The “Moderate Sunni Bloc” Won’t Find a Solution to the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
In fact, no such bloc exists.
October 26, 2018
The End of the Palestinian Parliament
Mahmoud Abbas cracks down on the very possibility of democracy.
In 1993, in the wake of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority (PA) set up its parliament, the 132-member Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC); the first elections for this body took place three years later. But the PLC has been defunct since 2007 due to the conflict between the ruling Fatah faction and Hamas. Now the PA president, Mahmoud Abbas, is considering formally dissolving the legislature. Khaled Abu Toameh writes:
October 26, 2018
The End of the Palestinian Parliament
Mahmoud Abbas cracks down on the very possibility of democracy.
Is True Religious Emotion Possible in the Modern World?
Feelings of awe, and dependence on God, are not the same as devotion.
Liberation, Not Colonization, Motivated the Creation of the Jewish State
Setting the record straight.
How Not to Write a Jewish Fantasy Novel
Of demons and deracination.