Nabil Amr

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…

Those taking part in war bear the pain during military operations, as their full attention is devoted to winning it. Once it winds down- whether due to exhaustion and fatigue, the despair of one side fully crushing the other, or a compromise settlement over demands and objectives - do combatants…

If you were to sit with a Palestinian Authority official, whether a low-ranking employee in its ministries, its soldiers and officers, its so-called top brass of officials, or members of the government... you would find absolute consensus. They are all disgruntled with the PA and critical of its…