Official and popular Palestinian views denounced the US-brokered peace deal between the UAE and Israel. Palestinian factions such as Hamas, Fatah and the Islamic Jihad expressed their disappointment at the accord.
According to a joint statement by (...)
Multiple factors lead to the turmoil in Lebanon -- threats and intimidation by Israel, civil unrest, political siege, sanctions and economic and financial duress, in a failed attempt to blackmail the country, bring it to its knees, instigate (...)
On Gouraud Street in the gentrified Jemmayzeh neighbourhood of Beirut, now entirely reduced to rubble, a distraught Lebanese woman appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to the city last week.
“I want to go back to my home,” (...)
Removing the name Palestine from Google Maps triggered angry objections by the Palestinian leadership and people, rejecting the policies of two US companies that ignore Palestinian historical facts and demanding that the global search engine reverse (...)
Palestinian political analysts and observers say they believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic and panic around the world to achieve several goals. Most notably, implementing more steps in the (...)
Do not put your faith in either of the two main contenders in the Israeli elections (Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud coalition and Benny Gantz's Blue and White), Palestinian analysts caution Palestinians in Israel and the occupied territories. Both are (...)
The best way to promote solutions that serve the interests of the Palestinian cause is for Palestinian factions to end the longstanding political rift, come together under the PLO umbrella as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian (...)
Palestinian political analysts and writers believe all signs indicate that Palestinian factions want to hold legislative and presidential elections, which President Mahmoud Abbas called for at the UN podium so the world is witness to the (...)
Palestinian analysts argue — and claim the fact is known on all sides — that whoever comes to power in Israel shares the same goals, albeit their methods, timing and priorities might differ. They say all Israeli politicians believe in a Jewish state (...)
The Israeli attacks Saturday and Sunday killed 27 people, including three women, two unborn babies, two infants and one child, and injured 177 Palestinians, including 42 children and 46 women, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. A (...)
The Israeli attacks Saturday and Sunday killed 27 people, including three women, two unborn babies, two infants and one child, and injured 177 Palestinians, including 42 children and 46 women, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
A (...)
Palestinian analysts and observers say reports about the so-called Deal of the Century are trial balloons that are intentionally leaked to the media to gauge official and public reactions and amend course accordingly. The primary goal is to protect (...)
Demonstrations have escalated in several areas in the Gaza Strip and sometimes have resulted in clashes between Hamas security forces and youth demonstrators. Gazans are, in fact, denouncing high prices and economic decline amid a siege of Gaza (...)
For the first time, statements by Jared Kushner, the US president's envoy to the Middle East, revealed some aspects of the US Middle East peace plan, sometimes known as the “deal of the century”. Kushner's statements triggered a barrage of (...)
For the first time, statements by Jared Kushner, the US president's envoy to the Middle East, revealed some aspects of the US Middle East peace plan, sometimes known as the “deal of the century”. Kushner's statements triggered a barrage of (...)
The decision by the Palestinian Authority (PA) not to accept reduced Palestinian clearing funds from the Israeli occupation generated a variety of reactions, from those who support the move to others who denounce it. Since Israel is approaching (...)
Palestinians, led by Jerusalem clerics, succeeded in opening the Umayyad prayer area at the eastern Bab Al-Rahma (Mercy) Gate at Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite a decision by the Israeli occupation to barricade it 16 years ago.
Worshippers celebrated the (...)
A recommendation by Fatah's Central Committee to dissolve the Palestinian government of national accord led by Rami Al-Hamdullah and form a factional government composed of Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) members is another sticking point (...)
Israel's decision to throw out the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) mission in the south of the West Bank has raised concerns among Palestinians that another massacre will take place at Al- Ibrahimi Mosque without witnesses or (...)
Palestinian officials and analysts say that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a variety of messages during his address at the American University in Cairo as part of his Middle East tour last week.
Most notably, there was a reshuffling of (...)
While the Palestinian people suffer under continued political division and its impact on their daily lives, the wedge between Fatah and Hamas has grown amid a raging media war. This is a clear indicator at the start of the new year that (...)
Palestinian experts say that Palestinian Authority (PA) efforts to thwart a US draft resolution at the UN categorising Palestinian resistance movements — particularly Hamas — as terrorist has several dimensions for the struggle of the Palestinian (...)
The resignation of Israeli defence minister Avigdor Lieberman last week ushered in a new phase in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Some regard the resignation of the hawkish minister, who described efforts to reach a truce with Hamas as (...)
After an intermittent lull, firefights were renewed in the Gaza Strip between Israel's occupation forces and resistance factions. Anticipation and mystery shroud the Strip after the fighting revealed a qualitative shift in the ability of the (...)
Palestinian experts agree that Washington is now using a “money for politics” strategy in Palestine, meaning that in order to receive aid the Palestinians must first agree to accept all US conditions.
This is now its preferred modus operandi, (...)