Khaled Abu Toameh
Journalist

Khaled Abu Toameh, an Arab Muslim, is a veteran award-winning journalist who has been covering Palestinian affairs for nearly three decades.

He studied at Hebrew University and began his career as a reporter by working for a PLO-affiliated newspaper in Jerusalem.

Abu Toameh currently works for the international media, serving as the 'eyes and ears' of foreign journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Abu Toameh's articles have appeared in numerous newspapers around the world, including The Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report and The Sunday Times of London.

Since 2002 he has been writing on Palestinian affairs for The Jerusalem Post.

Abu Toameh has also been working as a producer and consultant for NBC News since 1989.

Writings by Khaled Abu Toameh (View Biography)


Title	Date

Fatah and Hamas Lie to Their People	May 23, 2012
How Much Is Mahmoud Abbas Worth?	May 18, 2012
The Main Goal of the Palestinian Government	May 16, 2012
Palestinian Journalists Union Fights Palestinian Journalists (1 comment)	May 11, 2012
How Journalists Allowed the Palestinian Authority to Fool Them	May 9, 2012
What the Palestinians Want (4 comments)	May 4, 2012
How The Palestinian Authority Fights Corruption	May 2, 2012
Pro-Palestinian or Anti-Israel? (7 comments)	April 26, 2012
Palestinian Authority Radicalizing Palestinians, Dragging Them Toward War	April 23, 2012
Why Is Jordan Keeping Out Palestinian Refugees?	April 17, 2012
Are Settlements the Major Obstacle to Peace?	April 12, 2012
West Bank and Jordan: Human Rights Groups, U.S., Europe Support the Unacceptable Yet Again	April 9, 2012
Urgently Needed: "Fill the Vacuum" for Israeli Arabs So The Extremists Will Not	April 3, 2012
The Practical Three-State Solution	March 26, 2012
Should Jordan Be a Palestinian State?	March 19, 2012
Hamas Responsible For Attacks on Israel	March 13, 2012
The "Mother of All Letters"	March 8, 2012
Arabs Are Beginning to Miss the Dictators	March 7, 2012
The Hate Business	March 2, 2012
Hamas and Fatah Want a New Intifada	February 27, 2012
For Middle East Peace, Postpone the Peace Talks -- at Least for Now	February 22, 2012
How Come No One Wants to Help Gaza?	February 21, 2012
Jordan' s King Abdullah needs to wake up - Fast	February 13, 2012
For Palestinians, No Arab Spring	February 10, 2012
Palestinian Authority: Write Only Nice Things About Your Leaders	February 7, 2012
Abbas Blocks Young Leadership, Ensuring Hamas Victory	February 3, 2012
Hamas and Islamic Jihad: An Unholy Marriage?	January 31, 2012
The Palestinians' Two Camps	January 30, 2012
The New Hypocritical Stance of of Mahmoud Abbas	January 25, 2012
A Palestinian Hero	January 20, 2012
Abbas: After The Peace Process	January 17, 2012
What Abdullah and Abbas Hope to Achieve from Amman Talks	January 13, 2012
The Rise of Hamas	January 10, 2012
The "Confusing" Messages of Mahmoud Abbas	January 6, 2012
US and EU Funding Palestinian Efforts to Stop "Normalization" with Israel	January 3, 2012
Has Hamas Really Changed?	December 30, 2011
Why Hamas Wants To Join the PLO	December 27, 2011
Arab Apartheid	December 23, 2011
Arab Spring Sending Shudders Through Christians in the Middle East	December 20, 2011
Palestinian Leadership: It Is Forbidden to Normalize Relations with Israel	December 16, 2011
Hamas Celebrating Many Things	December 13, 2011
Journalism The Arab World Is Not Used To	December 9, 2011
Fatah Elections Detached from Reality	December 6, 2011
Muslim Brotherhood: Extremist Islamic Group	December 2, 2011
Hamas and Fatah: The Unity Government That Isn't - and Won't Be	November 29, 2011
Is Syria Planning to Attack Jordan?	November 25, 2011
Stop Iran Now	November 22, 2011
And the Winner is - Hamas!	November 18, 2011
Why Don't Israeli Arabs Have Better Representatives?	November 15, 2011
Islamists Take Over Egypt	November 11, 2011
The Third Intifada Is Here	November 8, 2011
Syria's Choice: Murderous Secular Regime or Islamic Fundamentalists	November 4, 2011
‪Mahmoud Abbas's Empty Threats‬	November 1, 2011
