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Just Released: New Issue of the Arab Reform Bulletin

The new issue of the Arab Reform Bulletin, published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, highlights ongoing political battles in Palestine, Jordan, Libya, and Egypt.

Abbas’s militias kidnap 5 Hamas supporters including Sheikh Kharraz

Militias loyal to former PA chief Mahmoud Abbas kidnapped five Hamas supporters over the past 24 hours including Sheikh Maher Al-Kharraz, one of its prominent leaders in Nablus.

Bardawil: Abbas tried to sow discord between Egypt and Hamas in his speech

GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Salah al-Bardawil, a prominent Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, said that the speech made by Abbas, whose term in office as PA President expired a year

Abu Mazen’s Final Battle

Fatah had not yet fully recovered from the aftershocks of the Goldstone Report when Hamas surprised them by extending a hand of friendship to the US president.

The Release of Gilad Shalit

A soldier in exchange for humane and civilized behavior – a pity such a deal even has to be offered.

The Palestinians Should Negotiate

No objective observer can claim that Netanyahu’s partial freeze is anything but a cynical manoeuvre.

Israeli radio: Ramallah and Washington hinder the Shalit deal

Israeli radio revealed on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority and Washington are hindering a prisoner exchange deal whereby Palestinian captives are released from Israeli occupation jails in exchange for the

Failed Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks May Sink Obama’s Middle East Strategy

President Obama’s failure to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has severely diminished his administration’s hopes of achieving a Two-State Solution. Persuading Israel and the Palestinians to reach an accord lay at

Abu Mazen’s Final Battle

Fatah had not yet fully recovered from the aftershocks of the Goldstone Report when Hamas surprised them by extending a hand of friendship to the US president. By deciding not

Palestinians Need Change — Not Charades

Mahmoud Abbas should cut short his silly little melodrama, resign as he said he would, and pave the way for a needed revival of effective Palestinian national leadership, says Rami