Salam Fayyad

Martin Luther King Jr. explained, "leaders only change because they either see the light or feel the heat." If Israeli and Palestinian leaders will not "see the light" and lead, the international community must work together to make them "feel the heat."

Whoever agrees that the preferred solution to the conflict are two-states-for-two-peoples needs to realize that this possibility to implement is gradually slipping away while no progress, however small or incremental, is being made.

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad that he was quite happy to step down from his position in order to remove any obstacle in the way of Palestinian reconciliation.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have agreed to hold elections next May, a senior official said Tuesday, in ...

When Palestinians decided to go to the United Nations to seek Palestinian recognition, they knew that would anger Tel Aviv and possibly Washington. But they didn't expect the reaction that ensued.

Israel, the Palestinians and the international community must continue recognize negotiation is the best means for the realization of a two-state solution, whereby Israel and an independent Palestinian state will be able to live side-by-side in peace and security.

They've been talking about it. They've been negotiating about it. Some have used violence to achieve it. Now, say Palestinians, they'll finally become a state. Metro met Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad for an exclusive interview.

What is the United Nations other than an arena for conflict resolution by means of diplomacy? Having abandoned the effort to end the occupation through violence, the Palestinians are turning to the UN. What could be wrong with that?

Virtually ignored by the international media, Gaza-based terrorists have resumed rocket attacks on Israeli towns and villages after a two-month pause.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A senior Hamas official says a planned reconciliation with Fatah will be deeply threatened if the rival Palestinian move...

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad suffered a heart attack while visiting the U.S. and is recovering at a Texas hospital, ...

The reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas -- should it withstand the test of time -- offers Israel and Hamas the opportunity to face what they have denied each other for nearly three decades.

If the coming year will witness the birth of the state of Palestine, we need to see from now what kind of state it will be. Programs that can give concrete answers to this question will undoubtedly do better than generalities.

Today, on both sides, the message entering the homes of too many Palestinians -- and Israelis -- is that of perpetual conflict, marketed by the ideology of extremists in the refugee camps on the one hand, and radical settlers on the other.

(Reuters) - A masked gunman shot dead on Monday a well-known Israeli actor and director who worked in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, a Pale...

For the first time in many months, Palestinian spokesmen appear to be indicating a revisit of their political strategy towards liberation and independence.

Abbas and Fayyad no longer represent the future we young Palestinians seek. Rather, we see them through the lens of withering and illegitimate Arab regimes which, if not replaced democratically, will be toppled through a popular revolution.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian prime minister dissolved his Cabinet on Monday, in what appeared to be a new gesture inspired by unrest ro...

A number of observers have noted recently the progress being made in the West Bank under the premiership of a former economist at the Internat...

BANI HASSAN, West Bank — Palestinians will be ready for statehood by August, as promised in a two-year action plan, Palestinian Prime Minister S...

Rather than engage in negotiations which will reinforce the need for compromise, the Palestinian Authority has embarked on a strategy that, places its "passions" over its "interests." They key here is how the PA plays the image of powerlessness to its advantage.

If the Palestinian Authority cannot secure economic growth, promote Palestinian institution-building, or create a Palestinian state, why does it exist?

Israel, a country without capital punishment, must honor Rabin by working with the Palestinians to finally put Yigal Amir's dreams to death.

Efforts to label the Palestinian educational effort as promoting hatred and bigotry have become a joke to anyone following the tremendous push for moderation and wholesome learning.