On 28-30/5/2013, Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations held a fourth training course on Futures Studies at its headquarters in Beirut. About 20 members attended the three-day course which was facilitated by Prof. Dr. Walid ‘Abd al-Hay. The world-known specialist in futures studies introduced the trainees to the fundamentals of Futures Studies, their methodologies and techniques. The course explored some...
SummaryIsraeli discoveries of energy reserves in the eastern Mediterranean represent a major strategic development, given these reserves’ size and characteristics, and their long-term impact on politics, the economy, security, and even social dynamics in Israel. Israel’s vision is based on the notion that energy reserves are more important than the energy resources themselves. Israel wants to avoid at all costs...
Book reviewed by Dr. Maria Holt* for Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations. The so-called ‘Separation Wall’ being constructed by Israel to shield its citizens from Palestinians living in the West Bank has been described as ‘Israel’s latest, most brutal, most outrageous and most audacious form of exclusion and control’ (Usher 2006). While Israelis cite ‘security concerns’ and the threat...
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The Greek Ship to Gaza Initiative and Colleagues Publications have published recently the Greek version of The Suffering of the Palestinian Child under the Israeli Occupation. This version is the...
Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies & Consultations is glad to offer the seventh chapter of The Palestinian Strategic Report 2011/12, for free download. Chapter seven talks about the demographic indicators of...
Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations in Beirut published a new book casting light on the Israeli Army during 2000–2012. The book addresses, in 86 pages, the establishment of the...
Al-Zaytouna Centre offers the free download of “The Separation Wall in the West Bank,” the eighth book of “Am I not a Human?” series. This book clarifies the declared and...
Al-Zayotuna Harvest is an introduction to the 2012 works and achievements of al-Zaytouna Centre. It lists the books issued in 2012 and gives a...
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Palestinian economy will not grow if restrictions on it remain, ILO says. The ILO’s annual report on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories calls for the lifting...
This is the second year in which the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA) has outlined the key humanitarian concerns in the occupied Palestinian territory in...
Issued by: Palestinian Counselling Centre, Save the Children UK and Welfare Association. Executive Summary: Since Israel’s 1967 occupation of the West Bank, including Jerusalem and Gaza, it is estimated that...
By: Richard Falk. “In occupied Palestine, there’s no distorting the facts on the ground” – UN Special Rapporteur. “Neither Israel nor its proxies can justify the facts on the ground...
One year on, EU falls short on promise to Palestinians. A year after all 27 EU countries committed to challenging settlement expansion, forced displacement, and demolition of Palestinian property in...
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