Sep 8 2014 - 10:52am Palestinian Leader Assails Hamas, Calling Unity Pact Into Question
September 8, 2014

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority lambasted his faction’s longtime rival, Hamas, at a meeting of the Arab League over the weekend, deepening doubts about the durability of their reconciliation pact and potentially complicating reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

Sep 5 2014 - 10:49am Rise of the Islamic State
September 5, 2014

Hussein Ibish, Bessma Momani, Eric Margolis and Janice Stein discuss the rise of The Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

Sep 5 2014 - 11:11am ATFP's Tala Haikal: "Iraq’s Kurds reach a fork in the road"
September 5, 2014

However, as the complications arising from Kurdish statehood become more obvious every day, the Iraqi Kurds have come to realize that they will need more than weapons to protect their relative prosperity and an independent future.

Sep 5 2014 - 10:35am Israel issues tenders for 283 settlement homes
September 5, 2014

Israel said Friday it published tenders for 283 new homes in a West Bank settlement, just days after announcing its biggest land grab on occupied Palestinian territory for three decades.

Sep 4 2014 - 10:05am Israel’s Lessons From the Gaza Wars
September 4, 2014

Finally, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. An open-ended truce has been reached between Hamas and the other groups fighting alongside it against Israel.

Sep 4 2014 - 9:58am 2200 new settlement constructions announced in East Jerusalem
September 4, 2014

The Israeli Municipality in Jerusalem announced in a press release today that they are planning to build 2200 new constructions in East Jerusalem.

Sep 4 2014 - 9:55am Erekat submits proposal to Kerry to end Israeli occupation?
September 4, 2014

US Secretary of State John Kerry met for over two hours with Palestinian negotiators for "constructive" talks on future relations with Israel, a US official said.

Sep 2 2014 - 10:36am PA plan seeks Palestinian state, IDF pullout within 3 years
September 2, 2014

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas plans to present a framework for renewed peace talks with Israel, according to a Palestinian ex-minister close to Abbas.

Sep 2 2014 - 10:35am Non-violent resistance is Palestine’s most powerful weapon
September 2, 2014

For all its empty boasting, Hamas’s strategy of armed struggle has once again been exposed as not merely a dead-end for securing Palestinian rights, but a disaster.

Sep 2 2014 - 10:33am Israel Claims Nearly 1,000 Acres of West Bank Land Near Bethlehem
September 2, 2014

Israel laid claim on Sunday to nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land in a Jewish settlement bloc near Bethlehem — a step that could herald significant Israeli construction in the area — defying Palestinian demands for a halt in settlement expansion.


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