Palestinian Legislative Council

August 25, 2022 | David May, Zachary Fesen

Palestine 194 Distracts from Abbas’ Despotism

Western governments should make clear to Abbas that Palestine 194 is a dead end.

November 20, 2021 | Enia Krivine |

How Biden Should Navigate Palestine’s Succession Crisis

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.

April 6, 2021 | Matthew Zweig, Jonathan Schanzer

Biden-backed anti-terror law complicates US-Palestinian ties

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...

March 12, 2018 | Grant Rumley

The Next Palestinian President?

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...

February 14, 2018 | Clifford D. May

Why peace can’t be processed now

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....

February 6, 2015 | FDD Policy Brief |

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...

November 4, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

Building a Palestinian City on a Hill

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...

September 12, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer

Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror

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...

September 9, 2014 | |

Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror

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...

August 15, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

A Ballot-Box Test for the Palestinians

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...

June 1, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief

U.S. Policy Ramifications Of A Palestinian Unity Government Including Hamas

Funding: Section 7040 of the 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act places limitations on U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority, including a prohibition on...

February 28, 2013 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Abbas Needs an Heir Apparent

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...

February 19, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Making Sense of Hamas’s Visit to Bulgaria

The arrival of three Hamas representatives in Bulgaria last week – believed to have obtained their visas in Cairo – and...

February 7, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

Letter from the West Bank

There are those here who seek peace and prosperity. The odds are against them.

December 13, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

After Abbas

The Palestinian president will either be toppled from his throne, or die on it. And that may be Hamas's chance to pounce.

January 26, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

When Palestinian Politics Get Personal

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...

July 15, 2010 |

The End of Palestinian Democracy?

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...

June 9, 2010 |

Hamas Has Been Dealt Blow to its Terrorist TV Station

Press Release June 9, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 [email protected]   Hamas Has Been Dealt Blow to its Terrorist TV Station Coalition...

December 26, 2006 | FrontPage Magazine

The Dark Fate of Christians Under Palestinian Rule

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...

February 15, 2006 | Tech Central Station |

Humanitarians for Hamas

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...