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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (L) with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on March 5, 2024. Adem Altan/AFP

Abbas's Netanyahu-esque address to Turkey's parliament

The Palestinian Authority president will meet Turkey's president who supports Abbas's rivals, representatives of whom may conveniently be in Ankara at the same time. Is this PR, or time to talk?

Omer Onhon 13 August 2024
Mohammad Mustafa, a respected technocrat, is the latest in a revolving door of prime ministers under Mahmoud Abbas. He arrives at a critical time when Palestine's future is at stake. Lina Jaradat

From World Bank to West Bank: Mohammad Mustafa, the new Palestinian PM

The respected technocrat is the latest in a revolving door of prime ministers under Mahmoud Abbas. He arrives at a critical time when Palestine's future is at stake.

Majed Kayali 24 March 2024
Israeli forces intervene in a protest against Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, in Ramallah, West Bank on May 18, 2021. (Getty)

Fighting in Gaza Marks the Start of a More Violent Era

At some point soon, the current military conflict between Israel and Hamas will end. But the ramifications of this latest round of Israeli-Palestinian confrontation—Israeli military strikes in Gaza,…

Khalil Shikaki 21 May 2021
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint statement in the East Room of the White House on January 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Getty)

Trump's Peace Plan Receives Conflicting Reactions From Both Sides

Last summer, Jared Kushner, one of President Trump’s Senior Advisors, went to Manama, Bahrain to present the economic component of the administration’s Middle East peace plan. While many Israeli…

Ali El Shamy 31 January 2020
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 74th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations on September 26, 2019 in New York City. (Getty)

Will there be Palestinian Elections after 14 Years?

While Israel has held two inconclusive elections this year, the Palestinian Authority could be heading toward its first parliamentary and presidential elections in 14 years, something that until…

Yasmine El Geressi 15 November 2019
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Politics

Sweida is a test case for competing visions for Syria

24 August 2025

The outbreak of violence in Syria's south has jolted foreign powers into action. Russia's return there could bring more stability, but also threatens to undermine the US agenda

Caroline Rose
Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination

23 August 2025

Classified documents from the 1970s obtained by Al Majalla show what led to the killing of the Lebanese Druze politician and how Syria came to occupy Lebanon

Ibrahim Hamidi
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in front of a map of the Middle East during a press conference at the Government Press Office (GPO) in Jerusalem on September 4, 2024. ABIR SULTAN / AFP
Politics

Time to worry? Netanyahu says he ‘connects’ to a Greater Israel

20 August 2025

Those watching the Israeli prime minister over the years will not be surprised to hear of his affiliation with the idea of a much larger State of Israel. Now he is acting on it.

Amr Emam
A destroyed Lebanese bank after it was set on fire by protesters, Tripoli, June 12, 2020. AFP
Business & Economy

Investment in Lebanon: capital inflows depend on reforms

25 August 2025

Security is a precondition for prosperity and trade, but there are willing partners and ample possibilities if investors are better protected and the Lebanese banking sector is strengthened.

Souraya Chahine
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Henrique Schneider on literature's power to hold a torch for justice

22 August 2025

In an interview with Al Majalla, the Brazilian novelist and lawyer speaks about the role intellectuals can play in promoting human rights and why anyone with a conscience should support Palestine

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy

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