Nabil Amr

So far, Hamas has spoken in the language of justification for what it did. Some believe its account, while others reject it. This is a natural state of affairs for a political movement that went through a complex experience: governing an isolated and blockaded territory, then entering a military…

It is not precisely known how far the question of permanently disarming Hamas in Gaza has advanced. Will its weapons be surrendered in the manner Israel wants, letting Benjamin Netanyahu present the outcome as a major victory? Or will the matter be handled in a way that ends Hamas's armed role…

After the lengthy tenures of the historic leader Yasser Arafat and, later, his successor Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians appear to have grown accustomed to the permanence of the man at the top. This is despite the personal and political differences between the two, whose common denominator remains…

President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a decree setting a date for presidential and legislative elections, reversing a course he himself had previously charted toward elections for the Palestinian National Council, an alternative widely viewed as a substitute for long-overdue national elections. …

Any head of government in Israel seeks a visit to Washington, especially during an election campaign. The imminent visit is exactly what Netanyahu needs in his battle for political survival, which is different this time from those before it. His coalition's standing has slumped, as the opinion…

The first sparks of the Middle East war (which has not yet laid down its burdens) came from Gaza, through Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” on October 7, 2023, and Israel’s response to it. Over almost three years, this war continued and expanded, eventually peaking with the United States and Israel’s two…

The main fighting between the United States and Iran has come to a halt. In line with the logic of negotiations, the occasional controlled skirmish continued to occur, reflecting both sides' shared determination to avoid a return to war, each for its own reasons. The signing ceremony, conducted…

Fatah, or at least its official wing, has concluded its eighth conference, introducing new figures from within the same faction. As usual, tents of celebration were held to honor the victors, while mourning tents were reserved for the losers. The winners presented the conference as the pinnacle of…

Palestinians never obtained a political system with full sovereignty, authority, and capacity after the Arab League summit in Rabat that recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. Instead, they had the so-called “regime of…

No Palestinians, no factions anywhere on the Palestinian spectrum, entered the American-Israeli war on Iran. While some locals and factions have expressed sympathy with Iran, these positions do not amount to strategic alignment. Rather, they are a reflection of the simple fact that the Palestinians…