The Palestinian Territories

A sign of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission is seen outside its office in Gaza City February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Elections in Palestine: Prelude or ploy?

Omar H. Rahman

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

The Middle East and the new US administration

9:00 AM - Friday Feb 26, 2021 1:00 PM EST

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Female protesters holds placards and shout anti-government slogans as they took part in demonstration held in the capital Tunis, to call for the fall of the regime and to protest against the 'police violence' used during the latest nightly protests that broke in the country. They called for the release of the young protesters arrested by the police.Protesters chanted slogans, some of them had marked the uprising against the authoritarian regime of the former Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali during the Tunisian revolution. The demonstration took place under the slogan: "National march against the return of the police state and Ennahdha's militias". Tunisia, January 23, 2021.Des manifestantes tiennent des pancartes et chantent des slogans antigouvernement alors qu'elles participent a une manifestation qui s'est tenue dans la capitale Tunis, pour appeler a la chute du regime et pour protester contre la 'violence policiere' employee lors des dernieres protestations nocturnes qui ont eclate dans le pays. Ils ont demande la liberation des jeunes manifestants arretes par la police. Les manifestants ont scande des slogans dont certains avaient marque le soulevement populaire contre le regime autoritaire du dictateur et ancien president de la Tunisie, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali pendant la revolution tunisienne. La manifestation s'est deroulee sous le slogan : "Marche nationale contre le retour de l'Etat policier et des milices d'Ennahdha". Tunisie, le 23 janvier 2021.NO USE FRANCE

Biden says he will listen to experts. Here is what scholars of the Middle East think.

Marc Lynch and Shibley Telhami

Friday, February 19, 2021

April 6, 2019 - Hebron, Palestine: A Palestinian man walks in front of the Cave of the Patriarchs in the part of the old city controlled by Jewish settlers under the protection of the Israeli militaryScene de la vie quotidienne dans la vieille ville d'Hebron, dont une partie est controlee par des colons juifs sous la protection de l'armee israelienne.NO USE FRANCE

The ‘state-plus’ framework: A confederal solution for Israel-Palestine

Omar H. Rahman

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

President Clinton meets with Prime Minister Barak at Camp David. L-R President Clinton,Bruce Reidel, Prime Minister Barak, General Danny Yatom17 July 00White House Photo by Sharon Farmer

Oslo to Abraham: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Middle East geopolitics

Bruce Riedel

The Burn Bag

Monday, December 7, 2020

Palestinians protest against an Israeli decision to trim funds over prisoner stipends, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Why the discourse about Palestinian payments to prisoners’ families is distorted and misleading

Shibley Telhami

Monday, December 7, 2020

The most dramatic change in policy [for the incoming administration will be towards Saudi Arabia]... [By choosing Jake Sullivan as national security advisor, Biden is] showing he intends to do what he says, which is to try to revive the nuclear deal and reopen communications with the government of Iran... The Trump administration gave the Netanyahu government one gift after another, from moving the embassy to Jerusalem to closing off relations with the Palestinian Authority. I don’t think you will see the Biden administration handing out so many freebies.

Bruce Riedel Al Jazeera English Wednesday, November 25, 2020