Palestine loses $285m in revenues due to Israel accords
Palestinian Authority is losing hundreds of millions of revenues annually due to ageing Israel accords, World Bank says.
Political renewal in Palestine will come from the new generation

An extended interview with Al-Shabaka Program Director Alaa Tartir on Palestine’s current political field and possibilities for the future.
Will Ramallah be Palestine’s first ‘smart city’?

The Ramallah municipality has implemented a number of technology projects in an effort to become a “smart city,” but it faces numerous obstacles.
Israel’s dangerous new transfer tactic in Jerusalem
Israel is adept at creating new Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons, taking advantage of every opportunity to do so and exploiting temporary crises to promote permanent measures. Today it is using the recent violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) to introduce a dangerous new twist to its long-standing residency revocation policy to force Palestinians out of East Jerusalem.
Palestinian ‘wave of anger’ fades without direction

An outburst of unorganized violence that broke out six months ago was the product of political stagnation and is unlikely to have benefits for Palestinians, according to analysts.
Palestinians slam EU ‘double standard’ on settlements
Observers cite disconnect between European actions and rhetoric on labelling Israeli settlement products.
Social Struggle and the Crisis of the Palestinian Left Parties
The long-standing crisis of thePalestinian left has not only left the post-Oslo repressive socioeconomic dynamic unchallenged,but also, more perilously, Palestinian left parties – consciously or unconsciously – became hostage,if not acquiescent to this status quo.
ANALISI. La disgregazione politica palestinese, la cultura e l’identità nazionale

Qual è stato il peso dell’OLP e quali le ripercussioni ha generato la sua disgregazione nel corpo politico palestinese? In che modo ha tale frammentazione interessato la sfera culturale e il contributo di quest’ultima alla formazione di un’identità nazionale palestinese?
Palestinian political disintegration, culture, and national identity

What has been the impact of PLO dominance and what were the repercussions of its disintegration for the Palestinian body politic? And to what extent has the disintegration of the political field affected the cultural field and its contribution to Palestinian national identity?