From an Arab Spring to an Islamist Winter	October 28, 2011
Jordan Courts Islamists	October 25, 2011
"We Want More Shalits!"	October 21, 2011
Hamas Wins! PA Dishes Out Conspiracy Theories	October 18, 2011
If They Are Like This Now, What Will They Be Like With Nukes?	October 14, 2011
Fatah's Double-Talk	October 11, 2011
Palestinians' Shoe-Throwing Extortion	October 7, 2011
Iran's Well-Attended "International Conference on the Palestinian Intifada"	October 4, 2011
Will Abbas Allow Hamas To Fool Him Again?	September 30, 2011
Abbas Gives the Finger to Obama	September 27, 2011
Abbas's Statehood Bid Will Deepen Divisions Among Palestinians	September 20, 2011
Egypt Rewards Violence, Paves the Way for More	September 16, 2011
The UN's Durban III Conference: An Arab View	September 13, 2011
How Obama "Misled" the Palestinians	September 9, 2011
Why Palestine Will Not Have Peaceful Relations with Israel	September 6, 2011
Failed Leaders Do Not Deserve to Become "Presidents"	September 2, 2011
No Democracy for Palestine	August 30, 2011
Palestinians, Not Israelis, Should Topple Hamas	August 26, 2011
Who Are the "Heroes" of the Arab World?	August 23, 2011
US and EU Funding Palestinian Repression	August 19, 2011
Where Is The Palestinian Spring?	August 16, 2011
Are Palestinians Preparing For Another Intifada?	August 12, 2011
Palestinian Authority: Why Are They Targeting Women?	August 9, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood-Salafi Alliance	August 5, 2011
Fatah Infighting Helping Hamas	August 2, 2011
What Do Wealthy Arabs Really Care About?	July 29, 2011
The Real Role of Israeli Arabs	July 27, 2011
"Another Kind of Israel"	July 22, 2011
Why Do Palestinians Bite the Hand That Feeds Them?	July 19, 2011
Why The Palestinians Do Not Want Fayyad	July 15, 2011
Palestinians Cannot Accept Less than 100%	July 12, 2011
Where Is Promised Arab Funding for the Palestinians?	July 8, 2011
Obama Undermining Moderate Muslims	July 5, 2011
Life for Palestinians in Gaza Strip Improved, So Why Send Flotilla There?	July 1, 2011
The Implications of Raised Expectations in Palestine	June 28, 2011
Hamas, Fatah: Gap Remains Wide	June 24, 2011
Palestinians Busy Fighting Each Other: Not Ready For Statehood	June 21, 2011
Hamas: Just The Beginning	June 17, 2011
Abbas Has No Mandate	June 14, 2011
A Ladder for the PA, Please?	June 10, 2011
Syria Changes the Subject	June 7, 2011
The New Egypt Does Not Care About The Gaza Strip	June 3, 2011
Moderate Arabs and Muslims Under Threat	May 31, 2011
Is Obama a "Zionist Agent"?	May 27, 2011
Egypt Run by a Military Dictatorship	May 24, 2011
The New Palestinian State Will Be Run by Islamic Fundamentalists	May 20, 2011
Hamas in English vs. Hamas in Arabic	May 17, 2011
Where Are the Human Rights Groups? Where Are the Media?	May 13, 2011
Hamas's Newest "Collaborators": Fatah	May 10, 2011
Muslim Terror Leaders Send Anyone But Their Own Family Members To Murder "Infidels"	May 6, 2011
Will Hamas Take Over The Palestinian Authority?	May 3, 2011
The New Middle East	April 29, 2011
Why Are Palestinians Killing People Who Support Them?	April 26, 2011
The "Merchants of Peace" Racket	April 22, 2011
Islamic Hypocrisy in Europe	April 19, 2011
Is the Peace Treaty Between Israel and Egypt Finished?	April 15, 2011
Palestinians Blaming Everyone Else	April 12, 2011
The Palestinians' Own Goal	April 8, 2011
Journalists Accepting Bribes from Arab Dictators	April 5, 2011
Will Palestinians Be Deported From Syria?	April 1, 2011
The Palestinians: Why Is Abbas Running After Hamas?	March 29, 2011
The Future of Syria	March 25, 2011
Are the Palestinians Ready for Statehood?	March 22, 2011
Hamas Targets Journalists: Media, Human Rights Groups Silent	March 18, 2011
Hamas's New Friend: Egypt	March 15, 2011
Where Is The Outcry Against Arab Apartheid?	March 11, 2011
Arabs Need More of These Pills	March 8, 2011
Will a UN Agency Succumb to Palestinian Threats?	March 4, 2011
Will Palestinians Revolt Against Their Two Governments?	March 1, 2011
Where Is The Outrage Now?	February 25, 2011
