Palestinian police patrol outside the Palestinian Legislative Council chambers in Ramallah, a body which was last elected in 2006, and which has effectively been non-functional since 2007
Palestinian elections announced
Update from AIJAC   01/21 #04 On Jan....
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Russia’s quest to make itself indispensable in the Middle East
Originally published in The Strategist (ASPI) – 16...
Hamas’ Saleh al-Arouri (left) and Fatah’s Jibril Rajoub
Deconstruction Zone: An Abbas-Hamas realignment?
  At a joint press conference on July...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2017 (image: Yuri Kochetkov)
Russia Intrudes Into the Palestinian Arena
While the world has been focused on the...
Palestinian demonstrations against sovereignty extension have had small turnouts
The apathy of the Palestinian street
  On June 20, the Palestinian Authority (PA)...
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding the Middle East peace plan, at the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 28, 2020. Photo by Flash90
PA hypocrisy on “anti-normalisation”
  The latest episode in the annals of...
Gaza 2
Fatah and Hamas are allowed to keep this horror film playing
Mercury - October 31, 2019 https://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/talking-point-fatah-and-hamas-are-allowed-to-keep-this-horror-film-playing/news-story/1c8f05190c74ca94579ab71547026aa7   “Oh, you...
In financial hot water but determined not to compromise: PA President Mahmoud Abbas at Arab League's foreign ministers meeting last month  in Cairo, Egypt, April 21, 2019. (photo credit: MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS)
PA financial crisis/ Fixing the Iran nuclear deal
Update 05/19 #01 This Update features material on...
Incoming PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh with PA President Mahmoud Abbas
Ramallah Reset
  Two developments currently taking place in the...
Unprecedented unrest in Gaza under the slogan “We want to live!”
Has the “Arab Spring” reached Gaza?
  Hamas has failed in its attempts to...
Gaza healthcare: Hostage to PA-Hamas rivalry
Deconstruction Zone: Gaza’s self-inflicted health crisis 
  Gaza’s health system is on the verge...
Resigned: Palestinian PM Rami Hamdallah makes his point
Behind the News – March 2019
  Rocket and Terror Report The brutal murder...