The Gaza Crisis and the Clash to Come
The death toll reached 18 on Monday after a weekend of clashes on the Israeli-Gaza border. Thousands of Palestinians took part in the start of a wave of protests ignited by Hamas, the Islamist te...
Rami Hamdallah
In the Aftermath of an Assassination Attempt Against the Palestinian PM, Conspiracy Theories Abound
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah emerged visibly shaken but unscathed after an assassination attempt on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip. The soft-spoken former academic arrived in Ga...
Op-eds
Mahmoud Abbas Doesn’t Have a Trump Strategy
To hear Palestinian leaders tell it, their relationship with the Trump administration has now been simplified. “We will sever all ties with the Americans,” Ahmed Majdalani, a confidan...
Op-eds
How Can Trump Make Peace Without a Partner in Palestine?
resident Donald Trump visits Israel next week at a supremely awkward moment, amid ...
Op-eds
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement attracting groups with terrorist ties
This week, George Mason University is hosting a conference promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, an anti-Israel campaign that has recently swelled its ranks by participa...
Op-eds
Barack Obama’s West Bank Strongman: Mahmoud Abbas
Amid all the preparations for a French-led ...
Op-eds
After Abbas, Le Déluge in the Palestinian Authority
Palestinian leaders in the West Bank refer to the wave of terror currently gripping Israel as a haba sha'abiya, or a "popular outburst." The imagery suggests that the terror wave is widespre...
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
Palestine’s Anti-Corruption Crusader
The biggest political standoff in years just ended in the West Bank and barely anyone in Washington noticed. A parliamentarian from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abba...
Op-eds
Palestine on Deck
No major actor in the Middle East will go unaffected by the recent nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 negotiators, and the Palestinians are no exception. First, the agreement will exacer...
Op-eds
If a Palestinian Minister Falls and No One Is Around to Hear It…
Big news stories are a dime a dozen these days. Between the Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the war in Yemen, it’s an ideal environment for making...
Op-eds
Hamas Participation In Palestinian Government Likely Won’t Trigger Cut-Off
After seven years of internecine conflict, the Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas joined forces today in a new interim government made up of technocrats. The government, led by current Prime Mi...
Policy Briefs
The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?
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Op-eds
The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?
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Congressional Testimonies
The Exit of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and the Need for “Real Political Reform”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of newly appointed prime minister Rami Hamdallah on Sunday, according to...
Policy Briefs
Palestine’s Nothing Man
"President [Mahmoud] Abbas has asked me to form a new government and I have accepted,"...
Op-eds
The Slow Death of Palestinian Democracy
With Salam Fayyad's forced resignation, President Mahmoud Abbas has eliminated his political rivals in the West Bank.