Violence generated by the Syrian conflict spilled across both the Turkish and Lebanese borders on Monday and into Tuesday, deepening worries not just that chaos will splash beyond Syria but also that other actors may be drawn into the fighting. A series of incidents erupted between Turkey and Syria, including one that saw Syrian...

While the Arabic media is focusing on many of the key rifts between Arab states, regional leaders used this week’s Arab League Summit in Kuwait City to unite in their calls for “Jerusalem” to be the capital of a Palestinian state and for Israel to stop its assault on the...

Recent days have been marked by an upswing in violent incidents in the West Bank, and the timing raising concerns that the Palestinian Authority (PA)  has once again chosen to couple its rejectionism at the negotiating table with a threat of violence. The incidents included a Bethlehem firebomb thrown at the...

As Arab leaders gather in Kuwait this week, the Palestinian delegation will seek support for their rejectionist stance on the American-brokered peace talks with Israel, hoping to convince them to reinvigorate the Arab peace initiative as an alternative to the American track. The Israel Project’s Regional Analyst Paul Shindman believes Palestinian leader...

The Israeli military’s discovery of an underground “terror tunnel” stretching from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip deep into the Jewish state has deepened concerns that a U.S.-backed initiative to secure a comprehensive peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians may be deeply complicated – if not rendered untenable – by the...

In a move certain to deepen concerns about the Palestinian leadership’s commitment to reaching a peace agreement with Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly told American negotiators during his visit to Washington last week that he would not accept an “end of conflict” clause in any deal. The report,...