A rally of Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party last year: Yet outside these faithful, Abbas is not only largely unpopular, but his rule over the PA has seen the Palestinian parliament dissolved, judiciary sidelined, and his party hollowed out (Photo: Shutterstock, Anas-Mohammed)
The Crisis in the PA
Update 08/23 #03   This Update is devoted...
IDF forces in Jenin, 2002
Israel will continue to act in self-defence against Palestinian terror
Background The city of Jenin has long been...
President in waiting? Mahmoud Abbas’ designated successor Hussein al-Sheikh (Image: Twitter)
A successor to Abbas?
The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) succession battle has gone...
Mahmoud Abbas: Intemperate Holocaust remarks echoed by Fatah loyalists (Image: Shutterstock)
Scribblings: Doubling down on disaster
On Aug. 17, during a state visit to...
The struggle to succeed 86-year old PA President Mahmoud Abbas is consuming Palestinian politics (Image: Shutterstock)
Does Mahmoud Abbas finally have a successor?
Israeli and US officials are watching Palestinian Authority...
Supporters of Hamas and Islamic Jihad gather in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on April 8 to celebrate the attack on a Tel Aviv bar by Raad Hazem (Photo: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo)
Incitement and the latest terror wave in Israel
Update from AIJAC   04/22 #02   In...
Scene of the attack in Tel Aviv (Photo: Twitter)
Terror wave reaches Tel Aviv
The number of Israelis killed in the latest...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett receives a briefing from police in Hadera on March 27. Credit: Kobi Gideon, GPO
Israel faces new terror wave and considers how to respond
Within the span of one week, the Islamic...
Palestinian protesters with signs paying tribute to slain dissident Nizar Banat (Credit: Anas-Mohammed/ Shutterstock)
The Perils of the “Palestinian Spring” 
Anti-government demonstrations sweep through the cities. The regime...
Protesters in Ramallah with pictures of Nasir Banat, who was killed in police custody on June 24 (Photo: Amnesty International)
West Bank unrest after dissident killed
Update from AIJAC   07/21 #01   This...
Palestinian employees of the Central Elections Committee in the Gaza Strip work to educate and register citizens in preparation for parliamentary and presidential elections (Credit: Shutterstock)
The perilous Palestinian elections
In January of this year, Palestinian president Mahmoud...
Palestinian employees of the Central Elections Committee in Gaza work to educate and register citizens in preparation for parliamentary and presidential elections (Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Shutterstock)
Palestinians also going to the polls – or are they?
  Israelis are not the only ones headed...