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The Future of US Policy Toward Palestine

by Hatem Bazian, Nadia Hijab on November 1, 2020

Over the past four years, the Trump administration has enacted major long-term changes to US policy vis-à-vis Palestine. What possibilities lie ahead for the next administration to either expand or reverse this trajectory, and how can Palestinians leverage their power to influence future decision-making? With US elections looming, Al-Shabaka analysts Hatem Bazian and Nadia Hijab join host Nur Arafeh to weigh in on these questions and more in this policy lab.

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Arab Normalization with Israel: Current Status and Potential Consequences

by Tareq Baconi, Ibrahim Fraihat, Nur Arafeh on September 16, 2020

Have Arab states abandoned the Palestinian people? In this policy lab, Al-Shabaka analysts Tareq Baconi and Ibrahim Fraihat join host Nur Arafeh to weigh in on the historical understanding of normalization, implications of the UAE-Israel agreement and other normalization developments across the region, and ways forward for Palestinians in light of these changing dynamics.

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Collective Punishment: Israel’s Strategy to Subdue Palestinian Resistance

by Nada Awad, Issam Younis, Nur Arafeh on August 20, 2020

Israeli collective punishment against Palestinians

From home demolitions to the Gaza blockade to the withholding of Palestinian bodies, Israel wields collective punishment tactics to subjugate and suppress the Palestinian population. In this policy lab, Al-Shabaka analysts Nada Awad and Issam Younis join host Nur Arafeh to discuss the toll of this strategy on the Palestinian people and how it fits into Israel's broader system of apartheid.

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Israeli Annexation: Precedents, Ramifications, and Resistance

by Yara Hawari, Nur Arafeh on June 16, 2020

Netanyahu has pledged to begin annexing parts of the West Bank as soon as next month. What are the implications of such a move, and what can be learned from Israel’s previous annexations of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights? In this policy lab, Yara Hawari and Rania Muhareb join host Nur Arafeh to weigh in…

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Palestinian Leadership in the Time of Pandemic

by Mohammed al-Khaldi, Fadi Quran, Marwa Fatafta on May 17, 2020

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine brings back to focus central questions surrounding the resilience of Palestinian Authority leadership and the efficiency of its governance in times of crisis. In this policy lab, Al-Shabaka analysts Mohammed Al-Khaldi and Fadi Quran join guest host Marwa Fatafta to weigh in on current emergency measures in…

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Palestine at the ICC: Prospects and Limitations

by Ardi Imseis, Halla Shoaibi on April 22, 2020

While the world remains fixated on the latest developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Palestine's case at the International Criminal Court presses on. In this policy lab, international legal experts Ardi Imseis and Halla Shoaibi join host Nur Arafeh to weigh in on the current status of the case, its prognosis, and how actions taken at…

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Coronavirus in Palestine: Confronting the Vulnerability of Indigenous Bodies

by Yara Asi, Osama Tanous, Nur Arafeh on April 7, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has reached Palestine, and in doing so has brought to the surface latent power structures that render Palestinians particularly exposed to the virus.

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Palestine and U.S. Elections

by Halah Ahmad, Zaha Hassan, Nur Arafeh on March 3, 2020

The topic of Palestine is already proving to be divisive within the U.S. Democratic primaries, and it will undoubtedly remain a consistent question throughout the 2020 election season. Where do leading presidential candidates stand, and what role does civil society play in influencing shifts in political discourse and policy positions? Al-Shabaka analysts Halah Ahmad and Zaha Hassan weigh in on these questions and more in our Super Tuesday policy lab, hosted by Nur Arafeh.

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Mapping Palestine: Decolonizing Spatial Practices

by Zena Agha, Ahmad Barclay, Nur Arafeh on January 23, 2020

In our first policy lab of 2020, Zena Agha and Ahmad Barclay join host Nur Arafeh to discuss the ways in which maps and other visualization tools serve as sites to entrench power disparities as well as to empower communities to reimagine their colonized homelands.

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Palestinian Elections: Essential or Harmful?

by Inès Abdel Razek, Marwa Fatafta on December 13, 2019

Palestinian general elections in the near future are looking more and more likely. But are they necessary? In our final policy lab of 2019, Inès Abdel Razek joins host Marwa Fatafta to discuss the significance of elections within the current leadership crisis, foreseen challenges to the democratic process, and potential for new political players to…

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