The Successes of Palestinian Authority Institution Building In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2011 - 1:00am For decades, the political process simply meant negotiations about the often-repeated final status issues. Hopes were raised and then dashed in extended clusters of negotiations, numerous international conferences, TV appearances and commentaries by politicians and pundits that yielded no meaningful progress toward resolution of the conflict. » Read more

More Arab democracy, Palestinian this time In Print by Hussein Ibish - NOW Lebanon - February 15, 2011 - 1:00am In what is probably a long-overdue move, the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah has called for new local, presidential and parliamentary elections before September. » Read more