According to a poll released today by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO), Marwan Barghouti, currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for his conviction in terrorist murders, would be “the most favorite candidate for next presidential elections.” The polling pitted hypothetical candidates from Fatah and Hamas, the two most prominent...

Reuters on Wednesday conveyed statements from Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, doubling down on his organization’s commitment to the eradication of Israel, especially and specifically in the context of an anticipated agreed government between Hamas and the rival Palestinian Fatah organization. Meshaal declared that Hamas had made...

Hamas-linked media reported late Tuesday that progress had been made in locking in plans – established under a late April agreement between the group and its rival Palestinian faction – under which a consensus government would be formed to control municipal Palestinian institutions in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and in...

Egypt has taken the first step towards revoking the citizenship of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar, according to a report appearing on Monday. The Times of Israel reported: Major General Hussein al-Ridi, an assistant to the interior minister for immigration and citizenship issues, told Dubai-based news channel Al-Arabiya that a request...

Israel’s left-leaning Haaretz on Monday quoted a Hamas source describing the terrorist organization’s vision going forward under a possible unity government: A Hamas source has said the model being planned for the new Palestinian unity government is that of Hezbollah in Lebanon, in which the organization is a government party that has...

In the wake of last week’s attack on Israeli journalist Avi Issacharoff and his cameraman, journalist Khaled Abu Toameh examined on Monday the implications of the attack and how it reflected on Palestinian society. Issacharoff, who wrote a series of articles for The Tower in 2013, recounted the circumstances of the...