Ghassan Khatib is co-editor of the bitterlemons family of internet publications. He is vice-president of Birzeit University and a former Palestinian Authority minister of planning.

Recent articles

The route to peace and security lies through a clear political recognition, says Ghassan Khatib.

Hamas has won a military victory in Gaza at the cost of exposing its political weakness, says Ghassan Khatib.

The lesson of the forty years since the six-day war, says Ghassan Khatib, is that Israel will never enjoy peace as long as the occupation of the Palestinian territories lasts.

The gathering in Riyadh represents a confluence of interests behind a regional solution to the Iraqi and Palestinian-Israeli conflicts, says Ghassan Khatib.

The conflict is about more than violence: it is a slow decolonisation. International involvement is crucial and welcome - but will domestic politics get in the way?