The following overview has been compiled from various sources and has primarily made use of a number of Issue Briefs prepared by the Congressional Research Service. All sources are listed below.

Instead, Israel's release of prisoners should be seen for what it is, yet another successful public relations coup in a long line of actions aimed at convincing the world that it is desperately ...

(1) Those gathered confirmed their adherence to Palestinian principles, without any neglect, and the right of the Palestinian people to resistance in order to end the occupation, establish a ...

On January 25, 2006, Hamas became the leading party in the Palestinian Authority, after a sweeping victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections. This marked the first time a party other ...

From the beginning, MIFTAH’s approach has been to restructure the means by which public policies are formulated in Palestine, where they are based on good governance and democratic values, ...

Summary: The first mention of a Palestinian security structure was in the Oslo Accords, signed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the State of Israel in September 1993. Article VIII of ...

"We must remember that the enemy's strength is naught compared with Allah's grace." Confined to a wheelchair as a result of a childhood accident at the age of 12, and nearly blind and deaf from ...

Herbicides pose a direct threat to the lives of creatures (human beings and livestock) if the latter eat plants that were sprayed with these chemicals. For example, these substances can cause an ...

According to B’Tselem, by the end of January 2017, there were 98 fixed checkpoints in the West Bank. Fifty-nine are internal checkpoints, situated well within the West Bank. These checkpoints include ...

The ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip has compounded several humanitarian and legal violations, particularly inrelation to the reproductive rights of Palestinian women. Since the launch of its ...

The following is an interview with Professor Martin van Creveld of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel's most prominent military historian, on Austrian TV with Jennifer Byrne. Byrne: How has it ...

يواجه المقدسيون جملة من التحديات في المدينة المحتلة، يعتبر التعليم جزءاً أساسياً منها، يتدخل الاحتلال في كافة تفاصيله في محاولة لوأد الوعي الوطني الملتصق بالهوية الفلسطينية عند المقدسيين ...