Too much of a good thing? Palestinians realize downsides of foreign aid boom
Shira Rubin quotes Al-Shabaka Program Director Alaa Tartir, who said that the combination of Israeli restrictions and donor neglect have triggered a Palestinian “resistance economy,” which skirts external restrictions. Learn more about the “resistance economy” from Al-Shabaka.
Il gas di Gaza e gli sprechi dell’Unione Europea
An Italian journal article about Gaza’s gas reserves cites Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Victor Kattan’s policy brief, “The Gas Fields off Gaza: A Gift or a Curse?”
“Gaza is a Bantustan”: author Samah Sabawi interviewed
Joe Catron at ElectronicIntifada.net interviews Samah Sabawi following the publication of her AlJazeera.com op-ed about Israel’s total control of the Gaza population.
Israel and Palestine: One State or Two?
An interview about the meaning of the UN resolution to recognize Palestine, with Al-Shabaka advisor Ali Abunimah, as well as J Street board member Marilyn Katz, and Atalia Omer, a researcher at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
Can the PA govern occupied Palestine?
“The Palestinian Authority has been undermined; it has [become] a nuisance… The only just solution that some Palestinian activists have started discussing is a secular, democratic state on the historic lands of the state of Palestine, which means the end of the Palestinian Authority and the end of the façade of the peace process doctrine.”
“Israel não perde o sono com pressão da Europa”, diz analista
In a Portuguese-language publication, Al-Shabaka Executive Director Nadia Hijab is interviewed about the prospect of European economic pressure on Israel.
La ONU vota, Israel bombardea
The Spanish-language section of IPS quotes Mouin Rabbani on Israel’s reasons to fear prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes.
Egypt’s Stand on Israel-Palestine Under Strain as Israel Attacks Hamas
Following days of rocket attacks into southern Israel, Israel launched a series of deadly airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari amid a broader military campaign. Coming against the backdrop of warming relations between Hamas and other regional powers, the offensive is testing Israel’s relations with key U.S.
A new approach to Palestinian aid
“Is a U.S. aid cutoff such a bad thing? More voices are questioning international aid to the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, with some even calling for a full boycott of the aid industry.”
