Knowledge Library

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

Humanitarian Aid as a Tool of Domination — More than 22 months into the war, humanitarian aid has become part of daily life. The study traces how it turned from an instrument of support into an instrument of control,…
Gaza's Water Crisis: Weapon or Neglect? — This analytical paper reads Gaza's water crisis through a rights-based and political lens, exposing the deliberate dimension in the destruction of water infrastructure and the use…
Working paper: Displacement, survival and the transformation of social bonds — how the war reshapes Gaza's community networks and collective behaviour — This paper analyses Gaza's disintegrative social transformations in depth and with neutrality, for policy experts, decision-makers, humanitarian actors and civil society — from…
Working paper: Building peace, democracy and civil harmony in Palestinian society — mechanisms and strategies for the recovery phase — Palestinian society has endured years of instability born of the failed settlement track, the internal division, and recurring wars and political, security and economic crises.
Displacement, Survival, and Shifting Social Bonds: How War Is Reshaping Community Networks and Collective Behavior in Gaza — A deep, impartial analysis of Gaza society's disintegrative transformations: the pre-war social background, the forms of family, class and spatial breakdown, and their effects on…
Pathways to Peacebuilding, Democracy, and Civil Peace in Palestinian Society: Mechanisms and Strategies for the Recovery Phase — Palestinian society lives in instability produced by the failed settlement track, internal division and recurring wars. The paper proposes approaches to strengthening civil peace…
Donor Conditionality: Does It Serve Development or Obstruct It? — A critical essay on the patterns of conditions international donors attach to supporting Palestinian civil society organisations, and how some of those conditions end up…
The impact of Gaza's humanitarian crisis on marginalised groups (women, children and persons with disabilities), 7 October 2023 – 15 June 2025 — On 7 October 2023, several thousand Palestinian fighters of Hamas's and Islamic Jihad's military wings attacked across Gaza's northern and eastern boundary. This report documents…
The Impact of the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip on Marginalized Groups (Women, Children, and Persons with Disabilities) — 7 October 2023 to 15 June 2025 — A report tracking the humanitarian crisis's impact on the most vulnerable groups across 20 months of war — women, children and persons with disabilities — documenting patterns of…
Working paper: Towards a more tolerant society — mechanisms against hate speech and bigotry, Gaza as a wartime case — In wars and catastrophes, destruction is not limited to material and human losses: it reaches into society's moral and social structure, breeding new tensions and multiplying…
Genocide Discourse in Western Media: Chosen Silence or Systematic Bias? — A critical analysis of Western media coverage of Gaza, tracking patterns of selective silence, misleading framing, and the deep unevenness in applying journalism's ethical…
Working paper: International organisations' efforts to protect human rights in Palestine — interventions and challenges — International law has shaped and governed the world across national and political borders: the International Criminal Court in The Hague seeks to set limits to wars and conflicts,…