Jerusalem Media & Communications Centre

04/11/2025

The second phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza is not moving forward, and most probably will not. Read more from this editorial by Ghassan Khatib
http://www.jmcc.org/en/Article/466/Trump%E2%80%99s-Gaza-Ceasefire-Plan-What%E2%80%99s-Next

14/10/2025

Here are some highlights from our most recent poll

07/10/2025

The latest JMCC poll, conducted in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung between September 4–8, 2025, marking two years since the events of October 7, shows a decline in public optimism about the war in Gaza and a drop in Hamas’ popularity.
https://www.jmcc.org/en/File/2613cy155964Y2613c/Poll-NO104-Marking-two-years-since-the-events-of-October-7-2023

14/09/2025

"Israeli ministers are not hiding their intentions. Orit Strock, Minister of Settlements and a settler herself, called this period a “miracle” for settlement expansion. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the goal is to remove the “threat” of a Palestinian state by extending Israeli sovereignty over all of “Judea and Samaria,” the Israeli name for the West Bank. The language is no longer about negotiation; it is about permanent control."

—an editorial by Dr. Ghassan Khatib

Since October 7, 2023, international attention has understandably centered on Israel’s devastating war on Gaza.

31/05/2024

Here are some highlights from our most recent poll, where only 6% of the public thinks that Israel will be victorious in the current war.

31/05/2024

are deeply divided on the events on and since October 7, with 40% saying they serve Palestinian national interests, 30% saying they are harmful, and a full 24% stating they are neither helpful or harmful. View the full results of the JMCC's May poll here: https://mailchi.mp/jmcc.org/jmccs-latest-poll-effect-of-the-current-war-on-palestinian-public-opinion

19/02/2024

U.S. and European discourse appears dominated by three topics: what will the day after hold?, the need to reform the Palestinian Authority, and calls for a two-state solution. The answers are already visible in the disaster unfolding in front of us, writes Ghassan Khatib. https://mailchi.mp/jmcc.org/the-cost-of-this-war-5445599

07/11/2023

"In the days after this war, the US and large European countries will face some important strategic questions," writes Ghassan Khatib. Read more: https://mailchi.mp/jmcc.org/the-cost-of-this-war

17/10/2023

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15/09/2023

"The collapse of the PNA will not happen soon or suddenly. It might take some time," writes analyst Ghassan Khatib.

The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) was born out of the Oslo agreements signed between Palestinians and Israelis 30 years ago. The interim authority was created with a resolution of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Central Council on October 12, 1993. It has survived due to two factors...

07/09/2023

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