Knowledge Library

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

Policy paper: Digital hate speech in Gaza — social media platforms and their effect on the social fabric — This policy paper addresses digital hate speech in the Gaza Strip during the war ongoing since October 2023, and analyses its destructive effect on the Palestinian social fabric…
Dismantling UNRWA: The End of the Refugee Question or the Start of a New Phase? — An analysis of the consequences of UNRWA funding cuts for Palestinian refugees, and a reading of the political agenda behind the drive to dismantle the UN agency.
Working paper: Palestinian youth and the future of governance — from marginalisation to political agency — Amid the political transformations of the Palestinian system after the latest war on Gaza, this paper opens a debate on the generational representation of youth in the structure…
The Two-State Illusion: Why Yesterday's Solutions Become Tomorrow's Obstacles — An opinion piece that unpacks the international discourse on the two-state solution, asking how realistic it is — and whom it serves — given the present facts on the ground.
The challenges of rebuilding and recovery: the day after the war and the future of Gaza's youth — Palestinian youth make up about 22% of the population, living under chronic political blockage, a dependent economy and shrinking civic space — caught, in effect, in a battle over…
Reconstruction Challenges: The Day After the War and the Future of Youth in Gaza — Palestinian youth are 22% of the population. This study surveys their condition in the war's aftermath, under chronic political blockage and a dependent economy, and sketches…
The state of Sudanese women's rights under the war — Wars offer tangible proof of legal systems' failure to protect human rights. In armed conflict, children and women become the vulnerable group and, most often, the foremost…
The Youth Leadership Deficit: When Young People Are Excluded from Shaping the Future — A diagnosis of the crisis of youth representation in Palestinian political and civic institutions, the forces excluding the new generation from decision-making, and proposals for…
The State of Sudanese Women's Rights amid the War — A comparative study of Sudanese women's rights under the continuing civil war, exposing legal systems' failure to protect human rights in times of armed conflict.
Working paper: Crisis prevention after the war — engineering transitional stability in Palestine between international recognitions and the Gaza reconstruction plans — After a long and devastating war, Palestine stands at a critical juncture demanding comprehensive rebuilding: the war left enormous human and material destruction in Gaza —…
Humanitarian aid as an instrument of domination: how distribution practices affect social cohesion, selfhood and individual agency in Gaza — At the heart of Gaza's extended humanitarian crisis, more than twenty-two months into the war, humanitarian aid has become an inseparable part of daily life for the Strip's…
Preventing Crises in the Post-War Phase: Engineering Transitional Stability in Palestine — A working paper on engineering transitional stability in Palestine. Damage in Gaza estimated at $30 billion by the UN, the World Bank and the EU calls for an integrated framework…