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

Local initiatives to solve the Gaza Strip's electricity crisis — Pal-Think and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation held the third workshop of the renewable-energy project, presenting local initiatives in renewable-energy production as a sustainable…
An economist: members of the Quartet are seriously considering withdrawing from it — Economist Omar Shaban, Pal-Think's director, said he had very particular information that some members of the international Quartet are seriously considering withdrawing from it —…
Brainstorming session: the foundations of dialogue among young people when they disagree — The Youth Forum for Tolerance held a brainstorming session, «Mechanisms and foundations of dialogue», promoting the values of unity, tolerance and the culture of dialogue among…
Experts call for sustainable energy as a strategic answer to Gaza's electricity crisis — Seeking environment-friendly alternatives to current energy, Pal-Think and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation held a discussion with academic institutions, university professors and…
The Hamas government's 2014 budget reflects a financial and political crisis — The Hamas bloc's approval of the 2014 budget in the Legislative Council came in very harsh conditions: a sharp fall in taxes on goods from Egypt after the tunnels' closure, and…
Pal-Think and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung hold a discussion on the importance of renewable energy — Pal-Think and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation held a discussion on «The importance of renewable energy», under the project «Renewable energy as a sustainable solution to Gaza's…
Pal-Think and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung sign an agreement launching «Renewable energy as a sustainable answer to Gaza's electricity crisis» — Pal-Think is pleased to announce a joint cooperation agreement with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) — continuing its work as an independent Palestinian research institution…
The Youth Forum for Tolerance holds a workshop on youth's role in facing crises and disasters — The Youth Forum for Tolerance held the workshop «Youth's role in dealing with crises and disasters» at Gaza's Commodore Hotel, with more than 250 participants from across…
A reading of Gaza's electricity crisis and the ways to confront it — By Omar Shaban. Gaza's electricity crisis is as terrifying as the occupation and as chronic as the negotiations, and it receives no more official attention than reconciliation…
It is time for Sisi, Abbas, Dahlan and Meshaal to meet — By Omar Shaban. The Middle East is in a phase of strategic formation. Hamas, Egypt, Fatah and the Palestinian Authority are each in crisis, however different — and when all are in…
Towards rethinking the European Union's relationship with the Palestinian question — By Omar Shaban. With the United States monopolising the peace process between the Palestinian Authority and Israel and sidelining the UN, EU, Russia and China, and after the…
Is Kerry's plan for the Palestinian economy a nuclear document?! — The Davos conference on the Dead Sea in May 2013 crowned the official return to negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, where Secretary of State John Kerry…