Political mobilization continues in the MENA region as people take to the streets and utilize other informal political means to call for reform and political change. Violent crackdowns, attempts at cooptation, and other means of suppression exercised by ruling regimes … Continue reading Contentious politics in MENA: The resilience of informal politics
كيف يبدو مستقبل فلسطين وكيف ستؤثر بعض السيناريوهات السياسية على قطاعات المجتمع الفلسطيني المختلفة؟ فإن استمر الوضع الراهن أو إن انهارت السلطة الفلسطينية، بل وإن تم إحياء منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية، هناك عدد لا يحصى من التداعيات والعواقب المحتملة على الوضع … Continue reading مستقبل فلسطين: تحليل السيناريوهات السياسية والقطاعية المحتملة
As Palestinians came together last year under the banner of the Unity Intifada, forming a collective front against Israel’s ongoing colonisation, we witnessed some critical shifts in the conversation on Palestine. This shared moment highlighted the inaccuracy of the mainstream narrative … Continue reading Reclaiming Narratives in A Loveless World
Social media users are directly affected by technology companies’ content management. This session hosts a group of speakers to discuss how content management mistakes by technology companies affect digital solidarity, and the role of digital content and online movies in … Continue reading How Content Management on Social Media Platforms Impacts Solidarity in the Digital Age
Why, how, and by whom is development denied in Palestine? Why have over US $ 45 billion in international aid since the 1993 Oslo Accords failed to alter the existing skewed and distorted political and economic frameworks, but instead entrenched … Continue reading Political Economy of Palestine: Critical Perspectives
What are the structural shifts needed for the emergence of an emancipatory people-led development strategy for Palestinians? How can donor aid and funding be restructured by Palestinians themselves to bring about a solidarity- (not charity-) based funding landscape? And what … Continue reading Liberation Will Not Be Funded: Alternatives to Donor Dependence
In the first episode of Shifting Tides, Elif Zaim and Michael Arnold talk with Dr. Alaa Tartir, Program Advisor to Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network about the political economy of aid to Palestine. They discuss the Oslo Accords, why aid … Continue reading Podcast – International Aid to Palestine with Alaa Tartir
Alaa Tartir joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the internationally-funded Palestinian security forces. Together, they assess the forces’ authoritarian role in sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project and criminalizing Palestinian resistance, shedding light on the recent killing of critic and activist Nizar … Continue reading Podcast –Palestinian Securitization vs Liberation with Alaa Tartir
جلسة من الشاشة إلى الشارع: مستقبل النشاط الرقمي عربياً وفلسطينياً فعاليات منتدى فلسطين للنشاط الرقمي 2021 يشاركنا في الجلسة كل من محمد نجم من لبنان، وحيدر حمزوز من العراق، ومروة فطافطة، ونيفين أبو رحمون، وعلاء الترتير تلقي هذه الجلسة … Continue reading مستقبل النشاط الرقمي عربياً وفلسطينياً
Arab Conference at Harvard 2021 – The Abraham Accords Panel – March 2021 I urge all not to celebrate a delusional peace, and neither to distort the very meaning of peace. You can watch the recording of the panel here Continue reading The Abraham Accords – Arab Conference at Harvard 2021
مؤتمر “مجتمع مدني فلسطيني من أجل المصالحة الوطنية” وذلك ضمن مشروع “الائتلاف الأهلي الفلسطيني لتعزيز السلم والاهلي والوحدة الوطنية” 19 كانون الثاني 2021 مداخلة علاء الترتير من الدقيقة 59 لغاية 1.05 Continue reading مؤتمر مجتمع مدني فلسطيني من أجل المصالحة الوطنية
This online seminar explores the regional outlook of Israel, Palestine and the broader Middle East. The experts provide their analysis through an update on the politics of the Middle East (Dr Alaa Tartir), political trends and life in the Occupied … Continue reading Israel and Palestine: Future Directions in the Middle East
In the second episode of our new Al-Shabaka podcast series, Rethinking Palestine, Alaa Tartir and host Yara Hawari discuss what Joe Biden’s win in last month’s US elections means for the Palestinian people. Whilst many have breathed a sigh of … Continue reading Podcast – Biden in the White House: Alaa Tartir on Implications for Palestine
TRT World Forum 2020’s Expert Roundtable Session ”The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Israel’s Engagement with Arab States. 1 December 2020. Alaa Tartir’s intervention between minutes 1.21 and 1.25 Continue reading TRT World Forum 2020-The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & Israel’s Engagement with Arab States
In observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people UN-ESCWA and the Palestinian Policy Network (Al-Shabaka) are holding a public webinar on Palestinians and International Aid: Occupation, Change and Solidarity, featuring: Alaa Tartir, Program and Policy Advisor … Continue reading Webinar – Palestinians and International Aid: Occupation, Change and Solidarity
Lara Friedman, president of FMEP, in conversation with Inès Abdel Razek, the Advocacy Director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy, Zayne Abudaka, an economist and private sector development specialist, and Dr. Alaa Tartir, Researcher and Academic Coordinator at the … Continue reading Webinar – Is it Time to Reform International Aid to Palestine?
تُحتّم التطورات الأخيرة ما بين خطة الضم الاسرائيلية واتفاق التطبيع بين حكومتي اسرائيل والامارات العربية المتحدة على الفلسطينيين ضرورة إحياء منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية وتفعيل دورها بصفتها الممثل الشرعي الوحيد لجميع الفلسطينيين وذلك من أجل استعادة الكيانية السياسية الفلسطينية وبناء رؤية … Continue reading الفلسطينيون وضرورة استعادة منظمة التحرير
The Palestinian politcal leadership’s obsession with the idea of statehood as a means to realize self-determination and freedom has proved to be detrimental to the struggle of decolonizing Palestine. In a recent article, Alaa Tartir argued that by prioritizing ‘statehood under … Continue reading Webinar: “What is a State without the People?”: Statehood Obsession and Denial of Rights in Palestine
Adapting to climate change in Palestine is more of a political issue than a purely environmental one. How can we ensure the survival of a people that are both Stateless and deprived of their natural resources? Interview with Michael Mason, … Continue reading In Palestine, injustice is also environmental | FIFDH 2020
Address by Dr Alaa Tartir at MEMO’s ‘Oslo at 25: A Legacy of Broken Promises’ conference held in London on September 29, 2018. Click here to watch the talk Continue reading Alaa Tartir at ‘Oslo at 25: A Legacy of Broken Promises’
On 11 October 2017, I spoke at the Belgrade Security Forum (BSF) to examine the role and consequences of EU police mission in Palestine. Click here to view my 15 minutes presentation (it begins at 2:38:43/-2:54:17). Or here, minute 51.30 until … Continue reading Belgrade Security Forum – The EU Police Mission in the OPT
Alaa Tartir, Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen 