It’s never good when a rally—after peace talks are announced—is to oppose the negotiations, but that’s what happened in the West Bank on Sunday. Even more troubling is that the protest was organized by a Palestinian political/terror group that could…
So the Middle East is busy and chaotic as usual, with everything from peace talks to refugee crisis to a terrorist-linked ex-President. To help you catch up, I’m including a few links below to some good topics. If you don’t…
US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday that Israel and the Palestinians are set to resume direct peace talks. The final agreement for reestablishing talks is still being finalized, Kerry said in a press release. He did not…
The latest effort by US Secretary of State John Kerry to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians looks to end in failure. And if this AFP report is right, and the Palestinian leadership rejected the compromise agreed upon…
After years of internal division, Palestinian political groups may be better able to reconcile after the resignation of Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad. Despite Fayyad’s support from the West, Fayyad has been generally disliked by many in the Palestinian political scene.…
The Palestinians have refused to hold direct peace talks with Israel for more than two years unless Israel meets their preconditions, and if the Palestinian people have any say in it, that won’t change any time soon. A new poll…