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March 21, 2019

In Appointing a New Prime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas Focuses on His Rivalry with Hamas

Meet Muhammad Shtayyeh.

On March 10, Mahmoud Abbas appointed Muhammad Shtayyeh the new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), replacing Rami Hamdallah who had tendered his resignation in January. Pinḥas Inbari explains the political considerations behind Shtayyeh’s appointment and the challenges he faces in forming a new government. At issue are the tensions between Abbas’s ruling Fatah faction and the other groups that make up the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO):

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March 21, 2019

  1. Why Israel Pretends That Hamas Fired Rockets by Accident

    The Gaza conundrum.

  2. For Today’s Hard Left, Those Who Condemn Anti-Semitism Are the Enemy

    The logic behind attacks on Chelsea Clinton, and on “white Jews.”

  3. In Appointing a New Prime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas Focuses on His Rivalry with Hamas

    Meet Muhammad Shtayyeh.

  4. Esther, Shakespeare, and the Hidden Hand of God

    Can Measure for Measure help explain the biblical book?

  5. The Sabbath Is an End in Itself, Not a Path to Inner Peace

    What Lieberman saw that Heschel didn’t.