Arab ministers held talks with a Palestinian official in Cairo on Thursday to discuss efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. They were due to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, seeking to secure a ceasefire of at least six weeks. The ministers met with Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee general … Read more
Recently, I had a series of meetings with Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. The first meeting was part of seminars I am hosting at the Middle East Study Centre that I am directing in Britain. Other participants in this conversation were Sir Tom Phillips and Sir Vincent Fean. Phillips served … Read more
Bassem Eid is a Palestinian Human Rights Activist and Founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group who lives in the West Bank. Since October 7, Eid has been criticised for using his social media platforms and presence in the US to call for Hamas’ removal. Eid has also been slammed for refusing to support … Read more
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Hussein al-Sheikh called for countries that announced they would withdraw funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to reverse their decision, in a post on X on Saturday. Al-Sheikh called for the reversal citing great political and humanitarian risks … Read more
