Overview: Afif Safieh, the newly-assigned top Palestinian diplomat to the United States, spoke at a recent Palestine Center briefing about the history and challenges the PLO Mission Office faces in ...

PNA (Palestinian National Authority, Wataniyya Al-Filastiniyya): The PNA was established through the Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles on Interim Self Government (DoP) signed between the ...

We strongly commend the Sydney Peace Foundation, under the auspice of the University of Sydney, for awarding the Sydney Peace Prize to Dr Hanan Ashrawi in recognition of “her commitment to human ...

The idea for Israeli author Alon Hilu's latest novel, "The House of Dajani," came to him one day in a Tel Aviv cafe when he began mentally stripping the city to its roots. Where he ended was with an ...

The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH) strongly urges the international community to take immediate action against the illegal Israeli closure of the ...

Palestinians in general, face attempts by the Israeli occupation to “Israelize” the curriculum in Jerusalem and to stifle the Palestinian national identity, through various measures. This is amid ...

Executive Summary The Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is marked by the systematic violation of digital rights through state-sponsored surveillance, censorship, and structural digital ...

MIFTAH’s Fact Sheets MIFTAH views the flow of accurate information as a vital part of its mission. MIFTAH's fact sheets offer updated information and analysis on various topics on the Palestinian ...

Over the last two decades, the idea of a two-state solution has become a persistent theme in the discourse on the Palestinians-Israeli conflict. In 1993, when the Oslo Accords were signed, there was a ...

With the support from the Arab Regional Network on Women, Peace, and Security- El Karama, the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH) has collaborated with ...

The following overview has been compiled from various sources and has primarily made use of a number of Issue Briefs prepared by the Congressional Research Service. All sources are listed below.

Israel is committed to the peace process, and aspires to reach amutual agreement on the basis of two states for two peoples, the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish people and a ...