Articles
Does Israel Suffer Strategic Confusion?
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d Saleh. The results of the Israeli general election and the formation of the new Israeli cabinet carried a number of significant implications, most notably over the fact that the map made up by political parties in Israel has been reshuffled. Furthermore, the outcome has revealed that Israeli politics is lacking in charismatic leaders who can achieve...
Confronting the Projects of Sectarian and Ethnic Fragmentation
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d Saleh. In a previous article, we pointed out that Zionist and Western parties are invested in the fragmentation of the Arab-Islamic region along sectarian and ethnic lines, seeing as this would further strategic Zionist and Western-Imperialist interests. These parties preach about stability in the region, argue in favor of minorities gaining their freedoms, and speak about...
A Reading on the Calls for Sectarian and Ethnic Fragmentation
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d Saleh. The importance of tackling this issue is highlighted by the uprisings, revolutions and protests taking place in the region, which has been caught in a state of instability and confusion over the future of the countries there. Some old regimes still stand and others were toppled, and there are some concerns over the sectarian and...
The Palestinian Resistance Rockets: A Genie Out of the Bottle or Mere Firecrackers?
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d Saleh. On Friday, 26/10/2001, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, fired the first locally-made Palestinian rocket on the settlement of Sderot. The rocket, named “Qassam-1”, marked the beginning of a new phase of armed resistance in occupied Palestine, and has since become a source of increasing concern for the state...
An analysis of the experience of the Palestine Liberation Organisation
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d Saleh. The existence of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) is an achievement to be proud of. It expressed the Palestinians' spirit to liberate the land and not see their cause subsumed in the wider Arab political and social milieu. Nevertheless, an objective analysis shows that the PLO that was established in 1964 is not the same...
The Crisis of the Palestinian National Project
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d Saleh. The Palestinian national project is experiencing a loss of direction which prevents progress and blocks opportunities to take advantage of the enormous potential of the Palestinian people. The route to a peace agreement adopted by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leadership, the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah and Fatah is at a standstill. Similarly, the...
Sheikh ‘Umar al-Ashqar Palestine’s Scholar and Hamas’s Wise Man Passes Away
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d Saleh. Hamas’s leaders in the diaspora were visibly grief-stricken as they bade farewell to the late scholar Sheikh ‘Umar Suleiman al-Ashqar, as he was laid down into his final resting place on 10/8/2012 - a grief they carried with them into his funeral service afterwards. For the first time, Hamas’s leadership has explicitly declared that al-Ashqar...
Future Scenarios for the Arab Uprisings
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d SalehThe state of anxiety and skepticism regarding the future of the Arab uprisings has prevailed widely to include the ordinary man in the street, the leaders in the region and foreign powers besides Israel. The uprisings still witness competing tracks drawn by opposing forces, hence, it is difficult to tell what the last outcome will be....
The Dilemma of the Palestinian Reconciliation and the Wrong Track
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d SalehThe track pursued for achieving the Palestinian reconciliation seems futile while there are no signs that the pending files will be settled any time soon. Apparently, the reconciliation has been faced with obstacles which might render its completion impossible. Assuming that both parties to the reconciliation have good faith and are serious about its achievement, it seems...
The Islamists of the Arab Uprisings and the Palestinian Issue
By: Dr. Mohsen Moh’d SalehMany are surprised with the indulgence of Islamists, who have led the change in the Arab world, with local country affairs, the absence (to a large extent) of the Palestinian cause from their political speech, as well as their indecisive positions towards Israel and the Western powers supporting it, especially the United States. In addition, some...
