Resistance economy sets out to emancipate human beings by freeing them from poverty, inequality, fear and oppression, empowering them to cultivate their lands, and expanding their options, capabilities and potentials in order to ensure their happiness. Continue reading From Fayyadism to Resistance Economy: Changing Gears in Occupied Palestine
Has the massive aid provided by the European Union to Palestinians contributed to its self-stated goal of building up the institutions of a future democratic, independent and viable Palestinian State? Continue reading “Aid will never buy peace” — An Interview with Alaa Tartir
The multi-billion dollar economic plan Kerry delegated The Quartet to develop for Palestinians will further entrench poverty, warns economist Alaa Tartir Continue reading Kerry, Quartet $4B Plan Will Fail Palestinians, Economists Warn
Médecins Sans Frontières est arrivée dans les territoires occupés à la fin des années 80. les équipes de font face à une série de dilemmes : comment atténuer les conséquences de l’occupation sur les Palestiniens sans avoir le sentiment de … Continue reading Débat Avec Médecins Sans Frontières – Les Humanitaires, Complices De L’occupation ?
تناقش هذه المقالة أثر المساعدات الدولية في التنمية الفلسطينية، وتؤطر تأثيرها في أربع مجموعات ومدارس فكرية، وتطرح مجموعة من الأفكار بشأن ضرورة فهم العملية التنموية كأداة للمقاومة والتحرر، وتعرض بعض المؤشرات الواجب توافرها لعملية تنموية بديلة. كما تحاجج، وبشكل مقتضب، … Continue reading نحو رؤية تنموية فلسطينية
This Forum is not about predicting the future. Rather, it is about critically analysing the present, and assessing the future options and possibilities for a lasting peace and justice. Whilst in the short term the future is bleak, it can … Continue reading Forum Introduction: Prospects for Palestinian‒Israeli Relations: What Lies Ahead
This people-focused contribution questions fundamental assumptions about the persistence of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and discusses prerequisites for alternative strategies. It argues that without addressing people’s perceptions and beliefs, peace will remain elusive. It also argues that moving beyond the cycles … Continue reading Palestine‒Israel: Decolonization Now, Peace Later
This article analyses perceptions of the Palestinian Authority’s post-2007 state-building project—popularly known as ‘Fayyadism’—by assessing academic and practitioner literatures on the topic, and by drawing on the findings of ethnographic fieldwork conducted at two sites in the West Bank: Balata … Continue reading Securitised development and Palestinian authoritarianism under Fayyadism
في غمرة انشغالنا الدائم بالسياسة يبدو أننا -كفلسطينيين- ننسى المجتمع، وبالتالي فإننا نتناسى أن المجتمع هو أساس النظام السياسي وضابطه. فالسياسة لا تُصنع في الفراغ، أو من الفراغ، ومستهلكو ومعدّو السياسة ليسوا بالكائنات الوهمية. بل هي نتاج لحراك اجتماعي مستمر … Continue reading نحو إعادة بناء الحركة الوطنية: المجتمع قبل السياسة
إبّان انشغال العالم أجمع بضحايا الهجمات الإرهابية في باريس وبيروت وسيناء وأماكن أخرى، كانت إسرائيل مشغولة ومُسْتهلَكة بأمور أخرى: كيف تجني ريع هذه الهجمات، وتستخدمها لمصالحها على المستويات: العالمي والإقليمي والمحلي؟ نشرت في جريدة العربي الجديد، 15 كانون الأول 2015 … Continue reading إسرائيل وداعش وهجمات باريس
Malgré une visite récente de Kerry, les Etats-Unis se mettent en retrait des négociations entre Israël et la Palestine. Après Paris, c’est une mauvaise nouvelle. Co-authored with Nadia Hijab, Published at L’Agence Média Palestine, 15 December 2015. Click Here To … Continue reading La Nouvelle Stratégie Cynique d’Israël
Five rules of thumb: Don’t seek peace now. It is very far. Instead seek justice and equality; Don’t talk about one-state or two-state solution. Ending the occupation is the prerequisite; The US is a dis-honest broker for peace; There is … Continue reading The Netherlands and Palestine: Political Opportunities and Invisible Links
L’alternativa all’Anp sta prendendo forma, ma è ancora giovane come i ragazzi che si stanno ribellando. Senza il sostegno necessario e gli strumenti per coordinare i tentativi e le iniziative, il movimento rapidamente morirà. Published at Near East News Agency, … Continue reading La Rivolta dei Giovani Palestinesi – Ottava Parte. Quale Ruolo per i Partiti Politici?
Since 1993 the international community has invested more than $24 billion in ‘peace and development’ in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). That aid was meant originally to support the Oslo Peace Process through economic development. However, neither peace nor development … Continue reading Unwilling to Change, Determined to Fail: Donor Aid in Occupied Palestine in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings
Despite a recent Kerry visit, the US has washed its hands of Israel/Palestine talks. After Paris, that’s bad news. Co-authored with Nadia Hijab, Published at Salon, 7 December 2015. Click Here To Read The Article Continue reading Israel’s Cynical New Strategy
A guest lecture at Leiden University, The Netherlands, 4 December 2015. Click here to view and download the lecture’s PowerPoint slides Continue reading Palestine, The Netherlands, and The EU Presidency
The Wanted 18 illustrates three areas that Israel, as a colonial and occupying power, hates to see. These areas are: Palestinian sovereignty; resistance and mobilization, and self-reliance. Published at The Huffington Post, 2 December 2015. Click Here To Read The … Continue reading The Wanted 18 Cows, Economic Resistance, and Israel
“The Wanted 18” is a Canadian-Palestinian co-production. The animated documentary portrays the efforts of Palestinians in Beit Sahour to create a small dairy industry during the First Intifada. As the dairy collective was seen as a threat to Israels national … Continue reading The Wanted 18
Have the ‘good intentions’ of the international community and institutions such as the World Bank hindered progress in countries and territories vulnerable to instability and violence? The case of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) suggests a resounding ‘yes’. Published at … Continue reading Can fragility in Countries be Addressed Outside of Politics?
هل أعاقت “النوايا الحسنة” للمجتمع الدولي ومؤسساته الدولية كالبنك الدولي التقدم والنمو في البلدان والأراضي التي تعاني من الاضطرابات والعنف؟ حالة الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة تجيب “بنعم” قوية ومؤكدة على هذا السؤال نشرت على مدونة البنك الدولي،25 تشرين الثاني 2015 انقر … Continue reading هل يمكن معالجة هشاشة الدول خارج إطار السياسة؟
The recent spate of terror attacks around the world have given Israel an opportunity to showcase its military and intelligence capabilities—and to further crack down on Palestinians. Published at Open Democracy, 24 November 2015. Click Here To Read The Article Continue reading Israel, ISIS and the Paris Attacks
