Nabil Amr

Since the founding of the Jewish state in the middle of the last century, the transition of power between political rivals has proceeded smoothly and systematically, governed by strict adherence to the laws regulating it, without those defeated in elections daring to question the results. …

Should Gadi Eisenkot win and form Israel's next government, will it mark the return of the generals to power? Three generals have reached the premiership before him: Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak, and Ariel Sharon. Two of them left their mark on Israel's political and military history: Rabin and…

Early indications suggest a strong possibility that Israel's upcoming elections will bring about a change in government, with Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition removed from power and replaced by an alternative alliance, most likely led, according to current projections, by General Gadi Eisenkot…

Under the presidential decrees issued on the matter of the Palestinian elections, they have been postponed twice: the first time in May 2021, only days before the vote, and the second in October 2026. The first postponement was made on the pretext that Israel would not agree to holding them in…

In Israel they regard Netanyahu as the foremost orator, especially when he speaks in English before international forums. In politics and government, he is the king whose skill his opponents acknowledge before his supporters do- not only in reaching the summit, but in settling on it. Before and…

Opinion polls continue to show General Eizenkot ahead of his closest rival, Benjamin Netanyahu. What is striking about this race is that it pits a novice general seeking admission to the club of Israeli prime ministers against a veteran who has held membership many times and is fighting to avoid…

The old guard in the Palestinian arena consists not merely of individuals who have occupied and continue to hold leadership positions since its founding, it is also a formula that has governed the arena for decades without any fundamental renewal of its structure or figures. Following the radical…

Netanyahu's gifts are not to be denied, and the clearest evidence of them is that he has remained Israel's top leader longer than any of his predecessors among the founders and the historic figures. Those gifts have been concentrated on managing his own leadership within Israeli politics,…

Without recounting the facts in detail, the Palestinian situation can be described as being “caught in a vortex.” Whenever a glimmer of an escape appears, developments take place that pull the situation back into the same vortex. Through the Oslo agreements and understandings, which were sponsored…

Since President Mahmoud Abbas issued his decrees calling legislative elections for November of this year, a noisy argument has broken out among Palestinians, beginning with the question of whether the elections will actually be held- or whether the decrees are merely a maneuver to release the…