Neo-Liberalism for Development and Weberian State-Building in Palestine: Fayyadism, Aid Dependency and Disarmament
In the post-Arafat era, dramatic changes took place in the Palestinian polity and system of governance. These transformations have created a new style of governance and state-building in the West Bank, Fayyadism. This home-grown even though externally sponsored style of … Continue reading Neo-Liberalism for Development and Weberian State-Building in Palestine: Fayyadism, Aid Dependency and Disarmament
Understanding The Fayyadism Paradigm: The ‘New’ West Bank After 2006
In the post-Arafat era, dramatic changes took place in the Palestinian polity and systems of governance, and in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict dynamics. Alternative routes were pursued as a result of various multilevel interactions between inward and outward international, regional and … Continue reading Understanding The Fayyadism Paradigm: The ‘New’ West Bank After 2006
The Youth’s Social and Economic Condition and the Revolutions
Why the Intifada Is Inevitable? The continuous failures of the leadership of Fatah and Hamas to reach a genuine political rapprochement; The acts of corruption and lack of legitimacy of the governments and authorities in both West Bank and Gaza; … Continue reading The Youth’s Social and Economic Condition and the Revolutions
Palestine at a Crossroads: Old Occupation, New Middle East- Fayyadism and the Palestinian Spring
Advancing few arguments: The occupied state of Palestine is an outcome of the neoliberal Fayyadism paradigm and another regional and international Failure; Due to the neoliberal Fayyadism and its security agenda, there is no revolution in Palestine; Aid dependency; PA … Continue reading Palestine at a Crossroads: Old Occupation, New Middle East- Fayyadism and the Palestinian Spring
Book Review – The Politics of the Palestinian Authority: From Oslo to Al-Aqsa
This book adds a significant and distinctive contribution to the scholarly work on Palestine and indeed it is a must-read not only for all of those interested in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but also for scholars researching conflict-affected areas, processes of … Continue reading Book Review – The Politics of the Palestinian Authority: From Oslo to Al-Aqsa
PA Industrial Zones: Cementing Statehood or Occupation?
Industrial zones are criticized in the Arab region and beyond. The problem is much worse in the occupied Palestinian territory because the zones help Israel “normalize” its occupation, as Al-Shabaka Programme Director Alaa Tartir sets out in this trenchant commentary. … Continue reading PA Industrial Zones: Cementing Statehood or Occupation?
المناطق الصناعية للسلطة الفلسطينية: ترسيخ للدولة أم الاحتلال؟
تواجه المناطق الصناعية انتقادات في الوطن العربي وما وراءه. ولكن المشكلة أسوأ بكثير في الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة لأن المناطق الصناعية تُعيِن إسرائيل على “تطبيع” وإدامة احتلالها، كما يبيِّن مدير برامج الشبكة علاء الترتير في تعليقه اللاذع. وهو يدعو الحركة الشبابية … Continue reading المناطق الصناعية للسلطة الفلسطينية: ترسيخ للدولة أم الاحتلال؟
نحو أجندة تمويلية بديلة للمساعدات الدولية للفلسطينيين
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
Cheap Occupation, Wasted Money, Political Guilt and Wrong Policies
Development is a cumulative, complementary, economic, social and political process that fundamentally seeks to liberate human beings from dependency and humiliation. This process emancipates human beings by freeing them from poverty, inequality, fear and oppression, empowering them to cultivate their … Continue reading Cheap Occupation, Wasted Money, Political Guilt and Wrong Policies
Jericho Agro-Industrial Park: A Corridor for Peace or Perpetuation of Occupation?
The agro-industrial park in Jericho and all the problems that surround it provide another opportunity for the major actors in the development process in occupied Palestine, including the donor community, the PA, the private sector and civil society to rethink … Continue reading Jericho Agro-Industrial Park: A Corridor for Peace or Perpetuation of Occupation?
