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The “Apolitical” Approach to Palestine’s Water Crisis

by Muna Dajani July 30, 2017

Gaza is Headed for a Deeper Political and Humanitarian Crisis

by Haidar Eid, Ayah Abubasheer

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

by Yara Hawari

The International Criminal Court (ICC) may fail to arbitrate atrocities in Palestine justly, judging by its first report since it began its examination of potential crimes against humanity and war crimes. Guest Author Sarah Kanbar examines this recent ICC report to explain why, and urges civil society to continue its close monitoring of the ICC’s work.

ICT: The Shackled Engine of Palestine’s Development

by Nur Arafeh, Sam Bahour, Wassim F. Abdullah

World attention has been focusing on the Palestinian revolt against Israel’s military occupation. Meanwhile, plans were reportedly still going ahead for an Israeli release of frequencies required for long-awaited 3G and even 4G systems and services. Al-Shabaka analysts Nur Arafeh, Wassim Abdullah, and Sam Bahour provide an incisive account of Israeli obstacles to the Palestinian sector’s development that have led to hundreds of millions in direct losses and lost opportunities.

Debating Palestine: Representation, Resistance, and Liberation

by Rabab Abdulhadi

Palestinian communities the world over are grappling with the questions of who really speaks in their name and how to craft strategies for resistance and liberation. In this thoughtful essay, Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Rabab Abdulhadi draws on the history of the Palestinian national movement as well as her own experience as a scholar-activist to provide some answers. She also asks provocative new questions – such as what does it mean to be a Palestinian today and where does that leave Palestinian Arab Jews and Jews that do not identify with Israel’s settler colonialism, and what kind of relations Palestinians should develop with the Arab movements for freedom.

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