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Civil Society

Policy Brief Civil Society

Challenging Anti-Boycott Legislation in the US

by Tariq Kenney-Shawa on December 13, 2022

Washington DC, Lafayette Park in front of the White House, August 2, 2014. Tens of thousands peacefully gathered here today for a rally and march in support of the people of Gaza who are under occupation and siege by Israeli armed forces. Over 1,600 overwhelmingly civilian Palestinian Gazans including over 300 childen have lost their lives in this most recent Israeli invasion. There was virtually no US corporate media coverage of this important and unexpectedly large event.

The Israeli regime’s defenders across the US are ramping up efforts to criminalize the constitutionally protected right to boycott. Beyond violating the rights of Palestine solidarity activists, this threatens to undermine the tenets of a healthy democracy. Al-Shabaka’s US Policy Fellow, Tariq Kenney-Shawa, examines this development and suggests what lawmakers, civil society organizations, and concerned citizens should do to challenge it. 

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Commentary Civil Society

Social Media, Self-Expression, and Self-Determination in Gaza

by Ali Abdel-Wahab on November 7, 2022

Youth in Gaza have engaged in the digital revolution, especially through social media platforms, to express themselves and critique their corrupt leadership. What are the implications of this turn to technology for Palestinians in Gaza? Can this form of expression affect change in leadership and foster self-determination? Al-Shabaka policy analyst, Ali Abdel Wahab, explores these questions in our latest commentary.

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Focus Civil Society

Focus On: Palestinian Digital Rights

by Wassim F. Abdullah, Zena Agha, Nur Arafeh, Sam Bahour, Ahmad Barclay, Tariq Dana, Marwa Fatafta, David Musleh, Nadim Nashif, Amal Nazzal, Ibrahim Shikaki on August 17, 2022

New digital technologies have reinvigorated the Palestinian cause locally and globally. However, Palestinians and their allies have been increasingly targeted online, including through surveillance, silencing, and cyberthreats. In this Focus On, Al-Shabaka analysts examine these trends and address Israeli surveillance tactics, the complicity of the PA, and how Palestinians and their allies can resist violations of their digital rights.

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Policy Brief Civil Society

The Prison Intifada: Supporting Palestinian Administrative Detainees

by Basil Farraj on August 2, 2022

Administrative detention is central to the Israeli regime’s attempts to suppress Palestinian mobilization. Al-Shabaka policy analyst Basil Farraj shows how Palestinian administrative detainees have continuously resisted this policy and demanded an end to its widespread and arbitrary use. He offers recommendations to Palestinian civil society organizations, national stakeholders, and solidarity groups for how to support the ongoing Palestinian prison intifada.

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Policy Brief Civil Society

Criminalizing Palestine Solidarity Activism in the UK

by Yara Hawari on June 9, 2022

A new wave of repressive UK government policies aims to suppress protest and political expression, posing a direct threat to Palestine solidarity work. Al-Shabaka’s senior policy analyst, Yara Hawari, locates this latest crackdown within Britain’s enduring support for Zionism, and shows how only in broad, intersectional alliances can social justice activists effectively repel state-led repression.

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Policy Brief Civil Society

Reimagining Liberation through the Popular Committees

by Layth Hanbali on February 16, 2022

Palestinians are experiencing unprecedented global solidarity since the 2021 Unity Intifada, yet their struggle for liberation remains trapped by the post-Oslo framework. Al-Shabaka’s policy analyst, Layth Hanbali, explores the rich history of the popular committees of the 1970s and 1980s to offer recommendations for how Palestinians can reorient their communities and institutions to facilitate the emergence of grassroots, liberationist mobilization.

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Policy Brief Civil Society

A Vision for Liberation: Palestinian-led Development in Health and Education

by Yara Asi on December 14, 2021

The Palestinian health and education sectors have been neglected by Palestinian authorities and the donor community. How can Palestinians collectively develop these sectors with a vision for liberation? Al-Shabaka’s US policy fellow, Yara Asi, examines this question and offers recommendations based on interviews she conducted with Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, behind the Green Line, and in the diaspora.

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Policy Brief Civil Society

Community Accountability in Palestine: An Alternative to Policing

by Yara Hawari on November 28, 2021

Israeli and Palestinian policing and incarceration have devastated Palestinian society. How can Palestinian civil society adopt community accountability and transformative justice processes that move away from state institutions and punitive justice? Al-Shabaka’s senior analyst, Yara Hawari, explores this question and offers recommendations to Palestinian civil society and the international donor community for bringing about and supporting these crucial changes.

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Focus Civil Society

Focus On: Cracking Down on Resistance

by Sam Bahour, Rana Barakat, Mary Nazzal-Batayneh, Oroub el-Abed, Nadia Hijab, Victor Kashkoush, Anis Kassim, Osamah Khalil, Mouin Rabbani, Jamil Hilal, Loubna Qutami, Haidar Eid, Yara Hawari, Nadim Nashif, Raya Naamneh, Omar Barghouti, Marwa Fatafta, Tariq Dana, Hatem Bazian, Noura Erakat, Alaa Tartir, Issam Younis, Nada Awad, Nur Arafeh, Diana Buttu, Ingrid Jaradat Gassner on August 26, 2021

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Palestinian resistance to Israeli hegemony is transforming significantly. In this Focus On, Al-Shabaka’s policy analysts examine the trajectory of contemporary Palestinian resistance. They focus on ongoing challenges, including the censorship of anti-Zionist activists, and the persecution of Palestinians by Palestinian security forces. They emphasize which actors and tactics should be harnessed as the resistance continues to grow and confront oppression.

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Commentary Civil Society

Defying Fragmentation and the Significance of Unity: A New Palestinian Uprising

by Yara Hawari on June 29, 2021

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The latest Palestinian uprising against Israeli settler-colonial rule has been dubbed the “Unity Intifada.” It has brought Palestinians across colonized Palestine in unprecedented national unity around a shared struggle for liberation from ethnic cleansing, fragmentation, and settler colonization. Al-Shabaka’s Senior Analyst, Yara Hawari, examines the historical and contemporary implications of the Unity Intifada, and offers critical insight into how we must understand this unity.  

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