Oui, le Hamas, tout comme le Fatah, a été corrompu et a commis des violations desdroitsdel’homme; il est égalementresponsable, avecle Fatah, dela division intrapalestinienne. Les deux doivent rendre des comptes publics.Maisla reconstruction de Gaza doit être traitée séparément. Compte tenu … Continue reading Le Mouvement Islamique a Fondamentalement Changé
Industrial zones are stripping farmers of their food sovereignty and increasing Palestinian dependency. Co-authored with Vivien Sansour, Published at Al-Jazeera English, 17 August 2014. Click Here To Read The Article Continue reading Palestinian Farmers Lose Land for Failed Economic Zones
There are four strong reasons to include Hamas in the reconstruction process. Published at The Huffington Post, 8 August, 2014. Click Here To Read The Article Continue reading Time to ‘Do Business’ With Hamas
EU policy makers must be puzzled by the conventional wisdom of the aid-development industry and state-building venture that has created and entrenched the following pattern: “the US decides, the World Bank leads, the EU pays, the UN feeds, and Israel … Continue reading Re-Inventing European Aid to Palestine
Without paradigm shifts and coordinated actions on the ground, however, including the (forced) realization on the part of Fatah and Hamas leaders that the phantom authority for which they have fought so dearly has been a key obstacle, none of … Continue reading Intra-Palestinian Reconciliation: Time for Accountability
John Kerry has called his plan ‘a new model for development’. Tony Blair has claimed it is unique in history. However, I am afraid that the plan (and the whole development industry in the occupied territories) will remain like teenage … Continue reading Kerry’s Billions: US Economic Plans for Palestine Place Investment Over Freedom
لم أكُنْ يوماً مفاوضاً للسلام، ولكنني كأحد أولئك الأفراد الذين سيتأثرون جوهرياً بما ستفضي إليه محادثات السلام الفلسطينية-الإسرائيلية؛ فإنني أشعر بواجبي بضرورة اقتراح بعض القواعد التفاوضية الأساسية للمفاوضين الفلسطينيين. إن لم نفعل ونقترح وإن بقينا صامتين فسُيفرض علينا، نحنُ شباب … Continue reading أربع قواعد أساسية لمحادثات السلام الفلسطينية-الإسرائيلية
Any decisions taken in the current peace talks will be the realities on the ground tomorrow. Palestinian youth are not willing to relive the painful decades established by the Oslo Accords. Consequently, Palestinian negotiators — who, in fact, no longer formally represent the 11 … Continue reading Four Rules for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
The bottom line is clear: the trappings of sovereignty of what amount to papier-mâché governments under occupation will never liberate a nation. What they have done, and what this government will certainly contribute to further, is transforming a national liberation movement into … Continue reading Why PA’s New Prime Minister Heads a Papier-Mâché Government
هنا ثلاثة اقتراحات للممولين لأخذها بعين الاعتبار: تعزيز الاعتماد على الذات في سد الحاجات الأساسية كالمواد الغذائية ووقف التدهور الحاصل في القطاع الزراعي؛ ودعم التعاونيات والمبادرات الاقتصادية المحلية؛ ومساعدة قطاعات كقطاع تكنولوجيا المعلومات الذي بإمكانه اختراق الحواجز الاسرائيلية المقامة حول … Continue reading نحو أجندة تمويلية بديلة للمساعدات الدولية للفلسطينيين
An alternative aid model would focus donors on ways to counter dispossession, keep Palestinians on their land, and challenge Israel’s occupation policies and practices without forfeiting the ability to function in the OPTs. Here are three things donors can consider: … Continue reading A New Approach to Palestinian Aid
It is time to look for alternative models of aid, ones that do not simply seek new ways for the Palestinians to cope with life under occupation, but rather challenge the status quo while enabling Palestinians to survive, by, for … Continue reading World Bank Policies Persistently Fail Palestinians
At the end of the day the message is short and clear: until the Palestinians themselves, and only themselves, revolt against the Fatah-Hamas enterprise, the status quo will remain dominant and hence the colonial occupation will continue with its ground-plan … Continue reading Fatah and Hamas: An Elusive Reconciliation
Acknowledging the complexity of the Palestinian situation, it is surely time for a new revolt against the occupation, for the sake of human dignity and freedom. Published at Open Democracy, 30 December, 2011. Click Here To Read The Article Continue reading Seven Reasons for Palestinians in the West Bank to Seek Real Change
Unfortunately, on returning from Ramallah to London, flying via the obligatory Amman as a Palestinian living in the West Bank, I encountered a new form of incarceration as we went through Israeli airspace which I might call, ‘plane arrest’. Published … Continue reading ‘Prisoners’ of Israeli Airspace
As a Palestinian youth studying in Europe, who benefits from its values of general respect for human beings and their freedoms, I wish that Europe will this stand up for its own values. Published at MaanNews Agency English, 9 September, … Continue reading Europe, Are You Ready to Stand by Palestine?
It is 2050 and I am sending this postcard from the Palestinian post office located near the Damascus Gate in the old city of Jerusalem. Published at Open Democracy, 17 July, 2011. Click Here To Read The Article Continue reading Peace in the Middle East
Despite Judge Goldstone’s personal conviction that ‘it was not any army policy to target civilians in Gaza’, it is the responsibility of the UN and the international community now, as before, to endorse recommendations made by more than one individual, … Continue reading Why Reconsider Your Report Judge Goldstone?
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains the heart of the persistent crisis in the Middle East. But within the persistent revolutionary wave, new questions on the issue have been raised. Most importantly, where are the Palestinian people? Why they are ‘relatively’ silent, … Continue reading Will the Palestinians Keep Silent?
Negotiations in their current settings can never bring any good news to Palestinians either inside or outside the occupied territories, simply because those who are negotiating are not free men. If negotiation will lead one day to the end of … Continue reading ‘New’ Direct Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations: Doomed
Is it good news for the OECD itself to accept the membership of a country that violates the fundamental values of the OECD? Is it good news for the peace process in the Middle East where the international community may … Continue reading Will Turkey Veto Israel’s OECD Membership?
Alaa Tartir, Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen 