First published by TRT World on 14/1/2019 An Israeli minister's comments seeking to exile Abbas and blaming him for unrest in Gaza is an indication that not only is Hamas fed up with Mahmoud Abbas - but Israeli leadership is fast losing any trust it had in him. Ask any Palestinian about Yasser Arafat and …
Continue reading Israel and Hamas agree on one thing: Mahmoud Abbas
First published by TRT World on 13/11/2018 The botched Israeli operation, and airstrikes, in Gaza, comes while a truce is under discussion with Hamas. Is bombing the Palestinians into submission, Benjamin Netanyahu's idea of a negotiation? Israel is quite literally playing with fire. It launched a botched operation 3km into the Gaza strip, whose objectives …
Continue reading Gaza strikes: Israeli impunity grows as Arab states normalise ties
I was interviewed by Press TV on 31/8/2018 https://youtu.be/dBX14AxsbLg
First published by the Middle East Eye on 26/7/2018 Trump’s team is focusing on how to force the Palestinians in Gaza - and Hamas - to submit and accept their dictates or face further misery The heat is on - again - in Gaza, as Israel tightens its siege and continues to kill and maim …
Continue reading How the US and Israel are working to transform Gaza into the Palestinian state
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 …
Continue reading The PNC meeting was ‘much ado about nothing’
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 …
Continue reading Reconciliation or permanent division for Palestinians?
I was interviewed by Press TV on 12/10/2017 https://youtu.be/4JqCRXylaBA
I was interviewed by Press TV on 8/10/2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwy-lMh94dI
First published by the Middle East Eye on 29/6/2017 The president has hit a new low, cutting the salaries and electricity of Palestinians in Gaza. The next intifada will be against the Palestinian National Authority and this should worry Israel and Abbas Photo: A photo of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from 2016 (AFP) The embattled …
Continue reading Mahmoud Abbas has led the Palestinians to a dead end. He must go
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 12/12/2016 From the Middle East Monitor 2016 will be remembered for a new phrase that came to characterise popular uprisings against “the establishment” in the West. From the UK to the USA, “taking back control” struck a chord with the voters when it was adopted by Donald …
Continue reading The Palestinians too should take back control of their destiny
