I spent a couple of hours waiting in line this week at the Qalandiya checkpoint. Our home in Kufur Aqab lies beyond the ugly Israeli concrete wall that forces us to wait a long time to pass through an Israeli checkpoint, even though our car carries an Israeli licence plate.

Palestinians have, for years, prided themselves for espousing and implementing democratic values. Palestinians joined the revolution and its various forums on the basis that it was founded on the concept of sharing in the national decision making.

After years of indecision, the Palestinian leadership has taken a bold step this week. Armed with a ruling by the Palestinian Constitutional Court, President Mahmoud Abbas announced the dissolving of the 132-member Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC).

The event was vintage Christmassy. The ornaments filled Al Hussein Cultural Centre in downtown Amman on Tuesday, the music played well-known Christmas carols and the religious dignitaries were all among the invitees.

Palestinian women and men are livid about the attempts of Mahmoud Habash, a senior Islamic cleric in Palestine, to justify light violence against women.Habash, who is the supreme Sharia judge in the Palestinian Authority, tried to thread the needle when he said that he opposes vi

It is not clear what Aya Aghabi expected when she called Daniel Sharaiha, chief human resources officer and customer experience at Bank Al Etihad.

The term "decentralisation" has become a common part of the Jordanian lexicon, appearing in various publications, discussions and public speeches in recent years.

Palestinian citizens of Israel often find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, they feel discriminated against by the ruling Jewish Israeli powers, and at the same time they are often misunderstood and not accepted by fellow Arabs and Muslims.

The latest ceasefire in Gaza appears to be holding, even though Gazans and Israelis were unable to get sleep on the night of November 12, when Israeli planes shelled hundreds of Palestinian targets, destroying a hotel, a TV station and various homes and institutions.