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2024-09-18
OPINION: Palestinian statehood will come only in the face of US opposition
Academic Henry Siegman writes in a scathing editorial for Foreign Policy that Washington must know that, given Israel's right-wing leadership, Palestinians...
2024-08-25
COMMENT: How to handle Hamas
Now that Palestinians and Israelis are entering direct talks, there remains the outstanding question of how to handle Hamas.
2024-05-08
WITNESS: Nabi Saleh continues its non-violent resistance
Reporter Joseph Dana describes a Friday in Nabi Saleh, where Israeli soldiers patrol the village to prevent its residents from coming out in largely non-violent...
2024-04-14
Will religious Zionist soldiers disobey orders to evacuate settlements?
In a final peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, will the Israeli military be able to enforce political compromises against the settler movement,...
2020-01-29
ANALYSIS: Trump’s “Deal” reminds us that all politics is local
GHASSAN KHATIB
The unveiling of the long-awaited American “peace plan”—the “Deal of the Century”—did not produce any surprises for Palestinians. In fact,...
2019-06-24
ANALYSIS: The “Peace to Prosperity” workshop is a monument to occupation and arrogance
GHASSAN KHATIB
Nobody should be surprised that Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip are underwhelmed by the invitation Washington has extended to its...
2015-03-24
ANALYSIS: The Israeli elections and the future of the Palestinian Authority
GHASSAN KHATIB
Last week’s victory of Benyamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies at the polls in Israel--what amounts to the shrinking of left and center-left parties--is...
2014-11-25
ANALYSIS: Jerusalem at a crossroads
Ghassan Khatib
The increase in Palestinian resistance to Israel’s attempts to change the status quo in occupied east Jerusalem and its holy sites has put the divided...
2014-07-14
ANALYSIS: The third war on Gaza--maintaining the status quo?
GHASSAN KHATIB
Monday July 14, 2014 7:14 PM (EST+7) ANALYSIS: The third war on Gaza--maintaining the status quo? By GHASSAN KHATIB Read more: Gaza war, Operation...
2014-06-16
ANALYSIS: Who's calling whose bluff?
GHASSAN KHATIB
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has seemed to make out pretty well recently, isolating both Israel and Hamas. But will it last?
2013-04-25
OP-ED: Fayyad’s resignation and Abbas’ crisis
GHASSAN KHATIB
The seemingly inevitable resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has left Palestinians in the occupied territories, and their president,...
2013-03-03
OP-ED: Obama’s visit to mark crossroads
GHASSAN KHATIB
There are numerous reasons to be worried about stability in the West Bank and the March 20 visit of US President Barack Obama to the region comes at a...
2012-12-07
OPINION: If not two states, then one
Author Saree Makdisi lays out in the New York Times how Israel is sealing the fate of the two-state solution, and why one state where Jews and Palestinians...
2012-12-07
OP-ED: President Abbas, get yourself off the hook
GHASSAN KHATIB
The new status of Palestine at the United Nations, combined with the (albeit relative and temporary) improvement in his public standing provides President...
2012-09-18
EDITORIAL: On the brink of collapse
GHASSAN KHATIB
Last week, the Palestinian Authority experienced the most dangerous internal crises it has faced since its establishment in 1994.
2012-08-04
EDITORIAL: Between Obama and Romney
GHASSAN KHATIB
The combination of US President Barack Obama’s abandonment of the Middle East peace process and Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s exaggerated support...
2012-07-05
BLOG: Susiya expulsion recalls early Israel ethnic cleansing
Writing in the New York Review of Books, David Shulman traces a direct line between the destruction and emptying of Palestinian villages during Israel's...
2012-01-21
COMMENT: The diaries of Tom Hurndall
Activist Tom Hurndall's diaries are a compelling portrait of the Middle East conflict, writes Robert Fisk in the Independent.
2012-01-11
WITNESS: A Gazan reunites with her long-imprisoned uncle
In this moving account at the Electronic Intifada, Fidaa Elaydi describes their first meeting when she travels home to Gaza to welcome him home after his...
2012-01-05
COMMENT: For co-resistance
In a comment for the +972 blog, Omar Rahman explains why the current transitional period on Palestinian politics is leading to a debate over "normalization"...