Overview Since early this year, there have been escalations in the West Bank (WB) that may lead later on to further violence, in the form of popular Intifadah (uprising) or resistance operations and armed action. They may also witness in parallel the [...]
Overview The Arab region suffers from a growing state of “strategic vacuum” and a continuing state of instability, formation and reformation amid a “worried” environment that is “uncertain” of the future paths. Notwithstanding their success in suppressing the forces of [...]
The Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip (GS), which lasted for two and a half days (5–7/8/2022) and was confronted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement (PIJ), was not just a passing event, but one with several implications, the most important [...]
The writer of these lines had the chance to participate this month (June 2022) in an important conference on property documents and the historical status of al-Aqsa Mosque, organized by the Supreme Committee for Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Unit in the Presidential [...]
Al-Wafa’ Islamic Bloc (affiliated with Hamas) has achieved a historic victory in the Birzeit University Student Council elections, held on 18/5/2022, as it won 28 out of 51 seats, while the Yasir ‘Arafat Bloc, affiliated with Fatah, won 18 seats, [...]
Despite the exceptional Israeli measures and precautions to tighten control over the situation in Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian territories, there are still possibilities for the outburst of clashes, towards an Intifadah, or a large-scale clash and for the situation to [...]
The Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) held its second conference in Istanbul on 26–27/2/2022, with the participation of more than a thousand personalities from more than 50 countries. A day before that, the PCPA General Assembly held a meeting [...]
The visit to Lebanon by Khalid Mish‘al, the head of the Hamas movement abroad, from 15 to 19 December 2021, was mainly intended to participate in the celebrations and events marking the thirty-fourth anniversary of the launch of Hamas, and [...]
The sudden decision taken by President Mahmud ‘Abbas to place the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as organ of the “State of Palestine” affirms that we are dealing with the same mentality in managing the Palestine issue. It is a mentality [...]
The main message conveyed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leadership (the leadership of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah) upon holding the 31st Palestinian Central Council (PCC) meeting (6–7/2/2022) is that it is determined to manage the Palestinian situation [...]