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Jun 20, 2024 | 
almendron.com | Salam Fayyad
On June 10, by an overwhelming affirmative vote, the United Nations Security Council adopted U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan for ending the war that has been raging in the Gaza Strip. The plan calls for a pause in the fighting, hostage and prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas, an expansion in humanitarian assistance, and then a permanent end to the war.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Salam Fayyad
On June 10, by an overwhelming affirmative vote, the United Nations Security Council adopted U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan for ending the war that has been raging in the Gaza Strip. The plan calls for a pause in the fighting, hostage and prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas, an expansion in humanitarian assistance, and then a permanent end to the war.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
foreignaffairs.com | A Anderson |Salam Fayyad |Shannon K. O'Neil |Stephen Sestanovich
Hamas’s attack on October 7 shocked the world and upended the status quo in the Middle East. Two months into Israel’s war against Hamas, much remains unclear. What is Israel’s endgame in the Gaza Strip? Who can govern Gaza when the fighting ends? How have Hamas’s attack and Israel’s response reshaped the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? How high are the risks of escalation and what will the conflict mean for the region?
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Nov 24, 2023 | 
english.aawsat.com | Amir Taheri |Osman Mirgani |Tariq Al-Homayed |Salam Fayyad
In his response to my recent article "Gaza and the Wars of Independence", former professor at the Lebanese University Dr. Mohammed Ali Mokalled commented on Palestinian researcher Dr. Yazid Al-Sayegh’s claim that "the Oslo Agreement was a result of the Palestinian national movement’s failure to achieve its goals through armed struggle.” Mokalled argued that, rather, the Oslo Agreement was the fruit of armed struggle and that it was not true that the armed struggle failed to achieve anything.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
english.aawsat.com | Amir Taheri |Osman Mirgani |Tariq Al-Homayed |Salam Fayyad
A week after Paris witnessed a march in support of the “Palestinian cause” it hosted another march, this time against anti-Semitism. Ostensibly provoked by the ongoing war in Gaza the two marches may persuade the French to take a closer look at the messages they convey and their impact on French politics.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
english.aawsat.com | Tariq Al-Homayed |Amir Taheri |Salam Fayyad |Osman Mirgani
“Paris could become a battlefield!” This was how commentators speculated about a “solidarity with Palestine” demonstration that the police had authorized for last Saturday. The concern was not groundless. A few days before, a Harris opinion poll had shown that 82 percent of the French feared a wave of terrorism in France and 72 percent believed that something like the 7 October attack by Hamas would happen in Paris.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
english.aawsat.com | Tariq Al-Homayed |Amir Taheri |Salam Fayyad |Ghassan Charbel
Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan's decision to dismiss two armed movement officials in Darfur from their government positions a few days ago, created a sharp debate about the Juba Peace Agreement between the Sudanese government and several armed movements. The agreement, which had been controversial since it was signed in 2020, has been put under the microscope since the conflict began, with many questions raised about it.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
english.aawsat.com | Amir Taheri |Salam Fayyad |Ghassan Charbel |Tariq Al-Homayed
It is clear that Iran's current objective is to get a seat at the next negotiation table, irrespective of where negotiations will be held or what is discussed, be it the release of Israeli hostages or ending the war in Gaza. At the same time, it wants to ensure that the infrastructure of Hamas’s power is not severely undermined and that Hezbollah is not dragged into the conflict. Thus, Tehran insists that it had not known about the October 7 operation.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
english.aawsat.com | Salam Fayyad |Ghassan Charbel |Tariq Al-Homayed |Amir Taheri
Throughout history, at least until our post-modernist times, war was regarded as the highest of human pursuits, one that enlisted other pursuits such as politics, industry, and even literature in its service. Aristotle gave war a thumbs up because it was “the key to peace.” Neo-Platonics regarded war as the ultimate organizer and guardian of hierarchies within the “polis” (state) and among various states.
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Oct 29, 2023 | 
english.aawsat.com | Tariq Al-Homayed |Abdelhak Azzouzi |Najib Saab |Salam Fayyad
With the Israeli orgy in Gaza, two facts have emerged. The first is that the human rights discourse of Western regimes is a lie. The other lie that has been exposed is that of the so-called resistance in our region. Western regimes would not stop talking about human rights. The West translated this narrative even in the actions of athletes, commercial deals, and other domains.
