The arrest this week at Al Aqsa Mosque of six civilian guards, who are paid employees of Jordan’s Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, is a worrisome development.According to Palestinian sources, the unarmed guards prevented a French tourist from raising the Israeli flag while

During Yasser Arafat’s long tenure as the head of the PLO, Mahmoud Abbas, who was his deputy, wasn’t always happy with the decisions taken by the leader. A depressed and unhappy Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, would sometimes disappear for months, often in Morocco.

Their numbers might be small but their presence is, and should be, publicly acknowledged and encouraged.

The Palestinian Israeli conflict might get an unexpected shot in the arm as a result of the recently concluded Iran nuclear agreement.While the P5+1 talks in Vienna focused only on the issue of Iran’s nuclear capability, many are looking at how this agreement will affect regional

The political black hole that the Arab Israeli conflict has entered and the ageing Palestinian leader forced again the discussion of what will happen in the post-Abbas era.Two news items recently pointed to the succession crisis in the Palestinian leadership: the sudden removal o

Despite the lack of a political horizon in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one area that appears to witness a de-escalation of tensions might be Al Aqsa Mosque.According to a just-released comprehensive report by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, Jordan and Israel

The absence of a political horizon has strengthened Palestinians’ attempts to reach a different form of independence. Failure on the political front made them work on a more doable idea: to empower Gaza and the West Bank economically through improving trade with their natura

For the first time in 48 years, Palestinians are playing in a much more level playing field.By strategically moving into the non-violent field, Palestinians are in a much stronger position to make an impact in their decades-long struggle.Whenever Palestinians fought the Israelis

To many people, the entire non-violent Palestinian movement came down to a moment last Friday in Zurich.Many would argue that head of the Palestinian Football Federation Jibril Rjoub blinked at that moment.