Publications
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February 15, 2021 Organization/Author: Rosa paper
ICC and the Investigation into the Situation in Palestine
On 5 February 2021, over one year since the Office of the Prosecutor closed its second preliminary examination into the Situation in the State of Palestine, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its decision affirming that since the State of Palestine is a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal […]
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December 3, 2020 Organization/Author: Rosa paper
The Permit Regime: Controlling Demography and Fragmenting Geography
The Permit Regime: Controlling Demography and Fragmenting Geography By Issam Younis The Gaza Strip is considered the largest open-air prison in the world today. However, unlike the practices in normal prisons, this prison warden is dissociating himself from any responsibility towards the inmates. On the contrary, the warden is […]
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October 30, 2020 Organization/Author: Rosa paper
The U.S. Elections and the Question of Palestine
US Elections and the Palestinian cause
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September 2, 2020 Organization/Author: Rosa paper
Jordanian Teachers… The Issue Remains Open
The aim of this article is to provide an analysis of the recent developments starting from the July 25 decision of Amman’s Attorney-General to discontinue the work of the Jordanian Teachers Syndicate (JTS) Council and close down their offices. This was followed by arresting all the members of the JTS Council and a number of […]
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September 22, 2020 Organization/Author: Rosa paper
The US Presidential Elections: What Should Palestinians Expect?
The US presidential election is in under two months, and the stakes have never been higher as the country teeters towards collapse. The last six months alone have been marked by a woefully mismanaged global pandemic that has left over 184,000 Americans dead and 6 million infected with the COVID-19 virus, a plunging economy rivaling […]
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Palestinian Economy
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, and economic tools such as monetary policy. This has resulted in […]
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April 2, 2020 Organization/Author: Rosa paper
A Glimpse into the COVID-19 Crisis in the Context of Palestine
By Zeina Amro It might seem obvious that COVID-19 hits all countries the same way. After all, a virus does not discriminate. Yet in the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the political reality affects how the consequences of the virus are distributed among the population. Clearly, the pre-existing political determinants of Palestinians’ health […]
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May 21, 2020 Organization/Author: Rosa paper
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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August 16, 2020 Organization/Author: Rosa paper
Flowers Under Siege: Gaza’s Withering Floral Industry
Flower cultivation in the Gaza Strip began in the 1980s and flourished in the mid 1990s. Once known for growing citrus and fruit, the farmers of Gaza had been forced to change their produce due to the Israeli occupation policies amid the 1967 War, which resulted in evicting the people, and confiscating the land […]