We’ve heard that before, many times. But Abbas has yet to translate his words into deeds.
Hugh Lovatt comments on the threats by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to end security cooperation with Israel
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Hugh Lovatt est cité par Le Point concernant la menace des Palestiniens de cesser leur coopération sécuritaire avec Israël
Yet, as annexation looms, his declaration should nonetheless be interpreted as one last desperate shot across the bow
Hugh Lovatt comments on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's warning that Israeli annexations in the occupied West Bank would spell the end of all security coordination
What is the logic to continue funding a Palestinian Authority in a situation where two states is no longer the objective or no longer seen as feasible
Hugh Lovatt comments on funding to the Palestinian Authority.
Hugh Lovatt comments on the EU's response to the West Bank annexation.
With the stakes made even higher by the coronavirus, now is the time for concerted international engagement with Israel, the PA, and Hamas, to address the deeply entrenched political obstacles that have kept Gaza perpetually on the edge of collapse
The coronavirus continues to represent a significant danger to an already fragile Gaza Strip. It threatens to exasperate a manmade socio-economic and humanitarian crisis. For Hamas, this will require it to balance its competing roles as both resistance movement and de facto government of the Strip, writes Hugh Lovatt.
It is already clear that the central dividing line will be the fight against apartheid and the demand for equal rights for Palestinians within a binational state
Israel's unrelenting drive to settle the occupied West Bank, combined with international timidity, has led to the unravelling of the two-state project, writes Hugh Lovatt
Hugh Lovatt comments on the EU and the Middle East Peace Process
Hugh Lovatt comments on the Israeli elections
Pushing a two-state solution beyond reach, but also crossing the threshold into apartheid
Hugh Lovatt warned Israel annexing the Jordan Valley would be seen by many in the international community as not just “pushing a two-state solution beyond reach, but also crossing the threshold into apartheid.”