Focus On: Jerusalem Revisited
Jerusalem is increasingly at the center of developments across colonized Palestine. Indeed, from forced expulsions to attacks on worshipers, the Israeli regime is determined to de-Palestinianize the city. In light of Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign and Palestinian Jerusalemites’ resistance to it, Al-Shabaka revisits the topic of Jerusalem with a new selection of publications from our analysts.
Reflections on Palestinian Local Elections with Fadi Quran
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Fadi Quran 0:00 I think Palestinian society at large, particularly the younger generation who are more hopeful, are moving towards that big picture. We want Palestine liberated. We want all Palestinians liberated no matter where they are, and we’re willing to sacrifice and find […]
Palestinian Representation: Elections vs. Consensus-Building
In light of the March 2022 Palestinian municipal elections, we revisit our August 2020 piece on the question of representation vis-à-vis elections and consensus-building. Al-Shabaka’s policy analyst, Nijmeh Ali, critically examines different forms of Palestinian political representation given their geographic fragmentation, as well as the structures of the PLO itself, offering suggestions for the future.
Reimagining Palestinian Health and Education with Yara Asi
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Yara Asi 0:00 The question for Palestinians becomes, do we reject this paradigm? Do we use every lever to push for liberation? Even if we lose some of what so many sacrificed so much for. Even if it means rejecting certain streams of financial […]
International Law and the Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Movement
Recognition of Israel’s crime of apartheid is increasing throughout the world. How should Palestinians seize this moment and strategize an anti-apartheid movement through legal avenues? Al-Shabaka’s policy analyst, 24535, examines the importance of deploying international law in a decolonial Palestinian anti-apartheid movement and offers recommendations for how Palestinians and their allies should strategize it.
Strategizing Anti-Normalization from the Gulf to Capitol Hill
Al-Shabaka’s Commissioning Editor, 24503, is joined by anti-normalization activists, 24507 and Sumaya Almajdoub, in the latest installment of Al-Shabaka’s policy lab series.
The Mobilizing Power of Palestinians in Lebanon
For decades, Lebanese and Palestinian leadership, as well as the international aid community, have been complicit in Palestinian refugees’ destitution in Lebanon’s camps. However, the tide is shifting. Al-Shabaka’s policy analyst, Mai Abu Moghli, examines how Palestinians in Lebanon have been increasingly staking claims to their rights through collective mobilization, charting a new and revolutionary path for themselves in the country.
Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid with Saleh Hijazi
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Saleh Hijazi 0:00 Amnesty does recognize, and that is in the report, the validity of settler colonial analysis and the complementarity between the settler colonial analysis and apartheid. It just limits itself to then its mandate of work under international human rights law. Yara […]
Reimagining Liberation through the Popular Committees
Palestinians are experiencing unprecedented global solidarity since the 2021 Unity Intifada, yet their struggle for liberation remains trapped by the post-Oslo framework. Al-Shabaka’s policy analyst, 24460, explores the rich history of the popular committees of the 1970s and 1980s to offer recommendations for how Palestinians can reorient their communities and institutions to facilitate the emergence of grassroots, liberationist mobilization.
