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Impact of COVID-19 on the Palestinian Economy
To read on PDF click here By Dr. Samia Botmeha The Palestinian economy functions under severe constraints arising mainly from structural distortions caused by the Israeli occupation’s restrictions. Despite the peace process signed over 25 years ago, Palestinians still lack control over vital domains as natural resources, labor and goods mobility, borders, land zoning, […]
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Photo essay – Flowers Under Siege: Gaza’s Withering Floral Industry
To read on PDF By: Duha Al Musaddar, Abd Alkarim Al-Reefi, Mohamed Al-Reefi The following are the stories of those who still continue to work in this sector, despite all the challenges. Instead of being sold to the local market as planned this year, the flowers have […]
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MADAR Releases new issue Qadaya Magazine titled: “Anti-Semitism, Zionism and the Question of Palestine”
The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies (MADAR) recently released Issue no. 78 of “Qadaya Isra’iliya” (Israeli Affairs) quarterly journal. This issue includes a file titled “Anti-Semitism, Zionism and the Question of Palestine”, which thoroughly discusses the transformations that befell the concept of Anti-Semitism, where the term was recently expanded by Israel and its […]
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Madar organizes a Panel titled “The Annexation is Faltering but was not Removed from the Agenda”
Ramallah: Israeli Knesset member from the Joint Arab List, Aida Touma, and prominent researcher Antoine Shalhat, saw that the protests taking place in Israel will likely have a dramatic impact on the political scene and the future of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Although the Annexation Plan is stumbling, it has not been removed […]
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Annexation Beyond the Discourse of One State and Two-States
By Mariam Barghouti The echoes of condemnation on the call of Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to formally annex almost one-third of the West Bank are beginning to dwindle. For the most part, many have been waiting to see what the Palestinian reaction would be rather than dealing with the issue at hand. […]
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Deal of the Century: The American-Israeli Plan to eliminate the Palestinian Question
Deal of the Century: The American-Israeli Plan to eliminate the Palestinian Question By: Muhannad Mustafa For PDF version click here This study is part of Madar’s Journal ” Qadya”, issue # 77, translated by Muna Abu Baker This paper discusses Israeli policies to conclusively resolve the Palestinian cause after the United States announced its […]
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When Pandemics Hit Militarized Urban Spaces
When Pandemics Hit Militarized Urban Spaces By Osama Tanous The dream for there to be a Jewish majority in the ‘eternal, undivided capital’ of the Jewish state has made East Jerusalem and its Palestinian population a special target to Israeli state violence in a more complex way than in different parts of the Occupied […]
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The Water Sector in the Gaza Strip – An (Un)solvable Problem? What Gaza and Munich have in Common
Original text in German by Clemens Messerschmid English translation by Katharina Konarek The water shortage in the Gaza Strip is almost proverbial. Every child knows that the narrow coastline has too many people and too little water. At least that is the apparent certainty of almost all reports. In 2012, A UN report predicted […]
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Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) holds a Panel titled “Agricultural Cooperatives Towards a Bright Future”
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) held a panel on Wednesday, 13 May 2020, titled “Agricultural Cooperatives Towards a Bright Future”. The panel was held via the ZOOM app and was simultaneously broadcasted on the foundation’s Facebook page. It discussed the legal status and policies related to cooperative work, as well as the current situation and […]
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Position Paper: What Kind of Palestinian Economy is Needed in light of the COVID-19 Crisis?
Issued by our partners “Social and Economic Policies Monitor (Al-Marsad)” The outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) showed the vulnerability of social welfare and healthcare systems in many developed countries and highlighted the risks of continuing with the current global economic approach. This approach was heavily criticized by several think tanks, research organizations, […]
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