The Impact of the International Aid and Policy Prescriptions on the Palestinian Steadfastness and Development
Push for alternative development and aid paradigm: rights-based approach; Coalitions towards reforming the international financial institutions as the World Bank and IMF; Shift from supporting the trapped peace process, to support the steadfastness and resistance economy; and BDS can be … Continue reading The Impact of the International Aid and Policy Prescriptions on the Palestinian Steadfastness and Development
Impact of the Israeli Occupation and Apartheid on the Socio-Economic Conditions of the Palestinian Youth
Economic Perspective with Political Flavour: Launch an economic-rights campaign for Palestinian youth; Reject the so-called economic peace, better politics will do it; Help in the sustainability of the small enterprises and the innovative youth initiatives. Paper presented at the World … Continue reading Impact of the Israeli Occupation and Apartheid on the Socio-Economic Conditions of the Palestinian Youth
A New Approach to Palestinian Aid
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
World Bank Policies Persistently Fail Palestinians
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
Podcast: Alaa Tartir on Building a Sustainable Palestinian “Resistance Economy”
“What Palestinians need under occupation is a resistance economy. They need an economy that can support them in order to face the occupation, and eventually to end the occupation.” – Alaa Tartir, on this week’s podcast Interviewed by Nora Barrows-Friedman, The … Continue reading Podcast: Alaa Tartir on Building a Sustainable Palestinian “Resistance Economy”
Persistent Failure: World Bank Policies for the Occupied Palestinian Territories
The recent World Bank growth report frankly concludes that the Palestinian economy is fragile and dependent on foreign aid: No surprises there. Far more surprising – not to say shocking – are the Bank’s irrelevant and sometimes harmful recommendations, as … Continue reading Persistent Failure: World Bank Policies for the Occupied Palestinian Territories
إخفاق مستمر: سياسات البنك الدولي للأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة
يخلُص تقرير البنك الدولي الأخير بشأن النمو، صراحةً، إلى أن الاقتصاد الفلسطيني هشٌّ ومعتمدٌ على المساعدات الدولية، ولا غرابةً في ذلك. أمّا الدهشة – إن لم نقل الصدمة – فتكمن في توصيات البنك عديمةِ الصلة والمضرةِ أحيانًا، كما يكشف مدير … Continue reading إخفاق مستمر: سياسات البنك الدولي للأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة
المنطقة الصناعية الزراعية في أريحا: ممر سلام أم إدامة احتلال؟
في نهاية المطاف فإن محاججتنا واضحة و صريحة:فمشروع المنطقة الصناعية الزراعية في أريحا يشكل أنموذجاً آخرَ لنهج الدوران حول المشكلة وعدم عنونة جذورها؛ بمعنى أن هذا المشروع لم يُبنَ بهدف مجابهة وتحدي الاحتلال والاشتباك معه، وإنّا من أجل فرض سلامٍ … Continue reading المنطقة الصناعية الزراعية في أريحا: ممر سلام أم إدامة احتلال؟
Security in Hybrid Political Contexts: An End-User Approach
This paper is based upon a systematic peer-led review of literature on hybrid security arrangements in fragile and conflict-affected spaces. The overall objective is to answer the question: What is the evidence that hybrid security arrangements benefit end-users in fragile … Continue reading Security in Hybrid Political Contexts: An End-User Approach
The Intertwined Relation between Gaza’s Tunnels and the Israeli Siege
Dependency theorists have often used the words distorted or disarticulated or deformed to describe dependent economies. Today it is hard to find a more distorted or disarticulated economy than that of the Gaza Strip under the draconian blockade imposed by … Continue reading The Intertwined Relation between Gaza’s Tunnels and the Israeli Siege
Book Review – Palestinian Politics and the Middle East Peace Process: Consensus and Competition in the Palestinian Negotiating Team
Ghassan Khatib was a part of the Palestinian leadership and was present during peace negotiations on the Israeli-Palestinian issue in Madrid and Washington DC. His book gives original insight and accounts from the 1990s peace process including those of the Washington … Continue reading Book Review – Palestinian Politics and the Middle East Peace Process: Consensus and Competition in the Palestinian Negotiating Team
Alaa Tartir, Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen 