The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies
The contributors of this publication endeavor to address the multifaceted inquiries surrounding Israel's insistence on recognition as a Jewish state. Central among these inquiries is the question of why Israel specifically demands recognition as the national state for the Jewish people from the Palestinians, as opposed to any other nation. Furthermore, the book seeks to elucidate the objectives that Israel seeks to attain through such recognition by the PLO. It also delves into the ramifications that this recognition may have on the Palestinian population and examines the factors that render such recognition an arduous endeavor.
In the book, "National Planning in Israel: Strategies of Hegemony and Exclusion," authored by Yousef Rafiq Jabarin, an insightful exploration is undertaken to unravel the origins and underpinnings of Israeli national planning policies. The book sheds light on the influential figures responsible for shaping these policies and reveals the expansionist and exclusionary ideology that underscores them, exposing various associated complexities and shadows.
Ramallah: the Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies (MADAR) has published a research paper entitled: The settlers’ vision of their status and the political solution of the conflict: from “Gush Emunim” to the Jewish Home (HaBayit HaYehudi), written by Mohanad Mustafa, of 88 pages.
This text discusses the allocation of budgets and economic policies related to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The study focuses on observing the private budgets allocated to settlements by government ministries, analyzing the budgets of local authorities within settlement regions compared to those in other areas, and examining tax laws that provide exemptions and tax privileges to settlers and settlements.
This book analyzes the political scene in Israel in light of the 2013 parliamentary elections, concluding that the elections didn’t succeed in getting Israel out of the state of political instability which is signified by the high frequency of party shifts and the fragmentation of the political map, which leads to a parliament with many small sized blocs, lacking a large bloc that can be a strong pillar for power.
هذا تقرير بحثي عن الاستراتيجية الإسرائيلية تجاه الأغوار يستعرض الواقع الاحتلالي في الأغوار في سياقه التاريخي، وخلفياته، وما شهده من تغيرات، راصدًا تفاصيل السياسات الاقتلاعية المركبة التي تعتمدها إسرائيل لإحكام السيطرة عليه، والتضييق على الفلسطينيين فيه، وحرمانهم من استغلال أرضهم ومياههم.
From a structural perspective, it appears that the situation represented by the ethnocratic governance system remains dominant in Israel. The recent period has witnessed significant events continuously affecting the relations between Jews and Palestinians. However, these events have not curbed or changed the processes of "repressive consolidation" and "creeping apartheid" that were emphasized in the book. In this regard, after some consideration, one can conclude that the analyses and ideas presented in the book "Ethnocracy" have proven to be accurate and credible.
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The Repercussions of the War against Gaza on Israel's Relations with Russia and Turkey: Will There Be Fundamental Changes?
On the collapse of the concept of "moving away from America and the West and replacing them with new friends": "Netanyahu was looking for comfortable political partners, even at the cost of harming Israel's national security."
Israeli Affairs (Issue no. 91)