The Palestinians' New Enemy: US and Obama	February 22, 2011
Abbas's Intifada: Isolating Israel and Unilateral Steps	February 18, 2011
Will the Palestinian Authority and Hamas Ever Learn?	February 15, 2011
Arab Dictators and Radical Islam	February 11, 2011
The Future of Jordan	February 8, 2011
The Arab World's New Political Establishment	February 4, 2011
Arab Dictators Have not Learned the Lesson	February 1, 2011
The Palestinians: Who Are The Real Peace Partners?	January 28, 2011
The Palestinian Authority: Hypocricy, Lies and Double Talk	January 25, 2011
Hamas and Fatah Take Their War to Hospitals	January 21, 2011
Will Arab Dictators Learn The Lesson?	January 18, 2011
Al Jazeera's Bra	January 14, 2011
Intifada Over the Arab World?	January 11, 2011
Egypt: Why Muslim Terrorists Should Not Be Worried	January 7, 2011
Egypt Speeding Toward Anarchy?	January 4, 2011
Middle East, 2011: Not a Very Happy New Year	December 31, 2010
Who Is Really Trying To Kill The Peace Process -- and Why	December 28, 2010
US, EU Support Violations of Human Rights as Palestinian Authority Escalates Repression, Brutality	December 24, 2010
Why Arab leaders Do Not Care About Medical Services In Their Countries	December 21, 2010
The Palestinians: What Is the Difference Between Direct, Indirect and Parallel Talks?	December 17, 2010
What is Responsible for Miseries of the Arabs?	December 14, 2010
The Palestinians: Possible Coup?	December 10, 2010
The Palestinians: What Is Really Destroying the Chance for Peace	December 7, 2010
Egyptians Blame Obama	December 3, 2010
Fatah: The Message Remains No and No and No	November 30, 2010
Muslim Genocide of Christians Throughout Middle East	November 26, 2010
Gaza's Women: Who Is Defending Their Rights?	November 23, 2010
Israel's Wise Move, and the Next It Should Consider	November 19, 2010
Is the Palestinian Authority becoming an Islamic Theocracy?	November 16, 2010
Yasser Arafat: Why Many Palestinians Don't Miss Him	November 12, 2010
Palestinians:Why Do They Attack Doctors and Ambulances?	November 9, 2010
Arab Repression of the Media	November 5, 2010
Why Does the Palestinian Authority Need An Anti-Corruption Court?	November 2, 2010
Palestinian Authority vs. Freedom of Media	October 29, 2010
Palestinian Authority Threats	October 26, 2010
Are Settlements Really the Major Obstacle to Peace?	October 22, 2010
The Palestinian Refugees: Why Is Everyone Lying To Them?	October 19, 2010
The Peace Process is Back: Prepare for War	October 15, 2010
Syria: Why is Assad Afraid of a 19-Year-Old Girl?	October 12, 2010
Why Do Radical Muslims Want to Kill Europeans?	October 8, 2010
Hizbullah Planning to Take Over Lebanon?	October 5, 2010
Will Abbas, Too, Order Hamas to Carry Out Terror Strikes?	October 1, 2010
Ask the Arabs of East Jerusalem: Should Jerusalem Be Redivided?	September 28, 2010
Why Abbas Wants to Kill Palestinians Who Do Businesss With Jews	September 24, 2010
Mubarak's Media	September 21, 2010
The Gaza Strip: Why Is Washington Sticking Its Head in the Sand?	September 17, 2010
First, Deal With the Enemies of Peace	September 14, 2010
Israel's Partners for Peace: What They Say in English vs. What They Say in Arabic	September 13, 2010
Middle East Peace Talks: Where is Fayyad?	September 7, 2010
Hypocrites in Washington: What Egypt's Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah Really Want	September 3, 2010
Direct Talks to Nowhere	August 31, 2010
The Palestinian Authority: Silencing the Opposition	August 27, 2010
Abbas & Fayyad: Do They Have a Mandate?	August 24, 2010
The Full-Blown Palestinian Civil War	August 20, 2010
Is Hassan Nasrallah a Mossad Agent?	August 17, 2010
Middle East's Western Media	August 13, 2010
Where Are the Voices of "Moderate" Muslims?	August 10, 2010
Making Peace at Gunpoint	August 3, 2010
Arabs and Muslims Run to Israel	July 27, 2010
Palestinians in the Arab World: Why the Silence? (1 comment)	July 20, 2010
Legitimize Hamas?	July 13, 2010
Hamas and Life in Israel	July 6, 2010
Middle East Proximity Talks: Questions for Washington	June 29, 2010
On Breaking Israel's Naval Blockade	June 22, 2010
