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Should Western Tech Giants Partner With Pro-Hamas Network Al Jazeera?

OPINION — A few weeks ago, Al Jazeera named Google Cloud as its primary technology provider for “The Core,” a sweeping program designed to integrate [...] More

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Is the U.S. Helping to Create a New Generation of Global Jihadists?

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — The more Palestinians believe that Washington is condoning the unprecedented devastation of Gaza and the killing and [...] More

There are Few Alternatives to Hamas in Gaza

OPINION — Hamas’s surprise bloody attack on Israel on October 7, 50 years plus one day since the October 1973 war, and the massive Israeli military [...] More

Peace in the Middle East is Dependent on Ideas, Not Fighting

OPINION — The Palestine National Authority (PNA), the interim body created after the 1993 Oslo Accords to administer Palestinian-populated areas of [...] More

The Death of the Two-State Paradigm

If there was any doubt about the moribund state of the two-state paradigm in Palestine, the unveiling of the White House’s peace plan last month has [...] More

The Paucity of 'Peace to Prosperity’

Bottom Line Up FrontUnder the leadership of Jared Kushner, the administration is attempting to cobble together a peace agreement between Israelis and [...] More

Forget the Ultimate Deal: Trump and Netanyahu Should Save Gaza For Now

Forget the Ultimate Deal: Trump and Netanyahu Should Save Gaza For Now

When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visits President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, they might commiserate over the domestic [...] More

PLO: We’ll Only Talk Peace If Europe Comes Too

PLO: We’ll Only Talk Peace If Europe Comes Too

WASHINGTON — The Palestinian representative says peace talks with Israel can only start as long as other countries – not just the U.S. and Israel – [...] More

Pence Jerusalem Trip 'A Kick in the Diplomatic Gut’

The American vice president delivered another kick in the diplomatic gut to Palestinians, when he announced this week that the U.S. embassy would [...] More

Grappo: Palestinians Must Ditch Old Leaders, Chart New Course

Grappo: Palestinians Must Ditch Old Leaders, Chart New Course

Two recent events illustrate the futility of the Palestinian leadership’s current course in its decades-long quest for a genuinely independent [...] More

What’s Next for the Palestinians?

What’s Next for the Palestinians?

President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has left Palestinian leaders questioning the United States’ ability [...] More

How Recognizing Jerusalem Could Jettison – or Jumpstart – Peace Talks

How Recognizing Jerusalem Could Jettison – or Jumpstart – Peace Talks

The decision by President Donald Trump to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital could give the U.S. added leverage to demand difficult [...] More

Pandith: Trump’s Move a Gift to Extremists

President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel Wednesday, prompting approval from Israel, and a building rumble of [...] More