Palestine

As the Israeli counter-offensive against Hamas in Gaza becomes a major ground campaign, more ideas are emerging on how to help the Gazans rebuild after this war. There are a...

Three major factions within the Palestinian Authority—Fatah, Hamas, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)—announced on Thursday that they had finalized a reconciliation deal in Algeria intended...

The Islamic Republic of Iran, Henry Kissinger once remarked, must decide whether it is a nation or a cause. But the regime’s choice has been clear since its founding four...

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...

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 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,...

Truth is a rare commodity when it comes to international organizations, all the more so when it comes to the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA), the internationally funded welfare...

The Middle East has a way of imposing itself on American presidents and their administrations. Just ask President Joe Biden. With six phone calls to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and...

Foreign policy realists have regularly been bashed as anti-American isolationists for campaigning against U.S. military interventions here, there, and everywhere. Their opposition to the George W. Bush administration’s push for...

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...

For some, the agreements that Israel signed with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan under the auspices of the Trump administration’s Abraham Accords process had the potential to...

Traditionally, Palestinian armed groups have tried to defeat Israel from without by waging war against it. However, Hamas’ recent strategy has shifted its target from without to within. This includes...