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 Politics
As the Israeli regime continues its genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, many have begun to weigh in on the future of Hamas and of Palestinian leadership more broadly once the bombardment ends. One of the dominant proposals circulating amongst analysts, Palestinian and otherwise, is the revival of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), with Hamas as a member party.
Jerusalem continues to lie at the center of political developments in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and in the shifting landscape of US and EU foreign policy toward Palestine and the Israeli regime.
 Civil Society
Punctuated by the outbreak of the Unity Intifada in May 2021, the trajectory of Palestinian resistance is experiencing a watershed phase marked by new actors and themes. With the effective neutralization of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) since the 1993 Oslo Accords, the deepening geopolitical fragmentation of Palestinians across colonized Palestine and the world, and the global shift to cyberspace, new opportunities — and threats — to Palestinian resistance have emerged.
The visible absence of the Palestinian Liberation Organization from the ongoing Unity Intifada has led many to question the organization’s legitimacy and relevance. Do Palestinians still need the PLO? If so, why?
 Politics
The vital question of how to reconstitute and strengthen the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and renew the Palestinian national project has long been at the forefront of Palestinian concerns. However, it stalled due to the bitter divisions between the major political parties, Fatah and Hamas, after the legislative elections of 2006.
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?
September 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords. Looking back, how did the agreement impact the Palestinian national project and cohesion as a people? What does a post-Oslo Palestine look like?
Al-Shabaka Sam Bahour
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Al-Shabaka Nadia Hijab
Sam Bahour,Amal Ahmad,Nadia Hijab + More· Sep 18, 2018
 Politics
A quarter of a century since the signing of the Oslo Accords, an independent and sovereign Palestinian state has become little more than a myth as Israel continues to expand its settler colonial project and military occupation. Oslo’s structure and framework are to blame for this reality, as the Accords were not a peace agreement but a security arrangement between colonizer and colonized.
 Politics
In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reinforced by Vice President Mike Pence’s promise to move the US embassy before the end of 2019, there has been a flurry of pieces heralding the imminent shift in a Palestinian strategy toward a one-state solution with equal rights.
Al-Shabaka Nadia Hijab
Nadia Hijab· Feb 7, 2018
 Politics
The Israeli right is poised to annex much or all of the West Bank while continuing to isolate Gaza – either through continued siege or by pushing it on to Egypt’s plate. Donald Trump’s stance on Jerusalem offers recognition of illegal annexation that could be just the beginning. And his drive to cut back the United States contribution to UNRWA could presage a campaign to definitively close the door on the rights of Palestinian refugees 70 years after Israel’s creation and the loss of Palestine.

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Today, Palestinians living both inside historic Palestine and scattered across the region and the world number more than 14 million. For the overwhelming majority of Palestinians, the Nakba is ongoing.
Al-Shabaka Nadia Hijab
Nadia Hijab· May 15, 2023
Youth activists on both sides of the Green Line have taken up the mantle abandoned by their ostensible leaders.
Al-Shabaka Nadia Hijab
Nadia Hijab· May 25, 2021
With no strategy to counter Arab states' alignment with Israel, it is unclear how much a change in the White House will benefit Palestinians.
Al-Shabaka Nadia Hijab
Al-Shabaka Tareq Baconi
Nadia Hijab,Tareq Baconi· Oct 29, 2020
The only option for Palestinians to create a sovereign state—or to secure equal rights and justice in a single state of Palestine-Israel—is to build up their sources of power.
Al-Shabaka Nadia Hijab
Nadia Hijab· Nov 28, 2019
The European role couldn't be more vital given the Trump administration's shredding of international law.
Al-Shabaka Nadia Hijab
Nadia Hijab· Nov 28, 2019
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