Determinants of Turkey’s Policy vis-à-vis Hamas
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. Turkey was the first Muslim state to recognize Israel after its inception in 1948, and later established full diplomatic [...]
Hamas and the Return of the Straying Son
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. The difficult situation that Hamas has found itself in since it left Syria, and then following the military coup [...]
The Next-Day Scenarios for the Implementation of Palestinian Reconciliation
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. Introduction: Reconciliation and ending the division are things that almost no two Palestinians disagree with. Everyone wants to see [...]
Sectarian and Religious Conflicts in the Middle East: A Historical and Contemporary Examination
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. Introduction: Bernard Lewis celebrates this year his ninety-eighth birthday. Perhaps he can now depart our world, believing that some [...]
Can a Breakthrough Be Made in Palestinian-Israeli Peace Negotiations?
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. Introduction: It appears that the Arab Spring’s aftershock/counter-revolution, culminated with the military coup in Egypt, has given a strong [...]
The Palestinian Fundamentals: Falling One After Another
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. I would like Mahmud ‘Abbas, the president of the State of Palestine, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), [...]
Is Egypt Heading to “Ikhwanization,” “Wafdanization,” or “Militarization”?
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. The conflict in and over Egypt cannot be reduced to being a mere struggle over political power, albeit the [...]
Political Islam: A Step Back Toward a Leap Forward
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. Those who became intoxicated and danced for joy at what they called “the fall of political Islam” following the [...]
The June 30 Revolution in Egypt: A False Pregnancy
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. The events of the weeks that followed the military coup in Egypt reveal that the so-called June 30 revolution [...]
Israel and the Future of Syria
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. The devastating Israeli strikes against targets belonging to the Syrian regime on May 3 and May 5, 2013, gave [...]