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Needed for Mideast Peace: A Sense of Urgency

If walking away is irresponsible move of Obama, what is the best way forward? Asks Martin Indyk.

Sirraj: Cairo agreed to host instant talks between Hamas and Fatah

Dr. Eyad Al-Sirraj, the secretary-general of the national reconciliation committee, stated Saturday that Egypt agreed to host immediate talks between Hamas and Fatah factions before signing the Egyptian paper.

Fadwa: We have full confidence in Palestinians negotiating Shalit deal

Fadwa Al-Barghouthi, the wife of detained Fatah leader Marwan Al-Barghouthi, has stressed that she was fully confident of the skill of the Palestinian party negotiating the prisoners' swap deal, referring

Palestinians eager to embrace their beloved ones as prisoner-swap deal nears

Muhammed Yousuf, an elderly 70-year-old farmer, lives near the town of Dura in the al-Khalil region.

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

Abbas’s militias kidnap 13 Palestinian citizens in Nablus and Tulkarem

Mahmoud Abbas’s militias reportedly kidnapped 13 Palestinian citizens affiliated with Hamas during the last two days in the districts of Nablus and Tulkarem.

Clovis Maksoud: Sanctions are the means to find an end

This time Dr Maksoud provided insights into the tragic Palestinian political situation, the lack of Arab and Muslim political will to move effectively to restore justice to Palestinians, the Goldstone

Nasr: Hamas adheres to national reconciliation with clear political vision

Mohammed Nasr, member of Hamas’s political bureau, has stressed Thursday that his Movement was and still is keen to end the Palestinian political rift and to achieve national reconciliation based

The Disastrous Presidency of Mahmoud Abbas

Sitting comfortably in Cairo, it was Abbas who blamed Hamas for Israel’s savage December 2008 assault on Gaza, adopting the Israeli strategy of blaming the victim. In Abbas, Israel found

European jurists call on citizens to document violations of Abbas’s militias

A number of eminent jurists in Europe called on the Palestinian people in the West Bank to document the crimes committed by Mahmoud Abbas’s militias against them in order to