Articles & Opinions

Articles and opinion from Pal-Think researchers

The Swiss paper: a roadmap for resolving one of the division's gravest consequences and achieving national unity — By Omar Shaban. «The Swiss Paper» is the road map proposed to resolve one of the division's thorniest legacies — the employees file created by the 2007 split — prepared by…
International funding between political instrumentalisation and humanitarian purpose — Conditional and unconditional international funding is an old question, born with the first trade and cultural exchange between peoples. September 11 hardened North-to-South…
Pal-Think's Civic Education Forum holds awareness sessions on democracy and the Palestinian electoral system — The Civic Education Forum, supervised by Pal-Think, ran awareness meetings over Zoom for Palestinian university students, focused on democracy and political participation in the…
Radio episode: Schools under COVID-19 — Pal-Think aired a radio episode, «Schools under COVID», within the Atlas Network-supported «Gaza Confronts Corona» project, hosting educational inspector Dr. Nasser Al-Yafawi on…
Radio episode: The pandemic's toll on Gaza's tourism sector — Pal-Think aired a radio episode on the pandemic's toll on Gaza's tourism sector, within the Atlas Network-supported «Gaza Confronts Corona» project, hosting Moeen Abu Al-Khair,…
Ten days to Brexit: hard exit or soft? — By Omar Shaban. European and British negotiators press on night and day towards a Brexit deal before the non-extendable deadline of 31 December 2020. Will Britain leave with a…
The fading golden age of oil and its consequences for Middle-East geopolitics — The vast oil revenues of the Arab exporting states — the Gulf above all — have shaped their societies, produced a new value system, and drawn the geopolitical contours of the…
The coming struggle will be over access to the COVID-19 vaccine — The Economist forecast that the race for the COVID-19 vaccine would be one of the sharpest arenas of inter-state competition in 2021 — with 55 million infections and more than 1.3…
Radio episode: The pandemic's toll on Gaza's productive sectors — An episode of the Atlas Network-supported «Gaza Confronts Corona» project hosting Rami Khalaf on the pandemic's effects on Gaza's productive sectors, particularly textiles and…