The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?
Download the full written testimony here (PDF)....
Salam Fayyad
The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?
Download the full written testimony here (PDF)....
Legislative Testimonies
Palestine’s Plan for When Peace Talks Fail
Co-authored by Grant Rumley Despite the unshakable and quixotic optimism of John Kerry’s Middle East negotiating team, the prevailing prognosis in Jerusalem and Ramallah i...
Op-eds
We Really Need to Talk About Corruption
If peace were suddenly to break out in the Middle East, John Kerry would undoubtedly assure his place in the Secretary of State Hall of Fame. Defiantly challenging a chorus of naysayers at home a...
Op-eds
One-Man Show
Perhaps the greatest casualty in Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s campaign against political challengers has been former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. &l...
Op-eds
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
After Fayyad
Last weekend, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned. We understand if that wasn't a sizzling news bulletin for most Americans. But Fa...
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.
Op-eds
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigning?
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad tendered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday, according to...
Policy Briefs
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...
Op-eds
Letter from the West Bank
There are those here who seek peace and prosperity. The odds are against them.
Op-eds
Fayyad’s Last Stand?
“Bir Halek, Ya Fayyad” is not a catchy tune. But the popularity of Palestinia...
Op-eds
A Palestinian Spring
Here's what you need to know about the protests in the West Bank.
Op-eds
Review: The Politics of Change in Palestine
by Michael Bröning New York and London: Pluto Press, 2011. 247 pp. $30, paper Regurgitating the Palestinian meme that Israeli intransigence has made a two-state soluti...
Op-eds
Beinart’s Argument Was Already Debunked
As a further thought to Michael Rubin’s response to Joe Klein’s defense of Peter Beinart,...
Op-eds
Nothing Alienates Canadians Like the Veneration of ‘Human Bombs’
Are we witnessing a turning point in the Muslim world’s attitude toward terrorism? Self-described “martyrs” who kill in the name of Islam have long been revered figures among Is...
Op-eds
Building Palestinian Prosperity
By Alexander Joffe And Asaf Romirowsky The Palestinian cause has never been more marginalized than it is today. That was the message conveyed by Palestinian Prime Minister...
Op-eds
International Law and the Hamas-Fatah Doha Deal
As the PLO moves toward Hamas, it moves away, in an inverse relationship, from international legality.
Op-eds
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...