Since the Oslo I Accord was signed in 1993, international donors have expended more than $50bn in foreign aid in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). That funding has been channelled through a western development model that was designed, at least on the surface, to foster Palestinian economic and … Continue reading Palestine: How Western Aid Enables Israel’s Colonialism
Over $45 billions of international donor aid has been spent in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1993. This funding is disbursed with limited oversight or control by Palestinians, despite having tremendous influence over their governing structures and daily lives, in … Continue reading Opaque and Inaccessible: International Donor Aid Funding to Palestine 2017-2021
What is politically conditioned funding? How does it impact Palestinian civil society and the Palestinian liberation movement at large? These questions and more are addressed in this public webinar on politically conditioned funding that we organized in the context of … Continue reading Funder or Censor? How Politically Conditioned Funding Undermines Palestinian Self-determination
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
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
This brief on Palestine is part of a report series from the Evaluation Department – “Country Evaluation Briefs” (CEB) – collecting and summarising existing evaluation findings from selected Norwegian focus countries. The purpose is to make relevant, systematically collected and … Continue reading Country Evaluation Brief: Palestine
Empowering Palestinians means equipping them with the tools to resist Israeli settler colonial rule and enhancing their capacities for solidarity, resilience and steadfastness. International aid actors must recognize and accept that development under military occupation and colonization means first and … Continue reading Militarization of Palestinian Aid
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
Alaa Tartir, Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen 