Palestinians reject any normalized ties to Israel

There was a rare public display of unity between representatives of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction and its arch-rivals from Gaza, the Islamist Hamas and Iranian-proxy Palestinian Islamic Jihad, at…

Abbas: UAE stabbed Palestinians in the back

In his first public remarks since Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced their agreement to normalize relations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused the Gulf Arab state of turning its…

Israel-UAE accord faces regional opposition

The Director General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat decried Israel’s emerging peace accord with the United Arab Emirates as a blatant attempt to alter existing policy regarding…

Historic Israel & UAE deal to normalize ties

A new era of peace between Jerusalem and the Arab world was ushered in when U.S. President Donald Trump made an announcement yesterday evening that the State of Israel and…

US Democrats stand by Israel

The United States Democratic Party Platform Committee rejected a motion to revise its standing-policy vis-à-vis support for Israel. Despite reported efforts by Senator Bernie Sanders (D, Vermont) to condition military…

Hamas: Annexation is a declaration of war

The Islamist Hamas organization has proclaimed that “Israeli plans to annex the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley will be regarded as a declaration of war against the Palestinian people.”…

UN widely condemns Israeli annexation plan

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has labeled Israel’s hope to extend sovereignty over parts of the West Bank of the Jordan Valley as “a threat” that would “would constitute…

UAE pursues stronger ties with Israel

The United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash highlighted his country’s ambition to bolster relations with the State of Israel. In a televised interview as part…