... into Gaza, bypassing Ramallah, and Israel and Hamas negotiate a long-term ceasefire, the Palestinian Authority (PA) finds itself increasingly marginalized. © 2020 by the Institute for Palestine Studies. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article...

...Jeannette Greven The U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) mission in Jerusalem was created in 2005 to help implement security sector reform within the Palestinian Authority (PA). With a single-minded focus on “counterterrorism,” Washington considered the USSC an ancillary mechanism to support U.S...

... a significant cultural moment or trend during the quarter 16 August–15 November 2017 include: global protests marking one hundred years since the issuance of the Balfour Declaration, the Palestinian Authority arrest of human rights defender Issa Amro for allegedly violating its new cyber crimes law, an update...

...” that cast a critical eye at the Palestinian Authority; the trending Valentine's Day hashtag, “#WeLoveYouPalestine”; and Palestinian Twitter's response to U.S. president Donald Trump's repetition of an Israeli talking point. © 2017 by the Institute for Palestine Studies. All rights reserved. Please direct...

... Left Israeli prisons Palestinian Authority International Criminal Court It is the occupation that must leave our homeland, Khalida Ratrout Jarrar told the Israeli soldiers who delivered a military edict on 15 August 2014 ordering her to leave her home in al-Bireh for Jericho. Jarrar, as is her...

...Alaa Tartir The Palestinian Authority (PA) adopted donor-driven security sector reform (SSR) as the linchpin to its post-2007 state-building project. As SSR proceeded, the occupied West Bank became a securitized space and the theater for PA security campaigns whose ostensible purpose...