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Al-Shabaka

Israel/ Palestine
Occupation in the Time of COVID-19: Holding Israel Accountable for Palestinian Health

Occupation in the Time of COVID-19: Holding Israel Accountable for Palestinian Health

Al-Shabaka

By Yara Asi Israel has directly contributed to the deterioration of Palestinians’ health during the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Al-Shabaka policy analyst, Yara Asi, explores the different ways in which Israel has impacted Palestinians’ ability to respond to and mitigate the disastrous effects of the pandemic, and recommends approaches to addressing the […]

Israel/ Palestine
If it is Tuesday, this must be Occupied Palestine: Tourism in the Service of Israeli Colonialism

If it is Tuesday, this must be Occupied Palestine: Tourism in the Service of Israeli Colonialism

Al-Shabaka

By Halah Ahmad | – ( Al-Shabakah) – Tourism has been critical to the Zionist enterprise since the first Zionists settled Palestine. Al-Shabaka policy analyst Halah Ahmad explores the role of tourism, and especially religious tourism, in propagating the Zionist and Israeli-state narratives, focusing on the damaging impacts of Israeli settlement tourism in illegally occupied […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Refugees expelled by Israel to Lebanon are caught in its Multilayered Crisis

Palestinian Refugees expelled by Israel to Lebanon are caught in its Multilayered Crisis

Al-Shabaka

By Jaber Suleiman | – (Al-Shabaka) – The disastrous explosion that struck Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, greatly exacerbated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which followed on the heels of the severe financial crisis that had led to massive popular protests in late 2019. The Lebanese economy is now in almost total collapse […]

Israel
Understanding Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Political Survival

Understanding Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Political Survival

Al-Shabaka

By Nijmeh Ali | – Overview ( Al-Shabaka.org ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dominated Israeli politics for nearly 25 years, first between 1996 and 1999 and then again since 2009. Winning a total of five elections, he has become the longest-serving prime minister in the country’s history and has laid the foundation […]

Israel Lobbies
Is Sympathy for the Plight of Occupied Palestinians winning the American University?

Is Sympathy for the Plight of Occupied Palestinians winning the American University?

Al-Shabaka

By Hatem Bazian | – ( Al Shabakah) – Palestine Legal recently published a report noting that the majority of suppression of Palestine advocacy in the US targets students and faculty. In particular, 89% of such incidents occurred on college campuses in 2014, and 74% in 2019. While these statistics illuminate the current struggle that […]

Israel/ Palestine
Radical Futures: When Palestinians Imagine

Radical Futures: When Palestinians Imagine

Al-Shabaka

“We must tell stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe… Remember this: another world is not only possible, she is on her way.” – Arundhati Roy

Bernie Sanders
Palestinians: Why whether Sanders or Biden Wins the Democratic Primary Matters for the Mideast

Palestinians: Why whether Sanders or Biden Wins the Democratic Primary Matters for the Mideast

Al-Shabaka

By Halah Ahmad | – (Al Shabaka) – Leading US Democratic presidential candidates have chosen to address, among other progressive platforms, the rising demand for racial justice reforms, from prison reform to school funding and reparations. In particular, candidates have embraced reforms that respond to grassroots movements against police brutality and a host of criminal […]

Israel/ Palestine
The Systematic Torture of Palestinians in Israeli Detention

The Systematic Torture of Palestinians in Israeli Detention

Al-Shabaka

By Yara Hawari (Al-Shabaka) – Since the establishment of Israel in 1948, the Israeli Security Agency has been torturing Palestinians. Al-Shabaka Senior Palestine Policy Fellow Yara Hawari argues that the use of torture in Israeli detention is systematic and legitimized through domestic law, and outlines steps for the international community to hold Israel to account […]

Israel
Debate: Should Palestinian Citizens of Israel Boycott Tuesday’s Elections?

Debate: Should Palestinian Citizens of Israel Boycott Tuesday’s Elections?

Al-Shabaka

By Nijmeh Ali and Yara Hawari | – (Al-Shabaka) – Palestinian citizens of Israel earlier this year organized a campaign to boycott the April Knesset elections. Under the banner of the “Popular Campaign for the Boycott of the Zionist Elections,” the campaign called on Palestinians to refuse participation in the Israeli general elections so as […]

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