Dr Mohsen M. Saleh – Middle East Monitor

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Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

An associate professor of Modern and Contemporary Arab History, former head of Department of History and Civilization at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), and currently the general-manager of al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations.

January 7, 2022 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

A Palestinian Authority Without a Future

Unfortunately, we have entered 2022 with a Palestinian Authority (PA) devoid of any political horizon, or any horizon for ending the Israeli occupation, institutional work or economic development. We...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
March 26, 2021 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Basic Facts on the Palestine Issue

This booklet seeks to present an intensified and concise database, on which an Islamic understanding of the Palestine issue is built. It gathers all the information, facts, fundamentals and...

Published in: Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Publications
December 3, 2020 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The constants and the variables in US foreign policy in the Middle East

If we go beyond the general readings of US foreign policy focused on higher national interests and the requirements of national security — which are constant principles in the...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
October 2, 2020 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Elections as a prelude to reforming Palestinian politics

There is some satisfaction in Palestinian circles with the developments in the dialogue between Fatah and Hamas that seems to have come a long way. An agreement was reached...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
August 28, 2020 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The key to decoding the Lebanese impasse

The impasse in Lebanon appears to be linked in essence to the crisis of the system and regime, rather than to elections or the formation of a government. Indeed,...

Published in: Article, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion
March 9, 2020 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Fatah is at a historic crossroads with major decisions to make

After leading the Palestinian national project and its official institutions for more than fifty years, the Fatah movement finds itself at a historic crossroads. It has major decisions to...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
November 20, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Palestinian Legislative Council elections will be a leap of faith

In a worn-out Palestinian political and institutional environment, and in the absence of reference points and institutions governing national action, as well as there being no guarantees of freedom...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
September 30, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The Oslo Accords: the five-star Israeli occupation

The Oslo Accords, which were concluded between the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Israel in 1993, will surely go down in history as the worst agreement between the representatives...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
September 19, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The Palestinian detainees in Saudi Arabia

Eighty-one-year-old Dr Muhammad Saleh Al- Khodari had hardly recovered from the sensitive surgery he underwent before Saudi authorities detained him at his home in Jeddah. What is even more...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Saudi Arabia
August 8, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

How serious is the decision to halt agreements with Israel?

The decision of the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to stop implementing the agreements signed with the Israeli side, has made its...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
July 31, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the right to work

The latest campaign against "foreign labour" by the Lebanese Ministry of Labour provoked wide-spread protests amongst Palestinian refugees, who felt that they are its targets. This was so despite...

Published in: Article, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
July 8, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The repercussions of the deal of the century on Lebanon

It seems that Lebanon is one of the intended countries targeted by the "deal of the century", for the "deal" does not only seek to end the Palestine issue,...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
June 19, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Israel at 71: Reading its strategic positioning

Israel has marked the 71st anniversary of its creation in Palestine with an overwhelming feeling of pride and power; it believes that it has reached the peak of its...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, BDS, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
May 20, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The crisis of the Palestinian political elite

A political elite is usually defined by those who have the real authority in the state. Its circle may be broadened to include influential people, those who influence decision-making,...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
April 20, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The Israeli Elections: Reading the Significance and Repercussions

According to the final results of the Israeli elections, it seems that Netanyahu will win a fifth term as prime minister, and will stand beside the founding leader of...

Published in: Article, Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Opinion
April 16, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Why does the PA leadership shoot itself in the foot and ignore public opinion?

Why does the Palestinian Authority leadership — which is also the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Fatah, by the way — insist on shooting itself in...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
March 27, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Mission Impossible: The PA's new government under Shtayyeh

I don't know why Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh put himself in this awkward position by agreeing to form the new Palestinian Authority (PA) government. Shtayyeh is one of the brightest,...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
March 21, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The 1948 Palestinians: The battle of steadfastness, identity and national role

The village of Al-Araqeeb has perhaps summarised the story of the Israeli insistence on uprooting the Palestinian people, and that of the Palestinian insistence on entrenchment in the land...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
March 11, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Will the Palestinian elections ever be held?

It doesn't seem that the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) will be held in May or any time soon thereafter, as called for by the Constitutional Court...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Palestinian Elections
February 6, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

A reading in the Lebanese vision of dealing with Palestinian refugees

The document published by the Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC), which is attached to the office of the Lebanese Presidency of the Council of Ministers, is considered one of...

Published in: Article, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
January 11, 2019 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The early elections will probably see Netanyahu become Israel's longest-serving PM

The dissolution of the Knesset, agreed unanimously by the heads of Israel's coalition parties and approved by the parliament itself, was more or less expected because it was talked...

Published in: Article, Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Opinion
November 2, 2017 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Why should Britain apologise for the Balfour Declaration?

Until now, the British government does not seem inclined to review its colonial behavior in Palestine, which led to the establishment of the Zionist state "Israel" there, and caused...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, Videos & Photo Stories
December 1, 2016 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Political Analysis: Hamas and Fatah's Seventh Conference

It seems that Hamas is keen not to stand as an obstacle hindering the convening of Fatah's seventh conference scheduled for late November 2016. This is evidence in the...

Published in: Article, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
September 7, 2016 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

'The Oppressed'!!

Fifty years have passed since the execution of the Islamic thinker Sayyid Qutb. All contacts and interventions made by many leaders (including King Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Iraq's...

Published in: Africa, Article, Egypt, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia
August 29, 2016 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

United States: From the Sykes-Picot borders to the walls of blood (Iraq as a model)

Those who believe that the United States (US) is gradually withdrawing from the Middle East (especially the Levant) are mistaken; those who advertise Barack Obama and his policy in...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Iraq, Middle East, Opinion, US
June 12, 2016 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The ten obstacles hindering Palestinian Reconciliation

Although the reconciliation agreement stipulated reforming the PLO to include all Palestinian factions, the conduct of the PLO leadership has usually obstructed the implementation of commitments related to reforming and rebuilding the organisation’s institutions

Published in: Article, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
May 6, 2014 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Determinants of Turkey's Policy vis-à-vis Hamas

Turkey was the first Muslim state to recognise Israel after its inception in 1948, and later established full diplomatic relations with it. The strict secular regime supported by the...

Published in: Article, Israel, Palestine, Turkey
January 27, 2014 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Is Egypt Heading to "Ikhwanization," "Wafdanization," or "Militarization"?

The conflict in and over Egypt cannot be reduced to being a mere struggle over political power, albeit the latter is an intricate part of it. Indeed, in a...

Published in: Africa, Article
January 25, 2014 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

The Right of Return and the Right to Break the Fence

When the 12-year-old 'Imad saw his mother prepare some sandwiches, which they can have during the march on 15/5/2011 to the southern Lebanese borders with Palestine, he wondered in...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 25, 2014 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

An analysis of the experience of the Palestine Liberation Organisation

An analysis of the experience of the Palestine Liberation Organisation The existence of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) is an achievement to be proud of. It expressed the Palestines'...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 24, 2014 | Dr Mohsen M. Saleh

Can a Breakthrough Be Made in Palestinian-Israeli Peace Negotiations?

It appears that the Arab Spring's aftershock/counter-revolution, culminated with the military coup in Egypt, has given a strong push for the peace process with Israel; encouraging the Israeli-American party...

Published in: Article, Middle East