Abbas urges Hamas to free Gaza hostages as Israeli strikes kill 25
Palestinians inspect the damage at a school sheltering displaced people following an Israeli strike in Gaza City on April 23, 2025. (Reuters) Updated 1 min 16 sec ago AFP April […]
The Jordanian dilemma after the war
October 8, 2024 King Abdullah II of Jordan (C), Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi (L) and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (R) speak as he meet as they attend the ‘Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza’ conference in Dead Sea, Jordan on June 11, 2024 [Royal Hashemite Court/Handout – Anadolu […]
Palestinians have a new government but no one is cheering
OSAMA AL-SHARIF April 02, 2024 A new Palestinian government was sworn in earlier this week in Ramallah, a few weeks after the resignation of former Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, who […]
An independent Palestinian state must be truly independent
DAOUD KUTTAB February 12, 2024 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was very quick to answer a question posed to him during his Feb. 7 press conference in Jerusalem after […]
Abbas and Netanyahu left the UN with no hopes of peace anytime soon
YOSSI MEKELBERG September 30, 2023 Many question the purpose of the annual pilgrimage to the UN General Assembly every autumn, as leaders descend on the landmark building on Manhattan’s 1st […]
The futile search for Palestinian reconciliation
OSAMA AL-SHARIF August 01, 2023 Since the biggest Palestinian rift in modern times took place in 2007, when Hamas fighters expelled the Palestinian Authority from Gaza and defeated Fatah loyalists […]
Turkiye rediscovers the value of good relations with Arab countries
YASAR YAKISJuly 29, 2023 After several ups and downs, Turkish-Arab relations have now been stabilized. Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently paid a visit of gratitude to Saudi Arabia. He […]
Prospect of Palestinian civil war behind Israel’s desire to save Abbas
RAMZY BAROUD July 17, 2023 Short Urlhttps://arab.news/6nn75Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has the perfect opportunity to exit the stage. But he will not. Abbas’ brief visit to the devastated Jenin […]
How China can offer Abbas a political lifeline
DAOUD KUTTAB June 23, 2023 Anyone following the political strategy of Mahmoud Abbas knows that he has a one-track mind. The Palestinian president rejects any form of violent resistance to […]
Palestinian leadership paying a high price for staying with the US
DAOUD KUTTAB February 26, 2023 Sometimes realpolitik diplomacy, based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations, requires that difficult choices be made. This appears to have been the case […]
In latest visit Blinken offers nothing to Palestinians
The Biden administration is concerned about Israel’s far-right government only as much as it impedes U.S. foreign policy. When it comes to the Palestinians, the U.S. simply doesn’t care. BY MITCHELL […]
‘It’s all empty promises’: Palestinians feel betrayed by US, warn there’s only so much they can bear
By Vasco Cotovio, Nic Robertson, Kareem Khadder and Richard Harlow, CNN Updated 10:05 AM EST, Wed February 1, 2023 CNN hears what Palestinians think of Blinken’s visit 04:39 – Source: CNN Ramallah, West BankCNN — Abu A’asem […]
Renewed Palestinian resistance and the battle to succeed Abbas
DAOUD KUTTAB October 30, 2022 Short Url The big recent uptick in armed resistance actions in the Occupied Territories can be explained in many ways. Factors include Israel’s ambivalence to […]
Abbas needs Lapid to fulfil promise of peace, two-state solution
RAY HANANIA September 28, 2022 Short Url Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid used his time at the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly to paint a glowing portrait of […]
Nablus riots put focus on the future of the PA
RAMZY BAROUD September 26, 2022 Short Url The arrest of two Palestinian activists, including the prominent figure Musab Shtayyeh, by Palestinian Authority police last week was not the first time […]
Abbas blames international community for Israeli impunity
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 23. (AFP) Short Url ALEX WHITEMAN September 23, […]
Abbas poised for final effort to save the two-state solution
DAOUD KUTTAB September 16, 2022 Short Url The issue of Palestine will once again be front and center at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. Palestinian President Mahmoud […]
Palestinians recognize the suffering of the Holocaust
RAMZY BAROUD August 31, 2022 Short Url A week after Israel ended its deadly April 2002 onslaught on the besieged Palestinian refugee camp at Jenin in the northern West Bank, […]
On Abbas’ “Holocaust” and the depravity of Israeli hasbara
Aug 30,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud “There was no Massacre in Jenin” was the title of a Haaretz editorial on April 19, 2002, one week after Israel ended […]