Advertisements It appeared that Arab states would present a united front to avoid widespread ethnic cleansing in Gaza, but the United Arab Emirates is undercutting those efforts with the Trump administration in order to cement its future influence in Palestine. Read more at Mondoweiss.Continue Reading
Advertisements It’s not hard to tell when an individual or an organization isn’t really interested in finding a way to end the Israeli occupation, no matter what they say about a “two-state solution.” Virtually everyone–even many who are not seeking a truly equitable resolution to this conflict–agrees that a necessaryContinue Reading
Advertisements The premier Palestinian pollster, Dr. Khalil Shikaki, presented his most recent poll of Palestinian public opinion at a virtual event hosted by the Arab Center in Washington, DC this week. Many of his findings–such as the fact that Palestinians overwhelmingly see the normalization of relations between Gulf states likeContinue Reading
Israel has always been reluctant to see the Palestinian Authority fail. Now they seem to be hastening its demise quite intentionally. What’s changed? Continue Reading
Advertisements In this week’s column at Souciant, I take on that tired refrain about the “lack of a Palestinian Mandela” and use it to explore the real problem of poor Palestinian leadership. This was in evidence just recently in a spat between Salam Fayyad and Mahmoud Abbas. That weak leadershipContinue Reading
