The Facts on the Ground Deny any Practical Possibility for Establishing a Palestinian StateOn Wednesday 25/4/2012, Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations held, at its headquarters in Beirut, a panel discussion entitled "The West Bank: Between the State Project and Settlement Building." The panel discussed the possibility of establishing a viable Palestinian state while Israel is still imposing facts on...
Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations held a lecture in its headquarters in Beirut entitled “Spotlight on Islamic-Christian Relations in Ramallah in Late Ottoman Era and During British Mandate Based on Records of Ramallah Municipality.” The lecture was delivered on 28/6/2011 by Dr. Sameeh Hammoudeh, the political science professor at Beirzeit University. It was attended by a select of intellectuals...
Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations in Beirut held a panel discussion under the title “The Palestinian Refugees’ Right of Return… 15/5/2011 as a Model.” The discussion tackled the recent Palestinian popular movements marking the anniversary of the Nakbah (the catastrophe) and which were organized in different countries simultaneously. The panel discussion was held on 25/5/2011 and brought together a...
Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations organized a panel discussion under the title "The Implications of the Arab World's Uprisings on the Palestinian Issue". The discussion was held at the Centre on Thursday 10/3/2011, and brought together a select of intellectuals and academics in the field of Palestinian and Arab Studies. Significant among the discussants were:- Dr. Mohsen Saleh, expert...
On Thursday 13/1/ 2011, Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations held a conference, entitled “The Palestinian Issue: Strategic Evaluation 2010 – Strategic Assessment 2011”. The conference, held at the Crowne Plaza in Beirut, evaluated the developments in the Palestinian issue at its different levels during 2010, in addition to attempts at foreseeing possible tracks in 2011...
By Dr. Daud Abdullah ... The strength of the Israel lobby and its political warfare operations is often associated with the United States. Until recently, very little research had been conducted into the lobby’s activities and influence on European policy....
By: Mr. John McHugo ... Britain has had a longer involvement with the Palestine issue than any other Western country, going back to the Balfour Declaration. This is not a history lecture, and I take a background in the basic history of the Palestinian issue for granted when addressing this distinguished audience,...
by Alastair Crooke ... A 'peace process' that, from its inception, took Israel's self-definition of its own security needs as the sole determinate of the walls within which any solution for Palestinians was to be conducted, has reached exhaustion. Based on such a reductive premise, its arrival at this deathly nadir,...