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Signing of the Geneva Conventions in 1949. Credit: British Red Cross via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel and its terrorist foes, clarifying legal differences

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From the standpoint of international law, there is a basic legal distinction between jihadist terror violence and Israel’s no-choice response to such violence. Whether Israel is operating against Shi’ite Hezbollah in Lebanon or Sunni...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, 2017. Credit: Golden Brown/Shutterstock.

Abbas’s PLO eulogizes ‘great national leader’ Sinwar

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The Palestine Liberation Organization on Friday mourned the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, eulogizing his “martyrdom” in Gaza. “The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization expresses its condolences to the Palestinian people and...

Does the Palestinian leadership represent all Palestinians?

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Palestinians who live abroad are calling for a voice in Palestinian decision-making, arguing that neither the Palestinian Authority nor the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) have the right to speak for all Palestinians. In 2017, a...

Euro 2024 organizers turn blind eye to PLO flag in stadiums

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Euro 2024 regulations stipulate that flags of non-participating countries and political propaganda are prohibited in stadiums. However, it quickly became apparent that organizers are not enforcing these rules. Turkish supporters initially exploited this leniency by...
Rashida Tlaib in 2018. Photo by Stephanie Kenner/Shutterstock.

Tlaib, Cori Bush vote to allow Oct. 7 attackers into US

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 422-2 on Wednesday to deny entry into the United States to non-U.S. citizen members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad who attacked Israel on Oct. 7. Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) introduced H.R....
Senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmed (left) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh announce a reconciliation agreement between the terrorist factions in Gaza City, April 23, 2014. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Hamas in secret talks with Fatah about post-war alliance

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The "political" wing of the Hamas terrorist group is holding secret talks in Doha with its Fatah rivals about forming an alliance after the war in Gaza ends, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. These discussions...
Israelis rally in Tel Aviv to demand the return of the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, Dec. 16, 2023. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS.

Qatar uses Israeli hostages to extend lifeline to Hamas

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While the U.S. pressures Qatar to expel Hamas leaders from its territory, Doha is instead trying to leverage its mediation to secure the terrorist groups’ future in the Gulf state. “Qatar is under very heavy pressure from...
A PLO flag hangs in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood. Credit: Israel Police.

Jerusalem police remove vandalism supporting Hamas massacre

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Police and Border Police officers on Wednesday morning located and removed graffiti in Israel's capital supporting the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7. Officers were confronted when operating in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood, with rioters...

The Oslo peace process lasted less than three weeks

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The nostalgic news media is dwelling on the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Peace Process, which began on Sept. 13, 1993 at the White House. There, Israel signed the Declaration of Principles (DOP) between...
P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas issues a statement at a Fatah meeting at the Palestinian Presidential Office in Ramallah, Dec. 18, 2019. Credit: Flash90.

Continuing overhaul, Abbas sacks 35 PLO ‘ambassadors’

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Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has decided to fire as many as 35 of his foreign envoys, Arab media reported on Sunday, continuing an administrative overhaul that already saw 12 P.A. governors removed from their posts. In...