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The Israeli occupation does not only exist above ground. Al-Shabaka Policy Fellow Tareq Baconi examines how Israel enjoys a gas bonanza while barring the Gaza Strip from tapping its own fields. He argues that Palestinian dependency on Israeli energy amidst US calls for “economic peace” undermines Palestinian rights, and suggests ways to challenge this status quo.

Palestinian Democracy Denied

by Amal Ahmad, Basem Ezbidi, Mouin Rabbani, Tariq Dana

The failure to conduct local elections in the occupied territories and the Fatah conference, which largely reaffirmed a moribund status quo, are the latest examples of stymied Palestinian democracy. Al-Shabaka analysts examine the notion of democracy under military occupation, the factors constraining it, and the form that makes sense for the Palestinian people.

One Hundred Years and Counting: Britain, Balfour, and the Cultural Repression of Palestinians

by Aimee Shalan

The government and corporations of the United Kingdom have recently intensified efforts to censor Palestinian creative expression. Al-Shabaka Policy Member Aimee Shalan traces the roots of these attacks on Palestinian history and culture to the 1917 Balfour Declaration and offers recommendations for how civil society can bring the UK to change its approach.

Gaza is Headed for a Deeper Political and Humanitarian Crisis

Don’t Historicize the Balfour Declaration: The Past is Still the Palestinians’ Present

Tracking the Trends of the Palestinian Cause Since 1967

The Palestinian Authority Security Forces: Whose Security?

Researching Palestinian Refugees: Who Sets the Agenda?

Talking Palestine: What Frame of Analysis? Which Goals and Messages?

Whose “Ethnic Cleansing?”: Israel’s Appropriation of the Palestinian Narrative

Abbas’s Shortsighted Gaza Policy

Focus On: Jerusalem

Which Jerusalem? Israel’s Little-Known Master Plans

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