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Hamas likely committed mass acts of gang-rape and torture against women during its massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7 and may today still be abusing women kept as hostages in Gaza, the United...

Although most of the analysts warned against the U.S. campaign to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank in 2014, they could not agree on an Israeli alternative. Some of the analysts urged...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The false Palestinian narrative of one-sided victimhood is a major hindrance to all efforts in the direction of Israeli-Palestinian peace. Global actors need to help the Palestinians move beyond wallowing in self-pity...

As the United Jewish Communities convenes in its annual General Assembly, days after Yasser Arafat's death, I am still awaiting an expression of gratitude for saving the august organization from a terrible embarrassment In October,...

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2014/0130/Palestinian-workers-back-Scarlett-Johansson-s-opposition-to-SodaStream-boycott-video The Jewish actress's promotion of the company in a Superbowl ad has propelled an international campaign to boycott the home sodamaker and today forced the actress to step down as a global ambassador for...

http://henryjacksonsociety.org/2014/01/28/event-summary-palestinian-incitement-an-obstacle-to-the-peace-negotiations/ On the 21st of January 2014, Dr. David Pollock, Kaufman Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Senior Advisor for the Broader Middle East at the US State Department from 2002-...

Nobody in the Republican-controlled Congress wants to be seen as opposing the wishes of both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Bush administration. But quietly, the unilateral Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip...

As part of the cease-fire announced this morning (Sunday, 26 November 2006), Israel has begun withdrawing all of its forces from the Gaza Strip. This decision was taken in an effort on Israel's part both...

http://www.badil.org/en/al-majdal/item/1270-reflections-on-the-badil-%E2%80%9Cpalestinian-refugees-under-international-law%E2%80%9D-course?tmpl=component&print=1 Students of the Badil course organized an open-air exhibit at al-Quds University titled "The Right of Return: Not for Sale" (22-23 March 2009) <!-- Image credits -->Badil Intent on introducing Palestine's future legal cadre to a rights-based...

Editor's note: Welcome to the fifth edition of "Inside the PA," a weekly on-line publication designed to provide an open-source and yet valuable insight into the workings of the Palestinian Authority. We will review important...