The Palestinian unity deal that led to a government supported by Hamas is looking more and more like a threat to regional security. Hamas has long been supported by Iran, and while the sides had a falling out over disagreements…
Two new governments have been sworn into power in the last week in the Middle East, the new Palestinian one and newly elected President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. Yet while the Palestinian government has the backing of the terrorist Hamas group,…
Well, that didn’t take long. Nine months after new peace talks were launched between Israel and the Palestinians, the Palestinians managed to not only put up a roadblock to extending the talks, but appear to have killed them for the…
It’s no surprise that Israel is upset over the Palestinian unity government deal that reconciles the “moderates” with terrorists. But it is intriguing to hear that there are Palestinians who aren’t pleased with the situation either. Two of the “leftist”…
A significant step towards bringing the main Palestinian political factions together for the first time since 2007 was announced on Sunday: 3,000 Palestinian policemen from the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority will merge into the security forces in Hamas-controlled Gaza, according to…
It was a subtle move last week, the US agreeing to send less than a dozen Apache attack helicopters to Egypt. Less subtle, but still quiet, was the American dismay at the alliance between the so-called “moderate” Palestinians in the…