The decade-long Palestinian split looks set to deepen in the coming months, with president Mahmud Abbas poised to take multiple measures against Gaza to squeeze its Islamist rulers Hamas.

Detainees say Israeli proposals, including water rations and limits on family visits, are a 'declaration of war'.

Israel has tragically succeeded in turning the PA from the nucleus of Palestinian state into a collaborator, Nadia Hijab tells Al Bawaba English

Israeli authorities demolished 16 shops, affecting the livelihood of more than 60 families in the refugee camp.

Alaa Tartir, programme advisor at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, believes the latest escalation by Israel was meant to "retest" the capabilities of armed groups in Gaza, which include Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades.

Only 25 percent of US liberals view Israel as an ally, poll shows, as issue of support becomes increasingly partisan.

A new report by Human Rights Watch finds both the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza guilty of making widespread use of arbitrary arrests and torture to quell criticism and political opposition.

“It’s not that the PA has turned into a monster, I think it was born a monster,” Yara Hawari, a young activist and a policy fellow at the Palestinian think tank Al-Shabaka, told The Intercept this summer. “I don’t think it was ever going to be anything else just because of the way that it was set up: What it was supposed to do was maintain and manage the situation and assist it.”

“What Oslo created,” said Mr. Tartir of Al-Shabaka, “was a clear benefit for some Palestinians and the political elite. Everyone else has to live with the consequences, but doesn’t really have a say.”