This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Bassem Eid (born 5 February 1958) is a Palestinian living in East Jerusalem who comments on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict for Israeli TV and radio.

[2][3][4] Eid initially worked for B'Tselem, documenting Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians, but changed his views after the Oslo Accords.

He rose to prominence during the First Intifada and was a senior field researcher for B’Tselem,[7][8] a non-governmental organization reporting on human rights abuses in Israeli administered areas of the West Bank.

Eid reports that his views began to change as PLO leader Yasser Arafat came to power during the Oslo Accords.

[19] In the United Kingdom, he presented his research on UNRWA to the British think tank The Henry Jackson Society in December, 2015.

[22] In January 2024, Eid criticised Palestinian leaders since the beginning of the 20th century for having rejected all offers of a state and consistently opposing peace.

On security, he blames Palestinian leadership for failures in Gaza post-Israel's withdrawal and has condemned Hamas on several occasions.

[26] In 2022, Eid stated to the Jewish News Syndicate that Palestinian culture is taught to celebrate grievance rather than peace with Israel.

[27] Eid is highly critical of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, accusing it of harming Palestinians economically.

[28] He participated in the Doha Debates series by the Qatar Foundation in 2007 advocating for the motion "This House believes the Palestinians should give up their full right of return.