Nabil Amr

We do not need to wait for the official statements usually issued after official US visits to look into the second stop on their trip, Bethlehem. Situated between two major stops, it is akin to a comma between two lines. The visit to Bethlehem was preceded by developments that set the stage and…

Since the Jewish state was founded and until further notice, no single person has been the center of political life before, whether it is a leader of the government or the opposition. Before Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving Prime Minister in Israeli history and the most powerful and…

One man announced that he seeks the Palestinian presidency whether Abbas is around or not, the leader captive, Marwan Barghouti. Those whose names are being circulated without their approval, on the other hand, are many. They are all competing in what aficionados of the press like to call "the…

In debate halls, salons, forums, and even decision-making centers, several questions are being posed without a decisive answer emerging. Who is responsible for this war? Who is perpetuating it, and who can help the world overcome it? Is it Putin who launched a military invasion starting with the…

The two men called in when the going gets tough in Israel, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev, continue to call on President Mahmoud Abbas to help instill calm, especially during the month of Ramadan, which the Israelis consider a “dangerous” time. Both are…

Observers of the course of the Chinese policy know that the leaders of this giant country avoid confrontation in any situation, unless it's forced upon them. That happened when former US President Donald Trump put countering China at the heart of his foreign policy objectives. Nonetheless, the…

Israel is an apartheid state. That is the conclusion Amnesty International reached based on irrefutable facts, and no Israeli government has a reasonable argument against Amnesty’s categorization. What Israel is doing in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem, and even within its state,…

Most often, Palestinian ethics has opted to use the slogan of liberation rather than that of independence, and whenever it opted for the latter, it was a matter linked to the decision. During a stage of broad and accelerating revolutionary escalation, one of whose most vital ground was the…

My granddaughter Sara who follows my work, especially my writing on Palestinian issues, and I only write about other matters every so often, asked me: “Why does Yasser Arafat occupy a central role in every book you have written? Even when you wrote about Mahmoud Darwish, Moscow, and the station.” …

Palestinians have finally given up on the meagre abilities of mediators in progressing on anything related to their protracted conflict with Israel, even in what is often described as ‘crisis management’ instead of resolution. These mediators have completely failed to resolve the conflict, despite…