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Palestinian Political Trends 2014-2018: New Data and Prevailing Attitudes
At the beginning of October, the polling data from fieldwork conducted in Gaza, East Jerusalem, and West Bank under the supervision of the Washington Institute’s David Pollock highlighted old political fissures and an increasing disenchantment with politics in Palestine. While results indicate a shared lack of enthusiasm towards the Palestinian
Nov 28, 2018
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Cecilia Panella
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New Polls: West Bankers Oppose Both Armed Revolt and U.S. Talks
Two fresh public opinion polls taken in October paint a strikingly mixed picture of popular attitudes among the roughly 2.5 million Palestinians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The biggest surprise is that on many peace process issues, these Palestinians voice a harder political line than do their
Nov 8, 2018
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David Pollock
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New Polls Show Most Gazans Want Israeli Jobs, Not Hamas Mobs
Over the past weekend, the Hamas rulers of Gaza took one old and two new steps. They launched more incendiary balloons at Israeli villages; they condemned Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s official visit to Sultan Qaboos in Oman; and they equated the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre to the “terror” of “Israeli occupation.”
Oct 29, 2018
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David Pollock
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Remembering Gaza Disengagement 13 Years Later: Personal Reflections on a Missed Opportunity
Introduction It is sometimes hard to imagine in 2018 that a different vision existed for Gaza than the one that currently exists in the news, and that Gazans live daily. Yet, I was a member of a hopeful group of technocrats who developed a clear roadmap for Gaza after Israel
Oct 1, 2018
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Mohammed Samhouri
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How Muslims Now View a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
This week's unusual public visit to Jerusalem by Omani foreign minister Yusuf bin Alawi called attention to an intriguing recent trend. At the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul on December 13, 2017, convened in response to President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the
Feb 16, 2018
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Madison Rinder
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Israel and the EU: Economic Growth Despite Political Tensions
February 09, 2018 Background: The EU-Israel Association Agreement The intent of the 2010 EU-Israel Association Agreement was to strengthen economic cooperation between both parties – and it worked. The President of the European Commission, Jose Barroso, praised the idea in June 2014, saying that: “Israel is a strong player in
Feb 9, 2018
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Ilyssa Tuttelman
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How Terrorist Groups Use Jerusalem
January 25, 2018 “I have a few words for America and its people: I swear by God Almighty, who has raised the sky without pillars, America and anyone who lives there will never dream of security unless we have it in reality in Palestine, and until all infidel armies leave
Jan 25, 2018
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Mohamed Mokhtar Qandil
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A Palestinian Offer to Share Jerusalem
January 17, 2018 The Arab-Israeli peace process limps forward at best, but is more appropriately described as being paralyzed to the extent that it calls for immediate intensive care with the United States as its only broker. President Trump surprised all parties by announcing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
Jan 17, 2018
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Taisir Amre
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Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel…Why Wonder?
December 21, 2017 On the first of December, President Donald Trump announced that the United States was recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and directed the U.S. embassy to be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In addition to fulfilling a campaign promise to his base, the move undertaken
Dec 21, 2017
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Ramy Aziz
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Cairo and the Reconfiguration of the Palestinian Landscape
November 8, 2017 Beginning when the Muslim Brotherhood came to power in Egypt in the summer of 2012, the Hamas-Egypt relationship deepened significantly. The relationship went beyond the General Intelligence Directorate’s coordination of security matters, to include coordination among political leaders Mohamed Morsi and Ismail Haniyeh. The strong relationship between
Nov 8, 2017
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Mohammed Soliman
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Pragmatic Options for Gaza
September 14, 2017 Ever since Hamas violently ejected the Palestinian Authority’s forces from Gaza in 2007, report after report has detailed the degradation of infrastructure and the inevitability of crises. The United Nations has warned that Gaza will become unlivable by 2020 — a warning repeated almost annually since 2012
Sep 14, 2017
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
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The Palestinian Public’s Tough Choices: On Violence, Instability, Hamas, “Jewish State”
One-third of West Bank and Gaza Palestinians want to “escalate the resistance against Israel, even if that makes life harder right now,” according to a late-May survey conducted by the reliable Palestine Center for Public Opinion. The majority, however, prefer other options: a compromise deal with Israel, a focus on
Jun 27, 2017
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David Pollock
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What Gazans Really Want: Hard Data About A Hard Problem
June 20, 2017 This month marks the tenth anniversary of the violent Hamas coup that took control over the 1.9 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. There is still no end in sight to their predicament – but this is most certainly not because Hamas enjoys popular support among the
Jun 20, 2017
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David Pollock
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Why Palestinians Should Support ‘Normalization’ with Israel
An interview with peace activist Professor Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi As a non-violent form of resistance to the Israeli occupation, the anti-normalization movement gained ground in the aftermath of the Al-Aqsa Intifada of 2000. Extremist groups such as Hamas and the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) oppose
Sep 13, 2016
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Mohammed Dajani
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International Peace Conference: Winners and Losers
The United States, the United Nations, and other Western capitals have widely acknowledged the unlikely prospects for Palestinian-Israeli peace in the near future. This is notably due to the variety of obstacles, mostly from the Israeli side, against internationally brokered negotiations. Nevertheless, France has insisted on holding an international peace
May 12, 2016
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Adel Al-Astel
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Egypt, Hamas, and Opportunities for Reconciliation
April 22, 2016 In a statement issued in early March in by the headquarters of State Security in the Cairo suburb of Nasr City, Egyptian Ministry of Interior General Magdy Abdel Ghaffar announced that Hamas was responsible for the June 2015 assassination of Egyptian Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat. Abdel Ghaffar
Apr 22, 2016
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Ramy Aziz
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The Arab-Israeli Peace Process is More Important Now than Ever
April 22, 2016 In the 1990s and early 2000s, American media referred to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the “Middle East Peace Process,” a testament to the positive political developments achieved in Wye River and Oslo under the stewardship of former President Bill Clinton. President Clinton, a self-declared “honest-broker,” took calculated
Apr 22, 2016
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Dani Tahrawi
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Security Coordination: Between the Desire to End it and the Need to Continue It
April 8, 2016 Future relations between the Palestinians and the Israelis will likely be hamstrung by issues of the past. Namely, Israel continues to illegally occupy and support settlements in Palestinian territory, among other restrictive activities. As a result, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has warned Israel of its readiness to
Apr 8, 2016
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Adel Al-Astel
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The Israel That Arabs Don’t Know
March 15, 2016 When the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited me to visit Israel as part of a delegation of European-based Arab journalists and media representatives, I accepted without hesitation. The goal of the invitation was to provide us with an opportunity to freely explore the different dimensions to
Mar 15, 2016
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Ramy Aziz
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