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Political Agency for Palestinian Return

by Ahmad Barclay, Randa Farah, Jamil Hilal, Ingrid Jaradat Gassner, Jaber Suleiman, Dena Qaddumi

Palestinians must themselves be the agents of their return. Some civil society campaigns are contributing to achieving return, such as the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement and legal actions. But for real progress the internal obstacles to return must be addressed, including the lack of a consensus on how to achieve Palestinian self-determination. These are among the key points raised in this roundtable organized by Al-Shabaka’s Policy Circle on Return.

Palestinian Civil Society: What Went Wrong?

by Tariq Dana

Palestinians under Israeli occupation led the civil resistance that culminated in the First Intifada of the 1980s. By the mid-1990s, much of civil society was “NGO-ized” draining the Palestinian national movement of leadership. Al-Shabaka Policy Member Tariq Dana examines the shift in organizational agendas and tactics and recommends ways to reverse course.

Reclaiming Self-Determination

by Ali Abunimah

Will a Palestinian state, no matter how sovereign, fulfill the Palestinian right to self-determination? Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Ali Abunimah argues that in order to achieve true sovereignty, self-determination must return to the center of the Palestinian struggle.

China’s New Plan for Israel-Palestine

Rethinking Our Definition of Apartheid: Not Just a Political Regime

The “Apolitical” Approach to Palestine’s Water Crisis

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?

Focus On: PLO and Palestinian Representation

Oslo: Replacing Liberation with Economic Neo-Colonialism

Defeating Dependency, Creating a Resistance Economy

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