A month after the breakdown of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian leadership after the latter signed a deal with Hamas, a poll was published today suggesting more than 50 percent of Palestinians are against a return to the negotiating table. The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion survey indicated that 56.3% were against...

David Pollock of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy released on Friday an analysis of recent Palestinian public opinion polls, which held some surprising conclusions with important implications for the region. Pollock notes that despite the apparent contradiction, most Palestinians favor a unity government between Fatah and Hamas, while at the...

Hamas is using the current period of political and military calm – most recently locked in by a unity pact between the terror group and its rival Fatah faction – to build a missile arsenal that can blanket population centers throughout Israel during any future conflagration, according to remarks made...

The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday that a former senior American government official said that Hamas must not be allowed to participate in the upcoming Palestinian elections. Former National Security Adviser Samuel “Sandy” Berger addressed his remarks to this week’s annual Herzliya Conference sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Center. Hamas should not be allowed...

In an editorial Friday, the New York Times acknowledged that “some skepticism is warranted” about last week’s announced Fatah-Hamas unity government. The editorial noted: Mr. Netanyahu is correct that Hamas, the Iran-backed group that took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, is a violent, extremist organization committed to Israel’s...

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Thursday told a group of foreign military attaches that the Palestinian Authority (PA) would have to disarm Hamas to signal that it is genuinely pursuing a viable and united Palestinian state, the latest in what has become daily criticism from diplomats, analysts, and journalists blasting...