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When Leadership Becomes a Final Trench for the People
In this weary East where capitals fall, homelands disappear, and positions change with the first storm, Palestine stands as if it is the last story still resisting collapse, with a man at its helm carrying the pain of an entire people on his shoulders, a people that has known nothing but siege, betr...
Natsheh: Jerusalem Must Remain the Center of the Conflict and the Core of Political Decisi...
SadaNews - Major General Bilal Natsheh, Secretary-General of the National People’s Conference for Jerusalem, stated that the holy city is facing a systematic project to Judaize it, targeting the people, the place, and identity. This necessitates a strategic vision based on: enhancing the steadfastne...
Between Salary and Installment: What Do Loans Say About the Palestinian Economy?
In an economy burdened by fragility, it is not enough to ask about the size of loans; we must start with the people living under their weight. According to the 2024 Financial Stability Report issued by the Palestinian Monetary Authority, the percentage of borrowers to the adult population was about...
Suspended Legitimacy... Inactive Action: Who Governs the Standstill of Palestinian History...
The Palestinian predicament lies not in the absence of legitimacy nor in the lack of historical or moral meaning accumulated by the cause over decades of conflict and experience, but in the increasing disconnection between the surplus of legitimacy on one hand, and the structural inability to conver...
Once Again.. Just Before the Conclusion of the Eighth Fatah Movement Conference Season
There is a disparity between the weight of the Fatah Movement's struggle and history in the Gaza Strip on one hand, and the representation of the Strip in the leadership bodies and institutions of the authority on the other. If we establish a ratio between the population of the West Bank and the pop...
Preliminary Reading of Local Election Results
The results of the local elections suggest several implications that cannot be ignored, especially after a long absence during which elections were delayed, disrupted, and postponed for various reasons. This is not the time to delve into those reasons. These elections have revealed a set of data tha...
Between Washington's Desire for Calm and Netanyahu's Bet on the Continuation of War
The recent developments related to the confrontation with Iran reveal a profound political paradox: a U.S. administration inclined to end the war, versus an Israeli leadership that needs its continuation. This is not merely a gap in assessment, but a difference in the function of war itself within e...
Half Democracy… Zero Legitimacy
On a day that is supposed to be a democratic celebration, with eyes turned to the ballot boxes as the ultimate tool for renewing legitimacy, the ongoing municipal elections in Palestine reveal a sharp paradox: nearly half of the municipalities and village councils were decided by acclamation even be...
The Illusion of "Greater Israel"
Netanyahu and the leaders of the Zionist right speak of "Greater Israel" as if it were a reality, showcasing maps in public that display the borders of this imaginary state, which has never existed throughout history.
While we understand Zionism's promotion of this illusion as part of a pol...
Reading into the Draft Constitution (3-5)
(1) Equality and Non-Discrimination
Equality and non-discrimination represent a central and fundamental concept in the philosophy of democratic building or the description of the political system in the state and the writing of constitutions. Based on this concept, the consistency of its constituti...
Police and Security: The Safety Valve and Protectors of the Democratic Path in Palestine
In a homeland burdened by challenges, where political, security, and economic crises intertwine, the Palestinian security and police institution emerges as the solid foundation upon which community stability relies, and the trusted guardian of the path to democracy. Its mission is not limited to mai...
Dier al-Balah Elections: A Service Entitlement in an Open Political Vacuum
The Palestinian arena in the Gaza Strip is witnessing, amidst the ongoing genocide, a situation of administrative and political repositioning, the general features of which remain incomplete and undecided. In the absence of clear political stability, there is an increasing focus on local institution...