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Israel and its allies must face facts: peace talks are the only way forward, and they will have to include Hamas

My experience tells me this: tough negotiation will achieve what bombs cannot, says Peter Hain, former UK Middle East minister and Northern Ireland secretary of state

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2024

Analysis: Has Israel weakened Hamas enough to win the war on Gaza?

As 2023 draws to a close, how strong is Hamas after nearly three months of bombardment and ground invasion?

Al Jazeera · Dec 30, 2023

Israeli campaign to kill Hamas leaders likely to backfire, say earlier assassination targets

‘It made us fight more,’ says one former Fatah intelligence chief, among those warning strategy could prove counterproductive

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023

Fatah In Freefall As Hamas And Israel Wage War

Fatah, the largest Palestinian party, has seen its popularity plunge during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, from where the Islamists violently ousted rivals Fatah in 2007.

International Business Times · Dec 7, 2023

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon mourn, fear for family in war-torn Gaza

‘I’m not sleeping. I cry all night,’ says Fatmeh, whose daughter and grandkids are trapped under Israeli bombardment.

Al Jazeera · Dec 1, 2023

A brief history of the US-Israel 'special relationship' shows how connections have shifted since long before the 1948 founding of the Jewish state

In his first remarks after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, President Joe Biden affirmed the United States offered “rock solid and unwavering” support to Israel, “just as we have (done) from the moment the United States became the first nation to recognize Israel, 11 minutes after its…

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2023

The beginning of the end? The hypothetical future of Palestinian politics

Could Hamas’s rival, the PA, return to rule Gaza? Would Palestinians even accept it?

Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2023

Prisoner Releases Send Hamas Support Rocketing In West Bank

In Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank, long the turf of president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, the green flag of Islamist rival Hamas is flying ever higher thanks to prisoner-hostage exchanges.

International Business Times · Nov 27, 2023

Disappointed, disenchanted, defiant: inside the world of the West Bank’s angry armed youths

A new generation of young Palestinian militants speak about their beliefs and what drives them to take up the fight

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

Gaza war: how representative is Hamas of ordinary Palestinians?

After more than a month during which Israel has relentlessly bombarded then invaded Gaza with the stated aim of destroying Hamas, Gaza’s health authorities have estimated that more than 13,000 people – mainly civilians and a distressingly high proportion of those children – have been killed.

The Conversation · Nov 22, 2023