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About Ghassan Khatib

Ghassan Khatib is co-editor of the Bitterlemons family of internet publications and director of the Palestine Authority's Government Media Centre

Articles by Ghassan Khatib

Wednesday 25th January

Palestine and the two-state phantom

Ghassan Khatib, 25 January 2012
A combination of political changes and shifts in attitude are making the possibility of a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine increasingly remote, says Ghassan Khatib.
Tuesday 15th November

The Palestinian crossroads

Ghassan Khatib, 15 November 2011
The Palestinians' current political impasse offers them only difficult choices, says Ghassan Khatib.
Tuesday 6th January

Gaza: outlines of an endgame

Ghassan Khatib, 6 January 2009
An outcome to Gaza's war in which both sides claim victory is becoming visible
Thursday 27th September

Palestinian political rights: a common-sense solution

Ghassan Khatib, 27 September 2007
The route to peace lies, as it always has, through politics
Monday 18th June

Hamas’s shortsighted manoeuvre

Ghassan Khatib, 18 June 2007
Hamas has won a military victory in Gaza at the cost of exposing its political weakness
Thursday 7th June

Palestine: this occupation will end

Ghassan Khatib, 7 June 2007
The lesson of the post-1967 era is that Israel can't have peace and occupation
Tuesday 27th March

The Arab League summit: two challenges

Ghassan Khatib, 27 March 2007
The gathering in Riyadh represents a confluence of interests behind a regional solution to the Iraqi and Palestinian-Israeli conflicts, says Ghassan Khatib.
Wednesday 8th May

An international solution?

Yossi Alpher and Ghassan Khatib, 8 May 2002
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?
Sunday 14th October

The view from Palestine

Ghassan Khatib, 14 October 2001
In the war over Kuwait in 1991, and now the ‘anti-terrorist’ war, the Palestine issue has been invoked by Arab and Taliban radicals to lend legitimacy to their struggle with the US. From the Palestinian viewpoint, this is a dubious blessing. The editor of Palestine Report examines the war’s impact on the internal struggle between the Palestinian Authority and its Islamic opponents.
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