Nabil Amr

Nabil Amr
Palestinian writer and politician

Where Will the Palestinian October Lead?

Every war, regardless of its scale and the number of participating armies and nations, inevitably gives rise to political settlements that draw new maps and create entities. This is particularly true of global and regional wars. With regard to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, it is a perpetual…

The Camp… A Tight Space For Conflicts Of Impossible Agendas

With potential for de-escalation in the Ain El Helweh refugee camp becoming stronger as arrangements for a ceasefire proceed, giving mediators an opportunity to facilitate a temporary or permanent solution! These efforts have coincided with the anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, which…

Netanyahu… The Last Edition

During a historic void in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu was afforded the opportunity to remain at the helm for longer than any other Israeli prime minister in history, even longer than those of its major figures, like the founder Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin, and the two generals, Yitzhak Rabin and…

The Palestinians of Israel

Two million people, give or take, carry Hebrew documents that include everything from their birth certificate to their death certificate, and from the gray ID card to the Israeli passport, in their pockets. Alarmingly, we are currently witnessing a spike in the murder rate in Palestinian…

The Saudi Initiative in Content, Timing

Political initiatives gain their importance from three factors. First, their content. Second, their timing. And third, the parties’ serious adherence and execution. These factors were available in the recent Saudi initiative, when the Kingdom appointed an ambassador to the State of Palestine,…

The Jeddah Summit and the Future Middle East  

For decades, the Middle East brimmed with crises like nowhere else in the world. It was a breeding ground for wars and conflicts and a region that constantly drew external interventions, which were often made under utterly illogical slogans totally removed from reality. The peoples and countries…

The Return Syria Needs   

Syria has returned to its position as an ordinary member of the Arab League. The question, which we have been contemplating since it was expelled, of whether the decision to exclude Syria was the proper course of action, has become irrelevant. Similar cases have occurred in the past. Indeed,…

Israel… The Game and the Players

Israel’s professional politicians have taken their fierce and stubborn dispute to the corridors of the political system. The president has been the mediator, and all sides have kept their weapons, and despite temporarily delaying work on their main issue - the “judicial reform” - the majority in…

Two Cycles with No Escape

Only a few days separate us from that decisive day for the Israeli political elite. If no surprises are seen, with one side attaining a decisive victory over the other, sixth elections will loom over the horizon. The results could perpetuate the same vicious cycle of the country’s politics going in…

Some of Oslo in Lebanon

More profound than an understanding between two belligerents, the Palestinian-Israeli Oslo Accords, at their core, are an approach. The Accords changed the rules, turning them from rules governing the conflict to rules governing the settlement. What Palestine’s Oslo Accords and Lebanon’s recent…