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

At a Pal-Think–Friedrich Ebert seminar: questions over the media's and academia's role in advancing national reconciliation — Pal-Think and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation held the first seminar of the «Face the Public» programme: «Supporting Palestinian reconciliation academically and in the media» —…
Visions for Palestinian reconciliation: hasten it, shut out foreign interference, strengthen self-reliance, and value Egypt's role — As the reconciliation agreement was signed and the interim government took shape, academics, specialists and civil-society activists joined a Pal-Think seminar on «Visions for…
Working papers of the seminar «Supporting Palestinian reconciliation, the interim government and elections» — Seminar papers: Dr. Khaled Safi on «Palestinian reconciliation: the challenges of reality and the horizons of the future», and Prof. Hussein Abu Shanab on the media's role in…
The United States may be heading towards talking to Hamas — By Zvi Bar'el (Haaretz), translated by Jehad Abusalim for Pal-Think: how would Israel respond if a senior American official announced the United States was ready to talk to…
Must the Palestinians recognise Israel as a Jewish state? — By Hussein Ibish (Foreign Policy), translated by Jehad Abusalim for Pal-Think: most observers expected Netanyahu to castigate the Palestinians for the Fatah–Hamas reconciliation…
There is not one reason for Mr. Salam Fayyad to remain prime minister — or even finance minister — There is not one reason to hold on to Salam Fayyad as prime minister or even finance minister — there are dozens of reasons to reject the proposition entirely, in the name of the…
Under Pal-Think's sponsorship, workers distribute Palestinian flags in support of reconciliation — On International Workers' Day the Labour Resources Centre, sponsored by Pal-Think, launched an appeal to end the division and achieve national unity — distributing Palestinian…
It is time for the Arabs to stand with Egypt — By Omar Shaban. Three months since the Egyptian revolution succeeded in replacing the regime in a deeply civilised manner that impressed foe before friend — a revolution that…
A reading of «The Politics of Change in Palestine: State-Building and Non-Violent Resistance» — A reading of the book «Politics of change in Palestine: state-building and peaceful resistance» — Palestinians are entitled to say there is no Israeli partner for peace, and the…
«One homeland, one blood» — The Palestinian Women's Development Association launched a symbolic blood-donation campaign at its Gaza headquarters — encouraging all parts of society to advance reconciliation…
At Pal-Think's conference on rebuilding Gaza: reconstruction must not be politicised, and an independent committee should oversee it — Rain did not stop dozens of academics, specialists and civil-society activists from joining Pal-Think's Gaza reconstruction conference — «Two years after Sharm El-Sheikh: the…
Israeli journalist Gideon Levy: Israel's media diminishes the humanity of the Palestinians — From Yedioth Ahronoth, by Itamar Eichner, translated by Jehad Abusalim for Pal-Think: a lecture held during Israeli Apartheid Week at Ireland's oldest university and the storm it…