Category: Academic Publications

Academic Publications

Effective? Locally owned? Beyond the technocratic perspective on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories

Alaa Tartir

The European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) was established in 2006 to contribute to the establishment of effective policing in support of an independent and democratic Palestinian state. EUPOL COPPS is often commended for its contribution … Continue reading Effective? Locally owned? Beyond the technocratic perspective on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories

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الاشتباك الشعبي أفق النضال الفلسطيني

Alaa Tartir

تتطلب المتغيرات المحلية والإقليمية والعالمية الراهنة، وما تحمله من تحديات وتهديدات للنضال الفلسطيني، وحدة فلسطينية من أجل الصمود والمجابهة. نحاجج هنا بأن الوصول إلى جذور التشرذم الفلسطيني عن طريق جسر  الفجوات ما بين الشعب والقيادات، يتطلب عقداً اجتماعياً سياسياً جديداً … Continue reading الاشتباك الشعبي أفق النضال الفلسطيني

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Prerequisites for Peace in Palestine/Israel

Alaa Tartir

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 Prerequisites for Peace in Palestine/Israel

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تجريم المقاومة: حالة مخيمَي بَلاطة وجنين للاجئين

Alaa Tartir

اعتمدت السلطة الفلسطينية برنامج إصلاح للقطاع الأمني ينسجم مع توجهات الممولين، بصفته العمود الفقري في مشروعها لبناء الدولة ما بعد سنة 2007 . ومع تقدم واستمرار إصلاح القطاع الأمني تحولت الضفة الغربية المحتلة إلى فضاء أمني ومسرح للحملات الأمنية التي … Continue reading تجريم المقاومة: حالة مخيمَي بَلاطة وجنين للاجئين

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Criminalizing Resistance: The Cases of Balata and Jenin Refugee Camps

Alaa Tartir

Abstract: The Palestinian Authority (PA) adopted donor-driven security sector reform (SSR) as the linchpin to its post-2007 state-building project. As SSR proceeded, the occupied West Bank became a securitized space and the theater for PA security campaigns whose ostensible purpose … Continue reading Criminalizing Resistance: The Cases of Balata and Jenin Refugee Camps

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نحو رؤية تنموية فلسطينية

Alaa Tartir

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

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Palestine‒Israel: Decolonization Now, Peace Later

Alaa Tartir

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

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Securitised development and Palestinian authoritarianism under Fayyadism

Alaa Tartir

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

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Unwilling to Change, Determined to Fail: Donor Aid in Occupied Palestine in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings

Alaa Tartir

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

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Criminalising Resistance, Entrenching Neoliberalism: The Fayyadist Paradigm in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank

Alaa Tartir

This paper-based thesis consists of five interlinked chapters/articles that explore dimensions of both the style of governance and the state-building endeavour in the West Bank in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, primarily between 2007 and 2013. This governance and state-building project … Continue reading Criminalising Resistance, Entrenching Neoliberalism: The Fayyadist Paradigm in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank

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Book Review – Arab Development Denied: Dynamics of Accumulation by Wars of Encroachment

Alaa Tartir

The book’s informative and highly analytical nature provides the reader with in-depth knowledge of the root causes of de-development in the Arab World. Engaging with the book on multiple occasions rewards readers with additional insights, reflecting the book’s depth of … Continue reading Book Review – Arab Development Denied: Dynamics of Accumulation by Wars of Encroachment

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Book Review – The Two-State Solution: The UN Partition Resolution of Mandatory Palestine- Analysis and Sources

Alaa Tartir

Israel as an idea, as any other idea, can be marketed and commodified. This is what is happening through many of the Zionist academic establishments, because the idea must be packaged as a narrative, and it requires scholarly consolidation, to … Continue reading Book Review – The Two-State Solution: The UN Partition Resolution of Mandatory Palestine- Analysis and Sources

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Unwilling to Change, Determined to Fail: Donor Aid in Occupied Palestine in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings

Alaa Tartir

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

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Book Review – The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories: State-Building without a State

Alaa Tartir

Dimitris Bouris’ The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories: State-Building without a State aims to tackle one central question: How effective has the EU been in its state-building policies towards the oPt? The effectiveness of the EU as a state-builder … Continue reading Book Review – The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories: State-Building without a State

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Book Review – Routledge Handbook on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Alaa Tartir

The handbook is another scholarly production that attempts to understand, contextualize and theorize the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It aims to provide solutions and bridge the polarized discussion and the sort of dialogue of the deaf. While the handbook provides a certain … Continue reading Book Review – Routledge Handbook on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict