De-development is not an unfortunate or coincidental outcome, but a deliberate and focused colonial strategy. To continue under these circumstances is to undertake an act of resistance: to farm Palestine is to farm for freedom. Published at The Middle East … Continue reading Palestinian farmers caught between Israeli rock and PA hard place
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
Alaa Tartir of the Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network explains that the Palestinian Economy is unable to grow or develop because the Israeli occupation controls all aspects of the economy. Continue reading Economic Dimensions Militarized Palestine- Part 2
This paper will, in a first part, retrace the evolutions of the Palestinian agricultural sector since the end of the 1970’s. We will then try and identify the main actors and debates in the Palestinian context. The last part will … Continue reading From Food Security to Food Sovereignty without a State: The Case of Palestine
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
Israel’s brutal crackdowns on Palestinians living under its occupation dominate the news, but other longer-term trends are equally worrying. The Palestinian Authority is confiscating more and more land from Palestinian farmers in order to build industrial zones, which strips farmers … Continue reading Palestinian Farmers: A Last Stronghold of Resistance
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
For Palestinians, agriculture is more than a source of income or an economic category in budgets and plans. It is tied to the people’s history, identity, and self-expression, and drives the struggle against Israel’s Separation Wall. In this brief, Lebanese … Continue reading Farming Palestine for Freedom
Alaa Tartir, Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen 