Press Releases

After more than 16 months of engagement, we welcome the FDFA’s decision to correct its public communications and remove any implication that the Swiss government ended its contract with Al-Shabaka as part of its 2023 investigation. As a result, the FDFA has quietly amended its statements, removing all references to Al-Shabaka from the list of organizations it had previously claimed were subject to contract termination.

In times of profound devastation such as these, we take heart in knowing that our work is needed more than ever before. Al-Shabaka serves as a vital hub of Palestinian knowledge, analysis, and expertise for organizers, media, and policymakers alike. At our core, we are a think tank for the movement; our aim is to provide space for Palestinians to convene and strategize, and to produce Palestinian analysis that informs the frameworks of mobilizing efforts across the globe.

It is with great disappointment that we must clarify the facts pertaining to Al-Shabaka’s partnership with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) due to damaging misinformation circulated by the FDFA and its representatives.

We’ve entered 2024 at a time of unprecedented loss for the Palestinian people. As part of its genocide campaign since last October, the Israeli regime has murdered tens of thousands, displaced millions, and devastated every corner of Palestinian life in Gaza. The horror being waged across Gaza has left its mark on Palestinians worldwide, including those who make up Al-Shabaka’s policy network and staff. 

The Al-Shabaka staff and board are pleased to share our new institutional language, including rearticulated vision and mission statements, organizational values, and a theory of change. 

Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network is proud to release a groundbreaking analytical project, The Al-Shabaka Scenario Matrix. The matrix is an interactive tool that invites readers to engage with five future political scenarios for the West Bank and Gaza, detailing each scenario’s impact on four distinct sectors of society. 

Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network is proud to announce the appointment of Tareq Baconi as its new president of the board of directors. 

Al-Shabaka today launches a ground-breaking study on the Palestine Liberation Organization’s diplomatic corps. The corps is the main point of contact available to the Palestinian refugees and exiles who were conspicuously absent from the hubbub about elections in the occupied Palestinian territory. Yet these  “missing Palestinians” – who account for nearly half the Palestinian people – may be the key to reviving Palestinian national aspirations if the right lessons are learned. 

The 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) has just been released. We’re delighted to report that Al-Shabaka again ranks in the top echelons of the "Best Think Tank Network" category!

It is with sadness that we mark the passing of one of the leading scientists of the Arab region, Dr. Antoine Zahlan, who died last night in Beirut. His depth and breadth of knowledge covered an enormous range of expertise.