As of 2023, Mahmoud Abbas surpasses his democratic mandate as president of the Palestinian Authority by 14 years. And as speculation mounts about his successor, the question of his legacy lingers. In a new Al-Shabaka roundtable, policy analysts Tareq Baconi, Yara Hawari, Alaa Tartir, and Tariq Kenney-Shawa reflect on Abbas’s … Continue reading The Legacy of Mahmoud Abbas
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
What can we take away from the international response to the escalation, especially in relation to the US, UN, and EU? They all did what they do best: The US continued its unconditional support to Israel, the UN issued statements … Continue reading Palestine-Israel: Understanding the Lessons From Recent Escalations
The 18 May general strike across Palestine, called and led by non-conventional political actors (new emerging youth-led groups), the level of commitment toward this call, the launch of The Dignity and Hope Manifesto, the powerful narrative emerging and featured on mainstream written and televised media … Continue reading The Unity Intifada – A Manifesto for Dignity and Hope
Before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas postponed the Palestinian legislative elections, some observers thought that there would be fierce electoral competition that could lead to political change. Others argued that elections are the only way to achieve national unity and end … Continue reading A New Approach to Elections in Palestine
As in the waves of anger that erupted in October 2015 and July 2017, the current popular action in Jerusalem represents resistance politics in its most vibrant form. Such collective actions present a challenge to authorities and elites, and to their claims of … Continue reading Jerusalem protests: Palestine’s new generation rises up
When you have more than 70 development professionals from over 30 countries in the same virtual class for two and a half weeks, it’s all too good an opportunity to discuss with them the repercussions of Covid-19 on their professional practices. The views of … Continue reading A Transformation in Development Practices? A Discussion with Professionals
The so-called Abraham Accords are neither peace agreements nor historic breakthroughs, as is hailed by many observers. They are rather a prime example of the distortion of the very meaning of peace. At best, on one hand, they are a set … Continue reading Discord Around the Abraham Accords
Regardless of the PLO’s current semidormant status, it is still the body closest to Palestinian communities at home and in the diaspora. The only way out of the current political dead end is for Palestinians to revive and build their … Continue reading Why Palestinians Need to Reclaim the PLO
How can the PLO maintain accountability as both a national liberation movement and governing body? How might Hamas and Islamic Jihad be integrated after decades of exclusion? What models of Palestinian youth leadership can be further developed? Al-Shabaka analysts address … Continue reading Reclaiming The PLO, Re-Engaging Youth
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
ثمّة حاجة ملحّة إلى نقاش وجدل جدّيين، لإعادة تصور نظام السياسة والحكم الفلسطينيين، فثقافة الجدل هي جزء من التجديد، وإحدى الأدوات المهمة للخروج من الأزمات والانسدادات. وعليه، يرتبط تجديد الفكر السياسي الفلسطيني ارتباطاً وثيقاً بتحقيق الحرية وتقرير المصير، ولن نقترب … Continue reading نحو نظام سياسي فلسطيني تشاركي
“You have something in this world, so stand for it,” the Palestinian writer and political activist Ghassan Kanafani, who was assassinated by Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, once said. The Palestinians in Gaza, Haifa, Jerusalem, and elsewhere are doing precisely this: standing … Continue reading Palestinians Have Been Abandoned by Their Leaders
What are some of the key observations that can be taken from the cycle of confrontation and violence taking place in Palestine/Israel since October 2015? Six main conclusions can be drawn from this period. Published at The Middle East Eye, … Continue reading The Palestinian Intifada: Six Months, Six Observations
La Palestina andrà meglio nel 2016? C’è una qualche ragione di ottimismo e di speranza tra questi cupi avvenimenti e quanto sta accadendo attualmente? Secondo l’analista Alaa Tartir sì, nonostante tutto. Published at Near East News Agency, 25 February 2016. Click … Continue reading Palestina 2016: Uno Scenario Ottimistico
Est-ce que la Palestine ira mieux en 2016 ? Y-a-t’il des raisons d’être optimiste et d’espérer dans le contexte morose des évènements qui se produisent actuellement ? Je réponds oui, en dépit des difficultés…La concrétisation, en 2016, de ces raisons d’espérer et … Continue reading Palestine 2016 : Des Perspectives Optimistes
Will Palestine look any better in 2016? Are there any sources of optimism and hope amid these bleak facts and the current events unfolding? Yes, I argue, despite all the odds..The materialization of these sources of hope and optimism, or … Continue reading Palestine 2016: An Optimistic Outlook
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
Alaa Tartir, Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen 