L’Ue ha lanciato Eupol Copps nel 2006 per sostenere la nascita di uno Stato palestinese indipendente e democratico. Piú di un decennio dopo, l’Ue considera Eupol Copps una delle sue migliori missioni che ha professionalizzato il settore della polizia e … Continue reading La Missione Di Polizia Dell’unione Europea Nei Territori Palestinesi
يرتبط تجديد الفكر السياسي الفلسطيني ارتباطاً وثيقاً بتحقيق الحرية وتقرير المصير، ولن نقترب من تحقيق هذين الهدفين إلاّ عندما نتصور هياكل ونُظماً سياسية متنوعة. نقدم هنا ثلاثة اقتراحات متشابكة تهدف إلى بناء نظام سياسي فلسطيني تشاركي لإرساء قواعد ديمقراطية حقة، وهي: … Continue reading تصور جديد لنُظم السياسة والحكم الفلسطينية
Outsourcing Repression is a collection of analyses and essays on the roots, manifestations and consequences of the paradigm of security coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). The book discusses four key themes: the evolution and reform of Palestinian security … Continue reading Outsourcing Repression: Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination
Since the onset of the Oslo Accords, Israel has steadily privatized its security apparatus. Rather than deny this process, the government has boasted of it, pointing to the accuracy of its intelligence services, the precision of its weapons, and the … Continue reading Book Review – The Privatization of Israeli Security
يهدف هذا الفصل على المستوى النظري إلى استخدام حالة فلسطين للتوسع في ديناميكيات نظريات السياسة المشتبكة من خلال النظر في فكرة الاقتصاد المشتبك. أما على المستوى العملي، يهدف هذا الفصل إلى مناقشة تبعات النموذج التنموي النيوليبرالي الفلسطيني ومشكلتها كأحد الأسباب … Continue reading الاقتصاد المُشتَبِك في فلسطين المحتلة
The lack of a sovereign Palestinian state and the continuation of the Israeli illegal military occupation according to international law, have profoundly affected the social transformation, institutional development, political economy, and politics of Palestine. This chapter also reflects on the … Continue reading Palestine
This book explores how the rule of power relates to the case of occupied Palestine, examining features of local dissent and international governance. The project considers expressions of the rule of power in two particular ways: settler colonialism and neoliberalism. … Continue reading Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance
Since the Oslo Accords came into force in 1993, the European Union (EU) and its individual member-states have invested billions of Euros, with a view to establishing the basis for an independent and sovereign Palestinian state. As Israel’s colonization of … Continue reading The Limits of Securitized Peace: The EU’s Sponsorship of Palestinian Authoritarianism
This chapter will initially provide an overview of the Palestinian agricultural sector, which sets out its resources, productivity and contributions. This is then followed by a discussion of the impact of the Israeli occupation, which focuses on the distortion and … Continue reading Farming for Freedom: The Shackled Palestinian Agricultural Sector
Those involved in mobilizing international law to achieve justice for the Palestinians have invoked numerous legal and governance institutions, at both international and national levels. For various reasons, international law has understandably been regarded with a high level of skepticism … Continue reading Mobilizing International Law in the Palestinian Struggle for Justice
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
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
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
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
Over $30 billion has been spent since 1993 by international donors as aid for Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip (OECD 2016). This “investment” in peace and development has made Palestinians one of the highest per … Continue reading International Aid to Palestinians: A Cursed Gift
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
After a discussion of the historical background that led to the creation of the Palestinian Authority, this chapter describes the broader social and political transformations that took place in the oPt. The question of political economy is also very important … Continue reading Palestine
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
