, leaving behind a...
Policy Briefs
The PA’s Risky West Bank Crackdown
The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Thursday completed a week-long crackdown on a refugee camp in the West Bank. The crackdown a...
Policy Briefs
Abbas Rolls Statehood Dice With International Criminal Court Move
... For Abbas, who has been in power since 2005 and turns 80 in March, a decade is a long time, and in any case the expectation was always that an independent state would happen before the...
Op-eds
Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas Moves to Join International Criminal Court
... Grant Rumley, a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said going to the ICC is another step in the Palestinian effort to mitigate U.S. influence b...
Op-eds
EU Parliamentary Recognition of Palestine
The European Union Parliament voted...