Events

Al-Shabaka's Senior Policy Fellow Yara Hawari joins #TyskySour to discuss how coronavirus is impacting Palestine:

Arab Center Washington DC’s held a webinar focusing on the threat of the coronavirus pandemic in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip as well as for the Palestinian citizens of Israel. As Israel’s policies of occupation and settler colonialism continue in the midst of this global health crisis, what additional challenges are Palestinians facing under military occupation, apartheid, siege, and discriminatory policies?

In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Israeli government has implemented new surveillance programs aimed at tracking the spread of the disease throughout Israel, and using collected data to enforce quarantines. While some of these techniques had previously been used by the Israeli military against Palestinians, the public introduction of such invasive and widespread…

This is footage from Palestine DeepDive's first live panel. The discussion was moderated by Mark Seddon. Mark was formerly a Media Adviser for the President of the UN General Assembly, a speechwriter for the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and UN correspondent for Al Jazeera TV. The panel included journalists, academics and charity founders based across…

Senior policy fellow, Dr. Yara Hawari, speaks with Noura Erakat on Palestinian resistance for this webinar event during the 2020 Israeli Apartheid Week, hosted by the BDS Movement.

Adapting to climate change in Palestine is more of a political issue than a purely environmental one. How can we ensure the survival of a people that are both Stateless and deprived of their natural resources? Alaa Tartir, Al-Shabaka Program Advisor,  interviews Michael Mason, Director of the Middle East Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Al-Shabaka's Senior Policy Fellow, Yara Hawari, joined Adalah Justice Project, alongside Fayrouz Sharqawi from Grassroots Al-Quds, for an informative webinar on Trump's plan to further Israel's colonial project.

Since 2008 activists around the world have been sailing to Gaza to break through the Israeli siege and pressure governments to take action. Under a global coalition- Freedom Flotilla Coalition- this year another boat will embark on this journey. Samah Sabawi is a Gazan Palestinian living in Melbourne. She is an award winning author, playwright,…

Zena Agha from Al-Shabaka speaking with JVP members about climate change and Palestine.

Arab Center Washington DC held a briefing on the implications of the Israeli Elections of 2019. Guest speakers included: Peter Beinart, Professor of Journalism and Political Science, City University of New York; Phyllis Bennis, Director, New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies; Nadia Hijab, Co-Founder and Board President, Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network; Mouin Rabbani,…