In 1993, the Oslo accords launched a transitional process that was supposed to end in May 1999 with a Palestinian state in all of the West Bank, including Jerusalem,...

Al-shabaka policy brief Overview U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s highly publicized efforts to foster negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Oslo...

Introduction According to international law and even the Israeli legal system, no one should be detained for their political beliefs. However, this is not the reality in the occupied...

Introduction The idea of a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation, which first emerged four decades ago, has resurfaced in recent months and is creating something of a controversy. The origins of the...

,p>Prior to Operation Pillar of Defence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party Likud had been declining in popularity. Netanyahu was also threatened by an opposition alliance of the former...

The EU-Israel Association Agreement is the legal framework upon which relations between Israel and the European Union are based. It was signed in 1995 and came into effect in...

Introduction The status of prisoners of war is a very complicated issue in international humanitarian law. Many people think – wrongly – that all of the Palestinian prisoners in...

Zionist political thought continues to propose projects based on the eradication of the Palestinians as a people or, at the very least, their marginalisation inside the state of Israel....

Israel’s occupation of Jerusalem has for all intents and purposes strangled its Arab population. The restrictive policies enforced in; construction, planning, land appropriation, investment in infrastructure and services are...

Introduction – Who, or what, is Shin Bet? Known at different times by various names (the General Security Service , the Israeli Security Agency , Shabak], Shin Bet is...

A Caabu Briefing Paper 1. Introduction 1.1 The Oslo Accords which were intended to lead to peace between Israelis and Palestinians were signed as long ago as 1993. Yet...

There has been much talk over the past ten years about the “new Middle East” which America has called for. This US project is based around four main areas:...

The Israeli government sets a state budget which is allocated to all sectors of society. Claims of economic discrimination are rife given the disparity in living conditions between Palestinian...

Following the leak of some 1600 documents a selection known as the Palestine Papers were released by Al Jazeera and the Guardian newspaper; they highlight previously unknown details relating...

Briefing Paper – October 2010By Sawsan Ramahi Hebron is one of the oldest cities in Palestine, perhaps one of the oldest in the world, and is located in the...

Briefing Paper – September 2010 A step towards another historic handshake, perhaps, but not necessarily a solution. Preamble The latest round of Middle East “peace talks” is under way....