Will PA security turn on Israel?

Despite recommendations from military quarters that Israel strengthen the Palestinian Authority and work with it to quell the ongoing violence, Israeli officials fear attacks from the Palestinian security forces themselves.

Palestine

Who's to blame for deaths of children fighting in Palestine?

Palestinian children are dying in armed operations against Israeli settlers, despite calls to prevent them from getting involved in the violence.

Palestine

Is BDS movement spreading across Europe?

Despite a lack of funding and solid organizational backing at home, the Palestinian diaspora in Europe has increased its activities and is winning ever stronger support, costing Israel more in economic losses and international status by the week.

Palestine

Will stopping security cooperation with Israel benefit PA?

Though Palestinian demands to end security cooperation between Tel Aviv and Ramallah are growing ever louder, coordination between Israel and the PA seems stronger than ever as both sides struggle to contain the unrest.

Palestine

Is Erdogan closing Hamas' Istanbul office?

Israel has demanded that Turkey expel Hamas activist Salah Al-Arouri from Istanbul as a condition for normalizing bilateral relations.

Palestine

What suspending security coordination with Israel would mean for the PLO

PLO Executive Committee member Hanna Amireh predicts that the Palestinian National Council will not be able to convene in the future if the Palestinian leadership decides to suspend security cooperation with Israel.

Palestine

How kindergartens have become fertile recruiting ground for Hamas, Fatah

The Palestinian Education Ministry says there's no law against indoctrinating impressionable children.

Palestine

Gazan poet faces death sentence in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi court has sentenced Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh to death on charges of spreading atheism and insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

Saudi Arabia

Israeli, Palestinian officials score a goal on FIFA agreement

While Israel has been allowing increased movement of Palestinian soccer players and teams and their opponents, Palestinian officials say more improvements need to be made.

Palestine

What's next for Middle East peace?

The Obama administration is deliberating three options and measures to take in order to stabilize the volatile situation on the ground and set a policy platform for a future two-state solution.

Palestine

Barghouti: We will continue to boycott Israel

Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, talked to Al-Monitor about the initiative’s local and international efforts to end the occupation and settlement activities through a boycott of Israel.

Palestine

Why it's time to wake up to the occupation

The murder of the Dawabsha family was not the actual trigger of the current wave of violence, but another link in the long chain of incitement and hatred generated by the Israeli occupation.

Palestine