Mahmoud Abbas has ‘frozen’ the Palestinian movement, says Daoud Kuttab

Al-Monitor columnist and media activist Daoud Kuttab  breaks down the present and future of Palestinian politics, assesses the impact of Israel’s normalization agreements and the prospects for a renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace track, and explains why he is optimistic, and relieved, about a Joe Biden Administration…as well as Andrew Parasiliti’s comment on the signals from Tehran on the pathways to a US-Iran nuclear deal. Ashrawi’s exit of the PLO sign of organization’s demise (al-monitor.com) For Palestine’s negotiations strategy to work, Gulf must be united (al-monitor.com) A new page in Israeli-Saudi relations? Not so fast (al-monitor.com) Rouhani, Biden hint at pathways to resume Iran deal (al-monitor.com)