Tuesday, November 28, 10:00 PM EDT
The announcement below is for our forthcoming policy lab discussing the escalation of Israeli violence across the West Bank, which will be held in Arabic. We look forward to your participation in our next English policy lab. To view past policy labs in English, click here .
November 28: Participate in a live broadcast of the Network Policy Lab - The silent war on the West Bank
In light of the comprehensive war on the Gaza Strip, the occupation is escalating its tormenting measures against the Palestinians in the West Bank, where it launched large-scale military operations that led to the death of dozens of Palestinians, and gave free rein to the settlers, who have become clearly seeking to impose a new fait accompli, as since the beginning of the war they have displaced about 1,000 people. A Palestinian from dozens of Bedouin communities in the central and southern West Bank. All of this was accompanied by a noticeable increase in censorship and criminalization of Palestinian content on digital platforms, and the launching of systematic incitement and demonization campaigns against the Palestinians by the Zionist security and political establishment.
Where are things headed in the West Bank? What options are available in the West Bank to support Gaza? What are the alternative Palestinian leadership in the West Bank in light of the absence of the Palestinian Authority and the PLO from the battle? In the upcoming Policy Lab, Bilal Al-Shobaki and Amal Nazzal will join us with facilitator Fathi Nimer to discuss the current situation in the West Bank and the consequences of the Zionist escalation.
Bilal Al-Shoubaki , Head of the Political Science Department at Hebron University, Palestine. He is a policy analyst at the Palestinian Policy Network. He is the founder and coordinator of the dual master's degree program in Public and Cultural Diplomacy at Hebron University with the University of Siena, Italy. He has written books on political Islam, identity, democracy, and the Palestinian issue. He also leads the Hebron University team for a 3-year project: Strengthening national research capacity in politics, conflict resolution and reconciliation, funded by the European Union's Erasmus+ programme. He previously taught at An-Najah National University, Palestine and IIUM, Malaysia.
Amal Nazzal is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Birzeit University, Palestine. She obtained her PhD from the University of Exeter where she studied the relevance of Bourdieu's theory of practice in order to learn about different practices, mechanisms and dynamics in social and cultural organisations. Specifically, she focused on politically motivated social movements, and also conducted research on social capital, social network theory, digital ethnography, and social media content analysis. She worked closely with the Palestinian Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and 7amla Center - the Arab Center for Social Media Development.
Fathi Nimer is Al-Shabaka's policy fellow in Palestine. He previously worked as a research associate at the Arab World Center for Research and Development, a teaching fellow at Birzeit University, and a program officer at the Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies. He holds a master's degree in political science from Heidelberg University, and is a co-founder of the website DecolonizePalestine.com, and is considered one of the knowledge references on the Palestinian issue. His research focuses on political economy and engagement politics. His current focus is food sovereignty, agroecology, and the economy of resistance in Palestine.
About the Policy Lab Program: The network’s Palestinian Policy Lab program is a live webcast that gives the public the opportunity to interact directly with the network’s expert analysts as they formulate policies and strategies related to Palestine. Policy Lab meetings are free and open to public participation, and followers are always open to participating in policy discussions.