Al-Shabaka

In this roundtable debate, Al-Shabaka Analyst Nijmeh Ali and Al-Shabaka Palestine Policy Fellow Yara Hawari argue against and for the boycott, respectively. What do Palestinian citizens of Israel gain by participating in the Israeli elections? By boycotting them? Nijmeh Ali: Participating in the elections allows Palestinians to organize themselves internally, conduct political debates, and lobby […]

By Zena Agha | – (Al-Shabaka) – Climate change is among the greatest threats currently facing human life. Its effects are global, wide-ranging, and unequally distributed. Despite Palestinians and Israelis inhabiting the same physical terrain, Palestinians under occupation will suffer the effects of climate change more severely. The single greatest non-environmental risk facing Palestinians in […]

by Nada Awad | – The Israeli authorities forcibly transferred Palestinian Nadia Abu Jamal from Jerusalem in 2017, following the demolition of her family home in 2015. Israel’s National Insurance Institute also revoked healthcare and other social security entitlements from Abu Jamal’s three children, two of whom suffer from chronic medical conditions. The orders came […]

By Ibrahim Fraihat | – (Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network) – The October 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi by agents of the Saudi government in Istanbul brought into sharp relief the deepening relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel: Israel had supplied Pegasus spyware to the Saudi government, which it used to surveille Khashoggi, and two […]