If the Obama administration’s prediction that 2016 will fail to witness the birth of the Palestinian state proves true, then this year should be dedicated to leadership transition.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, 81, needs to hand in his long-awaited resignation and Palestini

Offering greetings, whether when meeting someone in the morning or on the occasion of a holiday, is a voluntary affair.

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) puts out a monthly report about the life condition in the occupied Palestinian territories.In its latest report, OCHA stated that a record number of Palestinians from Gaza seek Israeli exit permits for medi

The quickly produced Saudi-led 34-country coalition against radicalism is a good and long-awaited move.

The 8th Forum for Arab Investigative Journalists organised by Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), concluded this week in Amman with a gala dinner where the winners of the 2015 ARIJ Prize for best investigation in print and video categories were announced.The secon

I still remember the early days in 1984 in East Jerusalem.

In fighting the scourge of radicalism and religious fundamentalism, one of the strategies is to use religion.Proponents of this approach vary from those who insist that Daesh and its ideology is simply built on a warped understanding of religion to those who say that the best way

Palestinian officials contemplating various interventions in international forums were asked by Washington to wait until after the Obama-Netanyahu summit meeting.The expectation was that the meeting, following the Israeli leader’s bad behaviour on the Iran deal, would witness the

The government, which has made slow but important progress in guaranteeing media freedoms, took a turn backwards.The attorney general ordered on October 20 the detention of Osama Al Ramini, a member of the journalist syndicate and the owner of a licensed news website.The act viol