Mahmoud Abbas’s Efforts to Exacerbate the Conflict in Gaza
Why Fatah denounces any cease-fire between Hamas and Israel.
August 23, 2018
Mahmoud Abbas’s Efforts to Exacerbate the Conflict in Gaza
Why Fatah denounces any cease-fire between Hamas and Israel.
When reports of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas emerged last week, officials from Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party immediately denounced it as a “betrayal of the Palestinian people” by Hamas. Bassam Tawil explains that not only is Abbas undisposed to the resumption of peace on the Israel-Gaza border but he bears some responsibility for the latest outbreak of fighting. In fact, the “march of return” in Gaza, which quickly evolved into escalating violence, followed on the heels of failed reconciliation negotiations between the two groups:
August 23, 2018
Why the War in Yemen Matters
A tale of two bombings.
No, Israel Isn’t Turning into a Police State—but the Shin Bet Shouldn’t Be Interrogating Journalists at Airports
Stupidity, not policy.
Leonard Bernstein’s Brother: A Forgotten but Talented Observer of American Jewish Life
Burton Bernstein’s Family Matters.
Remembering Israel’s Only Oscar-Winning Director
Moshe Mizrahi.