Game Over for Hamas
President Trump does not lend his name to a plan lightly. His 21-point program to end the Gaza War has garnered unprecedented support from Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan,...
Salam Fayyad
Israel Complied with UN Resolutions; Peace Never Came
With demands that Israel leave Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor and limit its operations in the West Bank, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the Jewish State “to comply with its relevant obligations,” adding that “only an end to the occupation… will bring an end to the violence.”...
Op-eds
U.S., Israel, and UAE in Talks on Postwar Gaza Governance
Latest Developments Representatives from the United States, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met in Abu Dhabi last week to discuss plans for postwar Gaza, Axios reported on July 23. Emirati...
Flash Briefs
Is Israeli-Saudi normalization end or means?
Biden is delaying Saudi normalization with Israel until the region is fixed, mistakenly making peace the end game
Op-eds
What Happens to Gaza If Hamas Is Actually Defeated?
There could be a brighter future for the Palestinian enclave, but only if Arab and Western governments commit to helping to rebuild its cities and political leadership.
Op-eds
Abbas Calls for UN Recognition of Palestinian State
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in a September 21 speech to the United Nations that the world body should recognize Palestine as the 194th member state. Abbas...
Flash Briefs
Palestinian Elections
Parties, Polling, and Implications for U.S. Policy
Memos
The Return of Palestinian Politics
Elections in May will be the first since 2006—a remarkable but risky gambit.
Op-eds
Thirteen Years into the Abbas Presidency, Corruption and Autocracy Dominate the West Bank
On this day in 2005, Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority (PA). In his inaugural address, Abbas hailed the “peac...
Policy Briefs
Why Trump Moved Against the PLO
This week, the Trump administration threatened to clos...
Op-eds
White House Puts Palestinians, United Nations in Crosshairs
The White House is sending a strong signal that it will no longer tolerate Palestinian intransigence at the United Nations or the international body’s long record of anti-Israel action, acc...
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
Abbas on the Ropes
For most of his 12 years as president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas has enjoyed the Wh...
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
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
Abbas’ Attacks on Lawmaker are Another Sign of Growing Autocracy
Palestinian lawmaker Najat Abu Bakr took refuge in the building of the defunct Palestinian Authority parliament on Friday after PA security services...
Policy Briefs
An Unholy Alliance
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ refusal to name a su...
Op-eds
Men of Peace in a Realm of War
Last week, I paid a couple of visits to the West Bank or, as Israel’s enemies call it, “the illegally occupied Palestinian territories.” Israelis who live and work there are mor...
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
In Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas VS Mohammad Dahlan
Abbas’ failed leadership has created discontent within Palestine Authority. Will Dahlan seize the moment?