Hani Al-Masri

Hani Al-Masri

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SURPRISED INTERLOCUTOR

  "I told my interlocutor at a gathering that included some people interested in political affairs: It is very good that Obama is not ...

2013-03-20 Read More

REVOLT OF THE STARVING

 “The steadily deteriorating economic and security situation in Egypt threatens to plunge that country into a 'revolt of the starving,' which, if ...

2013-03-14 Read More

EPIC BATTLE

 “Palestinian prisoners in general – and those on hunger strike in particular – have been waging a heroic and epic battle of endurance to ...

2013-02-28 Read More

NO AGREEMENT

: “To know whether the recent meeting on revitalizing the PLO was a success or otherwise, we need to know where we were before and where we are ...

2013-02-14 Read More

The elections trap

   By allowing people to choose and express their opinions, elections embody a basic human right. Voting is an integral part ...

2013-02-07 Read More

ADDITIONAL FACTORS‏

   Several additional factors contributed to the decision by the two factions to resume talks, including the new Egyptian ...

2013-01-31 Read More

FUTILE PROCESS

   Instead of building on those two achievements by moving quickly to restore national unity as part of a process to rebuild the ...

2012-12-20 Read More

STEADFASTNESS AND ROCKET-FIRE

   “As this article went to press Israel’s aggression on Gaza was continuing for the sixth successive day,” writes Hani al-Masri in ...

2012-11-22 Read More

NO CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM

  The relationship between Netanyahu and Obama has never been cordial, especially after the Israeli Prime Minister sided openly with ...

2012-11-21 Read More

Putting Doha in context

 A PALESTINIAN VIEWThe signing of last May's reconciliation agreement would likely not have been possible without the shifting of various Arab, ...

2012-11-18 Read More

UNCHARACTERISTIC FLEXIBILITY

 “Since the signing of the Cairo agreement last May, Hamas has demonstrated uncharacteristic flexibility,” writes Palestinian commentator Hani ...

2012-11-17 Read More

THE CAUSE IS STILL ALIVE

  Demonstrations were organized in dozens of countries, but especially in the occupied territories and Arab frontline states in which 80 ...

2012-11-17 Read More

WASTING TIME

  Is it only to inform him of his country's failure to carry out its commitments? Or is it to ask him what to do next? The latter could be ...

2012-11-17 Read More

HIGH PROFILE VISITS

      inShare These arguments were prompted by a series of high profile visits a number of senior clerics and lay ...

2012-11-17 Read More

SICK AND TIRED

  In fact, the Palestinian people are sick and tired of so many dishonored and unimplemented reconciliation agreements. They are fed up with ...

2012-11-14 Read More

NO EXCUSES LEFT

 The latest Fateh-Hamas agreement appears to be no more serious than its predecessors, says Hani MasriOnly a few days after the reshuffle of PA ...

2012-11-13 Read More

CONFLICTING REACTIONS

 "If we wish to know the effects of Mohammad Mursi’s election as Egypt's president on the Palestinian situation we should examine numerous issues ...

2012-11-12 Read More

FAYYAD’S THREAT

   Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad threatened to resign his position He called for the formation of a new government in ...

2012-11-08 Read More

Youthful protests and the PA

 Rather than resort to repressive measures against youthful protestors, the Palestinian leadership would do better to revise their entire ...

2012-11-08 Read More

REMOVING THE OCCUPATION

        The decision reminded anyone who needed reminding that Palestine is still occupied, and that ...

2012-11-08 Read More

FAYYAD VERSUS ABBAS

  The most conspicuous aspect of Fayyadism is how far it differs from the policies pursued by President Mahmoud Abbas The two ...

2012-11-03 Read More
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