What comes after Abbas and Netanyahu?
A leadership vacuum is looming, and its effect on the peace process and everyday life has alarmed many observers.
Policing Palestine
EU support for Palestinian security reforms has not increased prospects for a democratic and viable Palestinian state as intended.
Behind the headlines in Jerusalem
Recent al-Aqsa clashes are a result of Israel’s long-standing plans to expand control over Jerusalem.
Israel’s racist airport security routinely humiliates Arab women. I know
A legal challenge over humiliating treatment of female passengers on Israeli airlines highlights the racist and gendered nature of security faced by Palestinian women flying to and from Israel.
How Israel’s 10-Year Blockade Brought Gaza to the Brink of Collapse
The crisis in Gaza is not simply a humanitarian tragedy. It’s a moral outrage.
The myth of a ‘Palestinian economy’
Israel has used the last 50 years of occupation to shape the Palestinian economy to suit its own interests.
Revitalizing Palestinian Nationalism
Al-Shabaka’s Nadia Hijab, Nur Arafeh and Tariq Dana lend their expertise to this critical compilation from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian voices, and policy alternatives.
Gaza, facing collapse, is ignored by President Trump
President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel and occupied Palestinian territory went as poorly as most people here in Gaza anticipated. As far as we can tell, he ignored us. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies, but at some point the US and Israel would be well advised to devise a better policy than to squeeze the life out of us.
Militarization of Palestinian Aid
Empowering Palestinians means equipping them with the tools to resist Israeli settler colonial rule and enhancing their capacities for solidarity, resilience and steadfastness. International aid actors must recognize and accept that development under military occupation and colonization means first and foremost a process of confrontation to realize rights, including the right to self-determination.
