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This policy brief indicts US tech giants for enabling Israel’s assault on Gaza, arguing that their AI and cloud technologies are integral to military targeting, effectively automating and scaling violence against Palestinians. By @marwasf.bsky.social at @alshabaka.bsky.social buff.ly/Aa4D7h6

AI for War: Big Tech Empowering Israel’s Crimes and Occupation | Al-Shabaka

This brief traces how corporate complicity with Israel now extends to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide

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❝ As the US and its allies lead a sweeping assault on the global legal order to shield the Israeli regime from accountability for genocide, international outrage has sparked an extraordinary wave of pro-Palestine solidarity and organizing. ❞ @alshabaka.bsky.social

Focus On: Global Solidarity with Palestine | Al-Shabaka

This collection examines how such Palestine solidarity can be sustained and transformed into a lasting political force.

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🧵After over 16 months of engagement, we welcome the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs' (FDFA) decision to correct its public communications and remove any implication that the Swiss government ended its contract with Al-Shabaka as part of its 2023 investigation. (1/7)

“When we are crafting a design strategy, we have to ask ourselves: how much of that is about their survival? Is that sufficient? How much of this do we foresee helping a future free Gaza or free Palestine? And how much of this is actually just normalizing colonization & occupation?” - Dena Qaddumi

“When we are crafting a design strategy, we have to ask ourselves: how much of that is about their survival? Is that sufficient? How much of this do we foresee helping a future free Gaza or free Palestine? And how much of this is actually just normalizing colonization & occupation?” - Dena Qaddumi

"Far-right Republican leaders unapologetically wield authoritarian tactics—not only to silence advocates for Palestinian rights but to advance a broader agenda of eroding civil liberties and targeting dissent." - Al-Shabaka US policy fellow Tariq Kenney-Shawa al-shabaka.org/briefs/proje...

Project Esther: Suppressing Palestinian Solidarity in the US | Al-Shabaka

This brief situates Project Esther within the assault on free speech & dissent & outlines strategies to resist this authoritarian turn

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"The notion of 'building back better'—a prominent concept in post-disaster situations—is unattainable in a context where the Israeli regime can unleash destruction at any moment." - Al-Shabaka policy analyst Dena Qaddumi al-shabaka.org/roundtables/...

Gaza: Restoring Life Beyond the Physical Structures | Al-Shabaka

Dena Qaddumi and Jehad Abusalim examine the challenges and complexities of rebuilding Gaza amid ongoing genocidal warfare.

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One of the most informative & timely episodes we worked on. We keep hearing about reconstruction plans & initiatives but how much do we really know about them & their feasibility as the #gazagenocide continues w/ complete impunity. Abed’s analysis was food for thought

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🚨NEW Episode! Abdalrahman Kittana, who has been engaged in discussions & initiatives on Gaza’s reconstruction, joins @yarahawari.bsky.social to examine the various reconstruction plans and their feasibility amid the ongoing #GazaGenocide: Listen. Rate. Share.

"Understanding Palestinian liberation, therefore, requires situating it within this broader regional context. Decolonization in Palestine cannot be disentangled from the decolonization of the region." - By Tariq Baconi, via @alshabaka.bsky.social . al-shabaka.org/commentaries...

The Palestinian Struggle: From Genocide to Global Realignment | Al-Shabaka

Tareq Baconi reflects on over 12 months of genocide in Gaza and discusses its ramifications on the Palestinian liberation movement

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🚨NEW Episode! Abdalrahman Kittana, who has been engaged in discussions & initiatives on Gaza’s reconstruction, joins @yarahawari.bsky.social to examine the various reconstruction plans and their feasibility amid the ongoing #GazaGenocide: Listen. Rate. Share.

Gaza Reconstruction Reality Check with Abed Kittana | Al-Shabaka

Abdalrahman Kittana, who has been engaged in initiatives on Gaza’s reconstruction, examines reconstruction plans and their feasibility

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From grounding October 7th in the context of Israeli colonialism, to interrogating Israel’s war machine, to assessing rapidly evolving regional relations, this compilation of works represents Al-Shabaka’s effort to articulate the Palestinian condition in real time: al-shabaka.org/policy-focus...

Focus On: A Year of Genocide in Gaza | Al-Shabaka

This Focus On highlights how Al-Shabaka has sought to respond to the ongoing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

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Reminder that students are protesting university complicity on their campuses Our institutions are profiting off of genocide, while our government funds it & supplies the bombs for it Every educational institution in Gaza has been impacted, most have been completely destroyed

"Killing large number of children in Gaza is not simply forcible depopulation. It is an effort to destabilise communities and crush their hopes for liberation and the right of return as mandated by the UN." - By Al-Shabaka policy analyst Mai Abu Moghli in @uk.theconversation.com

Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting children – new UN report

Children represent the future. In Gaza that future is being snuffed out.

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Israel wants Palestinians dead or gone. Those are the only two options. Complete erasure. There is no ceasefire. No negotiations. No pandering that will suffice. Israel wants Palestinians disappeared one way or another. That has been the case since the dawn of Zionism.

The UK has a duty to impose a total arms embargo. Attempts...to implement a quasi-embargo that undermines its effectiveness would only serve Israel’s genocidal aims while creating the illusion of action for the British public. - Important piece by Shahd Hammouri al-shabaka.org/policy-memos...

The UK and Its Illusive Arms Embargo | Al-Shabaka

This policy memo details Britain's international legal obligations and potential governmental maneuvers regarding arms sales to Israel.

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Understanding how we got to this horrific moment in history — the US giving unconditional support and funding for the Israeli government to massacre Palestinians — requires a commitment to clarity about how we got here.

"The bloc’s geopolitical interest in the MENA region has grown along with its Arab membership, and its outreach allows it to push forward an alternative Global South agenda for stability and development." Must-read analysis by Ahmat Alqarout on the #BRICS: al-shabaka.org/commentaries...

Palestine and an Expanding BRICS: Swaying the Global Order | Al-Shabaka

This commentary examines the evolving ties between MENA countries and BRICS, focusing on the prospective Palestinian membership in the bloc

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NEW! This commentary, by Ahmed Alqarout, examines the evolving ties between MENA countries and BRICS, focusing on the prospective Palestinian membership in the bloc and the group’s rationale for extending the invitation al-shabaka.org/commentaries...

Palestine and an Expanding BRICS: Swaying the Global Order | Al-Shabaka

This commentary examines the evolving ties between MENA countries and BRICS, focusing on the prospective Palestinian membership in the bloc

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