Will latest effort to mend Fatah-Hamas ties succeed? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab

Jan 5, 2021

Palestinians wave national flags as they march in the streets of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, calling for the cessation of divisions between Fatah and Hamas and the unification of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, on January 12, 2019. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images) — Palestinians wave national flags as they march in the streets of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, calling for the cessation of divisions between Fatah and Hamas and the unification of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, on Jan. 12, 2019. — ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images

Chairman of the Palestinian Central Election Committee Hana Naser waves after his arrival in Gaza City October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - RC1B59B02880

Palestinian elections look increasingly feasible

Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Hamas scrambles for relevance in post-normalization Middle East

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Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (R) shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah at Haniyeh's house in Gaza City October 9, 2014. Hamdallah arrived in the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip on Thursday and convened the first meeting of a unity government there since a brief civil war in 2007 between Hamas and forces loyal to the Fatah party. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR49J7M

Did Egypt obstruct Qatar's efforts for Fatah-Hamas reconciliation?

Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Marwan Barghouti insists on running for president in Palestinian elections

Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics