“There is No New Thing Under the Sun”

This is a book about past wars. No, it’s a book about present wars. No, actually, it’s a book about future wars. Or it’s a book about your imagination.
Palestinians: While Abbas and Hamas were Hurling Insults at Each Other…

Abbas is punishing Hamas and Hamas is threatening Abbas. All the while, Palestinians in Syria are dying daily.
The Palestinians’ Uncivil War

The Palestinians’ major ruling groups, Fatah and Hamas, are now saying they are done with each other: that the divorce is final.
The Hamas Plan to Take the West Bank

It is clear by now that Hamas is behind some of the recent terror attacks against Israelis in the West Bank.
Palestinians: No Difference Between Hamas and Fatah

The morning after the vote, Abbas will wake up to the realization that Hamas was a strange bedfellow indeed.
Pushing for an Israeli Victory Is the Only Way to End the Conflict with the Palestinians

Lieberman and Bennett failed to impose a new paradigm on how to deal with Hamas, but more and more people in Israel are recognizing that compromises and concessions have only led to more violence.
USAID To Fire 50% of Employees, Shutter Operations in Judea/Samaria by 2019

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced this week that they will be firing half of their employees in Judea and Samaria in the near future and plan to shut down operations entirely in early 2019.
A Fool’s Errand

Israelis, Arabs and others are impatiently waiting to see the “peace plan” devised by the Trump administration for Palestinian Arabs in the land beyond the 1949 Armistice Line, which was occupied by Jordan for 19 years.
Why Renewed US Sanctions on Iran are Good News for Palestinians

The Palestinian Authority is, thus, aligning itself with its own enemies.
How Hamas Wins

That’s the worst sentence to write: Hamas wins. The people of the Gaza Strip lose. The people of Israel lose. The State of Israel remains to be seen, but for now, it loses, as well.