Muhammad Shehada
Haaretz.com
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Even Hamas Wants Quiet Now. Ben-Gvir Has Other Ideas
Hamas is keeping its militants, missiles and demagogues in Gaza on a short leash. But its efforts to maintain calm are under increasing pressure from the far-right provocateurs inside Israel's government → Read More
How Israel Attacked Gaza and Radicalized Yet More Palestinians
There is something catastrophically reckless, if not malevolent, about the timing and nature of Israel’s unprovoked attacks on Gaza, which began last Friday and ended with a ceasefire Sunday. The impact on internal Palestinian power dynamics will be long lasting – and it will cast a long shadow over the calm Israel purports to pursue in the south of the country. → Read More
How Israel Attacked Gaza and Radicalized Yet More Palestinians
Israel’s reckless assault on Gaza may have been politically expedient, but it was strategically futile. It has ensured a stronger, more popular and more defiant Palestinian Islamic Jihad → Read More
A tale of two Gazas: Power and luxury for Hamas, unlivable slum for the rest
How Israel's siege, and Palestinian disunity, feed both the ‘resistance’ prestige and extravagant lifestyles of Gaza's Hamas elite, while young Palestinians are literally dying to escape → Read More
MBS wants to permanently divorce Hamas – and Israel is the final wedge
The Saudi crown prince believes the path to Washington's good graces starts in Jerusalem. But he and Israel are ignoring an important issue → Read More
Has Hamas already won?
Even if there’s a further escalation, Hamas, the rulers of Gaza, are already hailed as ‘defenders of Jerusalem,’ they’ve showcased new weapons – and may have triggered the return of a familiar partner, Netanyahu, to power → Read More
Canceling the Palestinian elections is patronizing, unjust – and dangerous
Israel and the Biden administration back the superannuated, autocratic Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' attempts to walk back his decision to hold elections later this month. But canceling the vote has catastrophic risks → Read More
Israel election: Why Hamas needs Netanyahu to win
Hamas, the Islamist militants governing Gaza, have good reason to favor Netanyahu, despite the damage he has dealt to the Palestinian cause → Read More
Why Biden must not boycott Hamas
If Hamas wins significant representation in the May elections, the international community, including Israel and the Biden administration, must prioritize the welfare of Palestinians – by engaging with them → Read More
Will Israel help a pro-Iran hardliner win control of Hamas?
The challenge for the moderate candidate in Hamas’ upcoming elections is stark enough without Israel putting its finger on the scale on behalf of the pro-violence, pro-Tehran hardliners → Read More
Hamas is mourning Trump's defeat, Abbas is celebrating and the Saudis are sulking
Palestinian Authority leaders are hopeful, almost excessively, that Biden will reverse Trump’s catastrophic damage. But both Hamas and Saudi Arabia now have a lot to lose → Read More
Inside Saudi Arabia’s campaign to cancel the Palestinians
From trolls to TV, Riyadh is rewriting history to undermine the entire Palestinian struggle, softening up the Arab world for its pending normalization with Israel → Read More
Saudi Arabia’s campaign to cancel the Palestinians
From trolls to TV, Riyadh is rewriting history to undermine the entire Palestinian struggle, softening up the Arab world for its pending normalization with Israel → Read More
How brutal UAE and Bahrain autocrats outplayed a tired, deluded Palestinian leadership
Today, at the White House, the Middle East crosses a point of no return on normalization with Israel. Why didn’t Palestinian leaders put up a better fight? → Read More
How Qatar could trigger the next Hamas-Israel conflict
Qatari cash aid for Gaza has kept a fragile peace between Hamas and Israel. With Doha now stalling its downpayments, Hamas is launching incendiary devices, Israel is shutting the border and a major escalation is brewing → Read More
When hope died: Why so many young Palestinians in Gaza are committing suicide
Nearly everyone I know in Gaza has contemplated suicide more than once. Despite the deep taboo, 2020 is heading toward a record spike in suicides, and most are young, unemployed and suffocated by despair → Read More
From Abbas to Hamas, Palestinian leaders have no strategy against annexation
A fumbling, factional, incoherent Palestinian response to Israel’s looming move on the West Bank would be a dream for annexationists. And that’s exactly what’s happening → Read More
Gaza, where Trump's Mideast peace plan goes to die
For Hamas, Trump's 'generous offer' has a price tag that is unthinkable. And if Israel starts implementing the plan, the most unexpected spark could trigger a massive Palestinian response → Read More
Gaza, where Trump's Mideast peace plan goes to die
For Hamas, Trump's 'generous offer' has a price tag that is unthinkable. And if Israel starts implementing the plan, the most unexpected spark could trigger a massive Palestinian response → Read More
Hamas is, for now, the only responsible adult in the Israel-Gaza conflict
Hamas has not joined in Islamic Jihad's retaliation-by-rocket campaign against Israel. But if Netanyahu ramps up air strikes or assassinations any further, Hamas will be forced to enter the fray → Read More