Will Qatar pull out as Israel-Hamas mediator?
Qatar’s warning that it was reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has raised concerns about the prospects for a ceasefire and the return of hostages. Since…
US wants shakeup of Palestinian Authority to run Gaza after Hamas
A succession of top US officials have travelled to the West Bank in recent weeks to meet with Mahmoud Abbas in the hope the 88-year-old – a spectator in the…
US wants shakeup of Palestinian Authority to run Gaza after Hamas
A succession of top US officials have travelled to the West Bank in recent weeks to meet with Mahmoud Abbas in the hope the 88-year-old – a spectator in the…
Qatar burnishes role as ‘essential’ hostage negotiator with Israel-Hamas deal
The emirate of Qatar has further boosted its status as a specialist power in resolving delicate hostage situations by using its influence to help secure the release of hostages by…
How Hamas aims to trap Israel in Gaza quagmire
Hamas has prepared for a long, drawn-out war in the Gaza Strip and believes it can hold up Israel’s advance long enough to force its arch enemy to agree to…
Israel targets Hamas subterranean ‘city’, key in Gaza war
A sprawling network of Hamas tunnels under the Gaza Strip has become a primary target for the Israeli military in its stated mission to defeat the Palestinian militants, experts say.…
Gaza in flames
NOTHING seems to make Israel stop its murderous spree and war crimes in Gaza. Besides killing and injuring thousands, Israeli military operations have impeded humanitarian access, pushing Gaza to the…
Israel bent on genocide
Only the naïve could have imagined that Israel would continue the truce that allowed the exchange of some of the Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. As soon as the week-long…
Designed to fail
Donald Trump’s supposed “deal of the century”, offering the Palestinians economic bribes in return for political submission, is the endgame of western peace-making, the real goal of which has been…
Israel’s suicidal act
Last week, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) charged Israel for its latest invasion of Gaza calling its aerial bombing of civilian areas "disproportionate and indiscriminate"; by July 22, the…
