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A Bold Proposal: Palestine Should Give Its Refugees Citizenship

Policy Brief Refugees

A Bold Proposal: Palestine Should Give Its Refugees Citizenship

by Fateh Azzam on May 5, 2015

Children infront of their home in Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon

Palestine should confer citizenship on its stateless refugees and enter into bilateral agreements with other states to improve their situation – as citizens - wherever they reside. Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Fateh Azzam knows this proposal has pitfalls but argues it is a powerful way to create facts on the road to freedom and rights. Read the policy brief or the executive summary.

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Commentary Refugees

Modest but Powerful Activism for Palestinian-Origin Jordanian Rights

by Oraib Rantawi, Oroub el-Abed on October 1, 2012

Palestinian-origin Jordanians are a large and increasingly marginalized community in Jordan, whose rights to education, nationality, and political participation have been eroded. Oraib Rantawi and Oroub el-Abed discuss initiatives by Palestinian-origin Jordanians for equal rights – and responsibilities – in the Kingdom, as part of a growing movement for citizens’ rights energized by the Arab uprisings.

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Commentary Refugees

Palestinians on the Road to Damascus

by Ahmad Diab on September 5, 2012

In this evocative and moving piece, Al-Shabaka Policy Member Ahmad Diab provides a lived description of what it is like to be a Palestinian in Syria: The permanent sense of a temporary existence, the impact of dictatorship on Palestinian-Syrian relations as well as on Palestinian political development, and the diverse roles Palestinians are playing – and the price they are paying – in the current revolution.

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Policy Brief Refugees

Uneasy but Necessary: The UNRWA-Palestinian Relationship

by Randa Farah on November 30, 2010

Photo of refugee boy in the Palestinian Baqa'a Camp in Jordan. Photo courtesy of UNRWA.

In this policy brief, Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Randa Farah examines the relationship between UNRWA and Palestinian refugees in Jordan and compares it to the situation of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria.

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Roundtable Refugees

The Role of the Palestinian Diaspora

by Nadia Hijab, Khalil Hindi, Aziza Khalidi, Jaber Suleiman, Antoine Zahlan (1928-2020) on July 5, 2010

The first Al-Shabaka Roundtable was held in Beirut, Lebanon on the topic of Palestinians in the Diaspora. Policy Advisors Khalil Hindi, Nadia Hijab, Aziza Khalidi, Jaber Suleiman, and Antoine Zahlan discussed the different interests of Palestinians in the Diaspora and how they can be secured.

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