Khaled Abu Toameh

Azaiza revealed details about how journalists operated under Hamas rule. He described an environment in which journalists were pressured to suppress criticism of Hamas and, in some cases, to stop filming when Palestinians expressed anger toward the terrorist group.

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas presented an extraordinarily positive picture of the reforms he claims his government has carried out. According to Abbas, the Palestinian Authority has fulfilled the commitments it made to the international community.

The chants matter because they reveal what speeches about peace and reconstruction conceal.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad [PIJ] Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhala declared that it would remain committed to "the path of jihad and resistance," which would continue "by all possible means," as long as the "Zionist project" remains on supposedly Palestinian land.

Why Hamas sees survival as victory

No peace plan or diplomatic initiative will succeed so long as the Iran-backed terrorist organizations retain the ability to launch another Oct. 7 massacre.

Iran’s regional strategy raises questions about Saudi Arabia’s security alliances

[H]olding elections under the current circumstances will almost certainly strengthen Hamas....

Why is Fatah treating Hamas as a legitimate political partner before the group has demonstrated a willingness to abandon terrorism, surrender its weapons, and relinquish its independent military forces?

The governments said their objective [with the boycotts] is to protect the "two-state solution" and respond to -- presumably meaning prevent -- "settlement expansion." To many Palestinians, of course, all of Israel is one big settlement to be dismantled.