Adnan Abu Amer

The Pales­tin­ian pres­i­dent’s meet­ings with the Is­raeli de­fence min­is­ter are a sign of stag­na­tion, not progress.

Re­cent vi­o­lence in the West Bank has wor­ried Is­rael, but Hamas does not have the ca­pa­bil­i­ties to take over.

The per­sis­tent vi­o­lence against Pales­tini­ans in Jerusalem and an Is­raeli de­sire for a re­vanche may rekin­dle hos­til­i­ties.

The lat­est con­fronta­tion with Is­rael saw Hamas emerge vic­to­ri­ous and Fa­tah ap­pear weak­er than ever.

Sev­er­al for­eign play­ers are seek­ing to in­flu­ence the out­come of the Pales­tin­ian elec­tions.

The Pales­tin­ian pres­i­dent hopes to re­store the Pales­tin­ian Au­thor­i­ty’s in­ter­na­tion­al stand­ing. But will it work?

Arab nor­mal­i­sa­tion of re­la­tions with Is­rael could ac­cel­er­ate the ad­vent of the one-state so­lu­tion in Pales­tine.

Sev­er­al de­vel­op­ments in re­cent months show the PA may be edg­ing clos­er to its own end.

Both Hamas and Ben­jamin Ne­tanyahu need the po­lit­i­cal cap­i­tal that such a deal would bring them.

Egypt’s de­ci­sion to al­low the Hamas leader to trav­el sig­nals progress on cease­fire ne­go­ti­a­tions with Is­rael.