Articles & Opinions

Articles and opinion from Pal-Think researchers

The Authority employees' salary crisis: grave consequences for the Palestinian political project — By Omar Shaban. The PA's financial crisis and inability to pay salaries has hurt every side of Palestinian life — eroding the Authority's popularity, the political system's…
The tunnel trade between Gaza and Sinai: capital without direction, direction without capital — By Omar Shaban. One challenge of reconciliation is re-absorbing the 55,000 PA employees in Gaza who were told to stop working under the Hamas government; no less important is…
On the Hamas government's budget: a small step on the long road to transparency — By Omar Shaban. From movement to government: until 2007 Hamas looked after its ten thousand members and its educational and social institutions on a budget of $4–5 million a…
The Youth Forum for Tolerance presents a Christmas tree to Gaza's Arab Orthodox church — The Youth Forum for Tolerance presented a Christmas tree as a symbolic gift to the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City — part of its work for religious tolerance among all…
Sport for unity and tolerance — The Youth Forum for Tolerance, with the volleyball federation, launched the «Volleyball of Tolerance» championship — sport for unity and tolerance — attended by Pal-Think's…
Gaza accepts no half-solutions and respects no half-leaders! / Eng. Tayseer Muhaisen — The modern Palestinian revolution has not yet achieved the goals it set out for — but it leaves a record rich in sacrifice and in moral and political achievement. This year's…
Workshop: «Activating youth's role in trade-union work» — The Youth Forum for Tolerance and the Labour Resources Centre held the workshop «Activating youth's role in union work», with more than eighty union and rights activists and…
A call to activate youth's role in political participation and decision-making — Speakers called for activating youth's role in Palestinian society — enabling them to shape policies and strategies and exercise oversight of government, legislative and…
Workshop: «How to improve the outcomes of higher education in Palestine» — Specialists and academics stressed rethinking teaching methods and activating courses and activities to serve information technology, the labour market and quality assurance in…