The government of national consensus that took the oath of office before Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas today may save Hamas from its suffocating financial crisis and the heavy burden of administering Gaza, but at the same time will weaken…
THE STRANGEST THINGS become routine. Every weekday evening, a taxi idles outside the Ofer military prison compound in Beitunia, about 10 minutes south of Ramallah, waiting for the gate to slide open and a few…
A new position paper, which echoes previous statements by EU negotiators and leaders, urges the EU to adopt a more confrontational approach toward Jerusalem. A top European think tank is urging the European Union to take concrete…
I am Jewish, I am a Zionist and I am a loyal citizen of the State of Israel. I believe that as a Jew, a Zionist and an Israeli the most important mission the State…
The following is the official translation of the full text of Pope Francis’ speech at the Palestinian president palace beside Mahmoud Abbas Sunday morning. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FNdnhsZng&feature=share @ 1:07:38 Mr President, Dear Friends, I thank President Mahmoud…
How can founding ICC members such as the UK and France support the work of the court while opposing Palestinian membership, asks Clive Baldwin? The British government has said many times that it is a…
Netanyahu and Obama at the United Nations, 2011. (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) For most of Obama’s time in office, Netanyahu and the Israel lobby tied him down like Gulliver. After initially confronting Netanyahu on settlements, Obama retreated…
The increasing animosity between Netanyahu and Obama put an end to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations way before they reached their end on April 29, 2014. What I am about to present here is a theory. I have…
With friends like John Kerry, who retracted his true and well-meaning warning under pressure from the U.S. Jewish lobby, Israel doesn’t need enemies. Is Israel at risk of becoming an apartheid state, as John Kerry…
This is all over the wires, and it might be historic. John Kerry, Secretary of State, blamed the Israelis for the breakdown of peace talks during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday. Israel failed…
This cynical and useless game, whose only purpose is to prove again that the occupied ones are to blame, will end in bloodshed. Occasionally the chutzpah of the Americans, and even of the Israelis, believe…
The decline of Hamas may result in a new wave of chaos ARE the tables turning in Gaza? Whenever Egypt wanted to stop Israel and the Palestinian enclave fighting in the past, they would call…
I am writing today to express grave concern about a wave of legislative measures in the United States aimed at punishing and intimidating those who speak their conscience and challenge…
Israel and its U.S. allies perpetuate a number of mistruths about Gaza, its role in the conflict and its centrality moving forward. If they are not challenged, violence will continue and the U.S. risks losing…
It is impossible not to be touched by the apocalyptic scenes emerging from the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, besieged and cut off for months. The images are at once epic and personal.…