New Governments in Israel and Palestine but peace is a distant goal for Palestinians and Israelis

24/4/2019 The Israeli people have spoken through the ballot box to give Benjamin Netanyahu another term, while the Palestinian President has acted to impose a Fatah led Government on the Palestinian People. Neither the exaggerated Israeli democracy nor the Palestinian President’s autocracy will bring the Israelis and Palestinian closer to peace. On the 9th of …

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لماذا أسقطت حكومة الوحدة الفلسطينية؟

برنامج أبعاد على قناة الغد بثت بتاريخ ٢/٢/٢٠١٩ https://youtu.be/7VWD0nwQGWo

The PNC meeting was ‘much ado about nothing’

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 7/5/2018   Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) makes a speech during the 23rd session of the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah, West Bank on 30 April 2018 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency] After a 22-year lull, the highest Palestinian legislative authority of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the …

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مقابلة: المجلس الوطني الفلسطيني يبدأ أعماله على وقع خلافات

شاركت في برنامج أحداث وأصداء غلى قناة المغاربية بتاريخ ٣٠/٤/٢٠١٨ https://youtu.be/9Gd9elo6uGk

Interview: Palestinians hold funeral for victim of land day clashes

I was interviewed by Press TV on Monday 2/4/2018 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mcmQi4EHpro&feature=youtu.be

Reconciliation or permanent division for Palestinians?

First published by the Arab Weekly on 1/4/2018 The takeaway message on reconciliation is that it has been kicked into the long grass. At an impasse. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) attends a meeting with the Revolutionary Council of the ruling Fatah party in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on March 1. (AFP) The …

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قطاع غزة… من المستفيد من مخاولة إغتيال رئيس حكومة الوفاق الفلسطينية؟

مشاركتي في برنامج أحداث وأصداء على قناة المغاربية بتاريخ 14 مارس 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYmY6rnWVoo

Palestinian leadership should retire gracefully or be removed by the people

First published by the Middle East Eye on 19/1/2018 The cause and the sacrifices made by millions of Palestinians deserve much more than the current leadership have or can achieve During the last Palestinian National Council meeting in Ramallah, President Mahmoud Abbas made reference to football when describing some of the Palestinian achievements in recent …

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برنامج وراء الحدث: جمعة الغضب نصرة للأقصى

مشاركتي يوم ٢١/٧/٢٠١٧ ببرنامج وراء الحدث على قناة الغدhttps://youtu.be/0v7TbpBmGRE

Are potential successors to Mahmoud Abbas making their bid?

First published by the Arab Weekly on 28/5/2017 Who will replace Abbas? Protesters carry pictures of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 3. (AP) Mahmoud Abbas holds all four of the top political positions in the Palestinian leadership. He is the president of the state of Palestine, president …

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