Mahmoud Abbas
It’s Springtime for Mahmoud Abbas
These are hopeful days for Mahmoud Abbas. Despite his persistent aspirations to be a global statesman, the ailing octogenarian chairman of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has long played a marginal...
Can Netanyahu Deter Iran and Make Peace With Saudi Arabia?
The next Israeli government will not have a grace period. Before its ministers settle into their new offices, the government must deal with urgent security matters. The Islamic month of...
Palestine 194 Distracts from Abbas’ Despotism
Mahmoud Abbas visited Germany last week to build international support for the Palestine 194 campaign—an attempt to achieve Palestinian statehood via UN approval rather than negotiating with Israel. The odds...
Terror Attacks Harm Israelis and Palestinians Alike
Israel is suffering its worst terror attacks in six years: five attackers in four cities have left fourteen Israelis dead since March 22. The victims were ordinary people going about...
February Meeting Confirms Palestinian Leadership Needs an Israeli Bailout
Like someone drowning, the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah is flailing about, barely keeping its head above water. Israel should throw Ramallah a life raft, but it must be careful not...
Hamas’ Efforts to Release Marwan Barghouti Come at Fatah’s Expense
Hamas is pushing for Israel to release Fatah arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti from prison, a step that would further inflame already volatile tensions with chief rival Fatah. By championing Barghouti’s release,...
How Biden Should Navigate Palestine’s Succession Crisis
After a five-month delay, the U.S. Senate confirmed Thomas Nides as the Biden administration’s ambassador to Israel. An uncontroversial nomination, Nides served as one of Hillary Clinton’s top deputies at the...
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: When Broken Systems Collide and Collude
As if out of nowhere, the Israelis and Palestinians were at it again. Two peoples, each divided more than ever, with their two political systems broken due to decades of...
The Conditions are Right for a Third Palestinian Intifada
It has been nearly two decades since Ariel Sharon, then the candidate for prime minister, visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest site and the third holiest in Islam....
Why the Palestinian Authority’s Strategy for Biden Is Backfiring
“Fate,” Winston Churchill once observed, “holds terrible forfeits for those who gamble on certainties.” By choosing to hold national elections for the first time in more than a decade, the...
Palestine’s First Elections in 15 Years are No Gift to Joe Biden
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’s January 15th announcement that elections would be taking place later this year for both the Palestinian Legislative Council and the presidency were met with...
Palestinians Deserve Better Leaders Than Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in the 15th year of his four-year term. Talks about replacing the aging president for life, who turns 85 this November, are escalating behind the...