Donald Trump ends Middle East tour
US president calls for peace between Israelis and Palestinians but sheds little clarity on how to achieve that.
Playing the Trump card?
Fond of boasting about his deal-making capabilities, U.S. president Donald Trump has oozed confidence in the run-up to his visit to Israel and the Occupied Territories. Whether he will prove a mediating or an alienating influence remains to be seen.
Palestinian basic rights ‘not on the agenda’ for Trump
As US President Donald Trump arrives in Israel, analysts say efforts to revive peace talks are a ‘charade’.
Palestinians on strike in solidarity with prisoners
Israeli forces shoot and wound 11 Palestinians in West Bank, as prisoners’ mass hunger strike enters sixth week.
Israel jails writer Ahmad Qatamesh without charges
Qatamesh is one of an estimated 500 Palestinians jailed by Israel without charges or trial.
Palestinian Economy Continues to be Highly Dependent Because of Israeli Occupation
Al-Shabaka Program Director Alaa Tartir explains that the Palestinian Economy is unable to grow or develop because the Israeli occupation controls all aspects:
Al-Wafaa Islamic Bloc wins Birzeit University elections
Student election at university in the occupied West Bank seen as indicator of Palestinian political mood.
100 days in: Is the Middle East Trump’s new playground?
One hundred days into office, analysts say Trump’s Middle East policies remain largely unclear and arbitrary.
Would Russia recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital?
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is “being instrumentalised by the Russians for border political games,” Al-Shabaka program director Alaa Tartir tells The Arab Weekly.
