Knowledge Library

Pal-Think research output — studies, policy briefs and reports

Research paper: The Palestinian division and the fight against COVID-19 — Maysara Abu Sultan — Talk of coronavirus in Palestine began on 22 February 2020, when the prime minister closed every facility visited by a Korean tourist delegation later found infected. The paper…
Policy paper: Jordan in a shifting regional and international environment — scenarios ahead / Oraib Al-Rantawi — By Oraib Al-Rantawi. The paper examines Jordan's options in facing regional and international challenges — above all the fallout of the «deal of the century» — building on the…
Research paper: Gaza's migrants to Europe — between the dream and the reality / Jumana Abu Sinjer — This paper portrays the condition of Palestinian migrants and the trials of exile: compounded political, economic and social crises forced many to leave their country under living…
Research paper: The obstacles to e-learning in Palestine under COVID-19 / Areej Ali Jreid — Palestine was among the first Arab states to declare an emergency and adopt social distancing when the coronavirus spread, turning within its limited means to remote learning. The…
«Palestine 2030»: a decade of clarity and renewal — «Palestine 2030» — launched by the Palestine Strategic Thinking Group with Pal-Think and MADAR — is the product of three years' research: twelve papers on the Palestinian question…
Natural gas follows oil towards a collapse below zero — By Omar Shaban. Natural gas is expected to be the second commodity to see prices collapse below zero, as oil did last April — and the crash in gas may be sharper still, since the…
Trump's «deal»: consequences and responses — Trump's «deal of the century» would have Palestinians recognise Israel as a Jewish state with all Jerusalem its capital, renounce the right of return, accept the annexation of the…
The donors meet in Brussels today — with everyone in crisis — By Omar Shaban. The donors' conference for the Palestinian Authority convenes today in Brussels — some 40 states and institutions, with World Bank, Quartet and UN reports on the…
On abolishing Oslo and dismantling the Palestinian Authority — By Omar Shaban. Many Palestinians have never stopped demanding the annulment of the 1993 Oslo Accords between the PLO and the Israeli government. Meant to end hostility and open…
International organisations put make-up on a painful reality — By Omar Shaban. International organisations often praise Gazans' «resilience» under blockade. The beautiful word means only that the siege has not yet killed them — flattering to…
Fighting poverty in Gaza demands developmental interventions — By Omar Shaban. Gaza grows poorer with every sunrise: the middle class — the keeper of a healthy society's balance — is dissolving, while the poor and destitute swell into the…
The oil-price shock will hasten the move to living with COVID-19 — By Omar Shaban. I wrote weeks ago that the world could not endure this economic paralysis and would move from lockdown to living with the virus. Oil prices collapsing far below…