Palestine Refugees in Syria: A Recurring Tragedy
Refugees for over six decades, Palestinians in Syria face a precarious legal status given the civil war and renewed displacement. Al-Shabaka policy member Mai Abu Moghli explains how some are falling through the cracks of the international protection regime and calls for a solution based on human rights and international law.
Can fragility in countries be addressed outside of politics?
Have the ‘good intentions’ of the international community and institutions such as the World Bank hindered progress in countries and territories vulnerable to instability and violence? The case of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) suggests a resounding ‘yes’.
Israel, ISIS and the Paris attacks
The recent spate of terror attacks around the world have given Israel an opportunity to showcase its military and intelligence capabilities—and to further crack down on Palestinians.
Israël, l’Etat islamique et les attentats de Paris
La récente série d’attentats terroristes qui a frappé le monde a donné à Israël l’occasion de montrer ses capacités militaires et en matière de renseignement, et de sévir encore plus contre les Palestiniens.
האם עובדים פלסטינים יפגעו מההחלטה לסמן מוצרי התנחלויות
בשעה טובה פרסם האיחוד האירופי את הנחיותיו לסימון מוצרים שיוצרו בהתנחלויותהבלתי-חוקיות, אשר נבנו על-ידי ישראל בשטחים שכבשה ב-1967. עוד בטרם פורסמו ההנחיות יצאה ממשלת ישראל נגד המהלך בטענה שהוא חותר תחת השלום ומפלה כנגד ישראל.
Strangling the Palestinian economy
The European Union this week issued its long-awaited guidelines to label settlement products produced in the illegal settlements Israel has built in the territory it occupied in 1967. Even before the guidelines were issued, the Israeli government blasted the move, claiming it undermined peace and discriminated against Israel.
L’étranglement de l’économie palestinienne
L’Union Européenne a publié cette semaine ses lignes directrices attendues depuis longtemps sur l’étiquetage des produits des colonies , produits issus des colonies illégales construites par Israël dans les territoires qu’il a occupés en 1967. Même avant la publication de ces lignes directrices, le gouvernement israélien a dynamité cette décision, prétendant qu’elle représentait un danger pour la paix et une discrimination envers Israël.
Two-state solution and Middle East peace: It is past time to move to a different model
Fifteen years ago, I moved to Palestine with the hope that the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations process will one day bring peace to the Middle East through the creation of an independent Palestine, free from the vestiges of Israeli colonial and military rule. As an adviser to the Palestinian negotiating team, I spent more than six years working to achieve a “two-state” solution. After countless negotiation sessions and scores of proposals, my optimism transformed into realism: Despite years of negotiations, I saw that the Palestinians had moved further from their quest for their rights and freedom than they had before the negotiations began.
Expert Q&A: On the Obama-Netanyahu Meeting & the Crisis in Palestine-Israel
Al-Shabaka advisors Samah Sabawi and Tareq Baconi, and Executive Director Nadia Hijab take part in an expert roundtable Q&A on this week’s meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the ongoing crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.
