Palestine 194 Distracts from Abbas’ Despotism
Western governments should make clear to Abbas that Palestine 194 is a dead end.
Western governments should make clear to Abbas that Palestine 194 is a dead end.
In light of Abbas’s consolidation of power and the lack of an heir apparent, U.S. engagement should be used as a lever to encourage Abbas to empower a successor.
Excerpt The State Department is developing a policy of engagement toward the Palestinian Authority (PA). The shift comes as the Palestinians plan for legislative elections on May 22 — their first...
If there is any dynamism within Palestinian politics today, it’s in the discussion about who will eventually replace the aging Mahmoud Abbas, the octogenarian President who has reigned for...
Decade after decade, one administration after another has set in motion what has been called a “peace process.” None has come close to ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict....
The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Thursday completed a week-long crackdown on a refugee camp in the West Bank. The crackdown a...
RAWABI, WEST BANK – Trust me on this: Reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis will not be achieved any time soon no matter what the professional peace processors say or do. But her...
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I tha...
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I thank yo...
It has become de rigueur among Israelis, and many Americans, to belittle the idea of Palestinian democracy. The 2006 legislative elections—strongly backed by President George W. Bush and Pa...
Funding: Section 7040 of the 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act places limitations on U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority, including a prohibition on...
President Obama's visit to the Middle East next month is widely billed as an earnest attempt to double down on diplomacy and revive the moribund peace process between the Israelis and Palest...
The arrival of three Hamas representatives in Bulgaria last week – believed to have obtained their visas in Cairo – and...
There are those here who seek peace and prosperity. The odds are against them.
The Palestinian president will either be toppled from his throne, or die on it. And that may be Hamas's chance to pounce.
Mohammed Dahlan, the former security official for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Gaza Strip, is in a lot of trouble. On January 9, at the behest of Palestinian Authority president Mahmou...
Co-Authored with Asaf Romirowsky Saturday, July 17, was the day Palestinians were slated to hold a municipal election in the West Bank. But the elections were scrapped. In...
Press Release June 9, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 [email protected] Hamas Has Been Dealt Blow to its Terrorist TV Station Coalition...
Having failed to bribe the Islamic Republic Iran out of its nuclear ambitions, the State Department is putting on its cheeriest face after Saturday’s Security Council resolution, imposing t...
By: 2005 FDD Academic Fellow, J. Peter Pham & Michael I. Krauss. The new Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council is expected to be sworn in this Saturday. Both Presi...