The Palestinians: Who's Afraid of Elections?	June 15, 2010
What About Hamas's Siege of Gaza? (1 comment)	June 8, 2010
Arab Israeli Representatives: Representing WHO?	June 1, 2010
The Palestinians: The Real Traitors	May 25, 2010
Middle East: "Proximity Talks" Benefit Hamas and Iran	May 11, 2010
Facilitating Middle East Peace Talks	May 4, 2010
The Palestinians: The Result of No Demands	April 27, 2010
The Palestinians: Why Salam Fayyad Cannot Deliver	April 20, 2010
The Palestinians’ Dirty War	April 13, 2010
The Palestinians: What Is Needed For Peace	April 8, 2010
Middle East: Are Europeans Thwarting Normalization?	March 30, 2010
What About The Arab Apartheid? Part II	March 23, 2010
What About The Arab Apartheid?	March 16, 2010
For Israel's Arabs It Is Not Apartheid	March 9, 2010
Palestinian Authority: Direct the Heat Toward Israel	March 2, 2010
Palestinian Authority: Still Stealing "Hundreds of Millions," Hamas Taking Over	February 23, 2010
"Fatahgate"	February 16, 2010
Palestinians: The New Peace Talks, What Fatah Can Deliver	February 9, 2010
Palestinian Authority: Where the Money Ends Up	February 2, 2010
The Good Old Days Before Peace	January 26, 2010
What Drives Arabs to Hamas and Al-Qaeda?	January 19, 2010
Arab Dictators: Why Are They Hiding the Newest Truth?	January 12, 2010
Can Hamas Be Stopped from Seizing West Bank?	January 5, 2010
Why Abbas Does Not Want To Resume Peace Talks	December 29, 2009
Shhh…Mubarak is building a wall	December 22, 2009
Where Were Hamas and Fatah?	December 15, 2009
Wanted: Palestinian "Peace Now" Movement	December 8, 2009
Israeli Arabs: Not “Fifth Column”	December 1, 2009
Palestinians and Obama: The End of a Honeymoon	November 24, 2009
What Does "Pro-Palestinian" Really Mean?	November 17, 2009
Keeping Fayyad Out	November 10, 2009
"Delivering" the West Bank	November 3, 2009
Hamas and Fatah: What Are They Really Fighting About?	October 20, 2009
Mahmoud Abbas as Peace Partner? Dictators vs. "The Street"	October 15, 2009
Hamas Set to Win Election in Palestinian Authority	October 6, 2009
How Washington is Undermining the "Peace Process"	September 29, 2009
Arab Dictators: Journalists on Trial	September 23, 2009
Who is Obstructing Middle East Peace? (1 comment)	September 15, 2009
Egyptian (and Arab) Hypocrisy	September 8, 2009
Swedish "Report" Harms Palestinians, Journalists (2 comments)	September 1, 2009
Turning a Blind Eye to Hamas Atrocities	August 25, 2009
Has Fatah Really Changed?	August 18, 2009
How to Solve the Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 comments)	August 11, 2009
The Radicalization of Fatah (1 comment)	August 4, 2009
Arabs vs. Palestinians (2 comments)	July 28, 2009
Al-Jazeera vs. Abbas	July 21, 2009
The Hamas-Fatah War: Bad Guys vs. Bad Guys (1 comment)	July 14, 2009
As Hamas Tightens Its Grip	July 7, 2009
Egyptian Border Police Shoot African Migrant	June 30, 2009
How To Help the Palestinians (3 comments)	June 24, 2009
Palestinian Response to Netanyahu's Speech (1 comment)	June 16, 2009
Lebanon and the Palestinians	June 10, 2009
An Independent Palestinian State?	June 3, 2009
SOS: Iran	May 27, 2009
The Future of The West Bank	May 19, 2009
Islam Today (8 comments)	May 18, 2009
The Beleaguered Christians in Bethlehem (1 comment)	May 12, 2009
Undermining the "Moderate Arabs" (1 comment)	May 5, 2009
What Was Not Said	April 22, 2009
How to Build a Palestinian State (6 comments)	April 6, 2009
On Campus: The Pro-Palestinians' Real Agenda (39 comments)	March 24, 2009
Why Palestinians Prefer Hamas (1 comment)	March 16, 2009
New Palestinian TV - To Broadcast What? (3 comments)	March 3, 2009
U.S. Policies Boost Hamas	February 20, 2009
The Israeli Arabs	February 10, 2009
Israel: The Jordan-Egypt Option	February 2, 2009
Abbas and Fatah	January 21, 2009
Hamas Moves on Fatah "Collaborators"	January 9, 2009
Hamas and the Palestinians	January 2, 2009
PA Tortures Journalists	December 17, 2008
Mahmoud Abbas: Crimes Against Humanity?	November 24, 2008
Palestinian Hot Winter	November 7, 2008
The Palestinians: Step By Step	October 29, 2008