Omar Shaban Ismail

Media Presence

The media archive of Omar Shaban Ismail: television interviews, podcasts, panels and articles carried by international outlets in Arabic, English and many other languages.

• Research Institute Director in Gaza to Al-Ittihad: 90% of Gaza's Residents Live Under the Weight of Poverty — Al-Ittihad (Abu Dhabi), 2026
• A Year after the Gaza War, Hamas Sits Firmly in the Saddle in the Gaza Strip — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2026
• In Gaza, Three Years On, the War Goes On Quietly — L'Echo, 2026
• Experts Urge the PA to Adopt a Comprehensive Reform Plan to Stop Financial Waste and Rescue the Palestinian Economy — Felesteen Online, 2026
• Researchers and Economists Warn Against Sidelining Palestinians in Gaza's Reconstruction — Al-Hadath (Ramallah), 2026
• Israel required to open Rafah crossing as part of ceasefire deal — TRT World Now, 2026
• Will Israel succeed in annexing the occupied West Bank? — TRT World Now, 2026
• Gaza: The Politics of Future in the Aftermath of Genocide — UCL Bartlett Development Planning Unit (London), 2026
• Sources Reveal to Sada News the Names of Palestinian Figures to Join the Technocratic Committee to Run Gaza — Sada News, 2026
• Why Cyprus Could Become a Quiet Hub for Israeli‑Palestinian Peace — Politis (Cyprus), 2026
• Control of 70% of the Strip Threatens Tens of Thousands of Lives — Experts: A Systematic Plan to Displace Gazans — Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 2026
• What Is Hamas Waiting for after Electing al-Hayya to Succeed Sinwar? — Mada Masr, 2026
• Prospects for Gaza: Trump's 20-Point Plan Ended the War, but Can It Bring Peace? — Neue Gesellschaft / Frankfurter Hefte, 2026
• Omar Shaban Supports the Israeli Palestinian Confederation — Israeli Palestinian Confederation (Substack), 2026
• PalThink Discusses Legislative Elections and the Prospects of New Political Movements — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2026
• ‘There Are Thirty Plans to Rebuild Gaza, and No One Has Pledged the Money’: Omar Shaban Live on Al Jazeera English — Al Jazeera English, 2026
• Researchers, Economists and Business Leaders Warn Against Bypassing the Palestinian Role in the Gaza Reconstruction Plan, or Confining It to Technical Implementation Alone — Al-Hadath (Ramallah), 2026
• Can EU States Reach a Common Position on Israeli Settlement Goods? — France 24 Arabic, 2026
• From Exposing Vulnerability to Building Productive Resilience: What Can Gaza Learn from Qatar's Response to the 2017 Blockade? — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2026
• Research Institute Director in Gaza to Al-Ittihad: 1.8 Million People Confined to 60 Square Kilometres — Al-Ittihad (Abu Dhabi), 2026
• A Sentence of Slow Execution: Economist Warns Against Confining Gaza's Population to 30% of the Strip — Radio Al-Shams, 2026
• The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza: An Empty Shell Facing Israel's Obstruction Strategy — Le Monde, 2026
• Unmet Needs: Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis and the International Response Gap — Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) — Doha, 2026
• Gaza Is a Windfall for Real-Estate Mogul Donald Trump: 'You Could See the Dollar Signs in His Eyes' — De Morgen, 2025
• Ceasefire in Gaza: How Hamas Is Fighting for Supremacy — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2025
• Middle East: Can Gaza Rise Again from the Ruins? — WirtschaftsWoche, 2025
• Gaza and Ukraine: What Does It Mean to Work for Democracy in the Midst of War? — EMBRACE Democracy podcast (Horizon Europe), 2025
• Gaza: Why Hamas Is Very Hard to Defeat — Powergame.gr (Greece), 2025
• Gaza Protest Movement Has a Message for Hamas — Moment Magazine (US), 2025
• The US and Israel want to drive Palestinians out to other countries — NRK — Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, 2025
• Calls to Regulate the Relationship Between UN Agencies and Local Institutions in Managing Gaza's Fuel — Donia Al-Watan, 2025
• Gaza after the Ceasefire: The Stakes of Reconstruction, Political Shifts and Rebuilding Society — Arab Democratic Center, 2025
• Returning Power to Gazans: How the Strip Sees the Day After — Sicha Mekomit / Local Call (Israel), 2025
• Palestinians in Gaza Pay a High Price to Get Scarce Cash — Arab News Japan (AP), 2025
• In Gaza They Pay a 40% Commission for Cash — SKAI (Greece), 2025
• Gazans’ Ordeal Is Great… The Power Vacuum in Gaza Has Benefited Gangs — Hürriyet (Turkey), 2025
• Cash in Gaza: Palestinians pay a high price in a shattered economy — Euronews (AP), 2025
• Can Gaza Become a ‘Dubai’ from the Ruins? — Naftemporiki (Greece), 2025
• Silence Is Also Complicit — La Onda Digital (Uruguay), 2025
• The Present Day Is the Day After: Hamas's Future in Gaza's Vacuum — Al-Manassa, 2025
• Israel's Clan Strategy in Gaza: Using Disorder to Create Order? — Middle East Institute, 2025
• Trump and the Future of Gaza — Dossier — Sin Permiso, 2025
• 'A New Palestinian Leadership Is Needed' — Radio Bullets (Italy), 2025
• Gaza: Billions, Power and the Question of Who Gets to Rebuild — Focus (Germany), 2025
• Gaza's Limbo: Fragile Ceasefire and the Roadblocks to Trump Plan's Phase Two — ISPI — MED This Week, 2025
• Amid the Tariff War, Back to the Gaza Truce (RNE 'Tot a Europa') — RNE — Tot a Europa (via CIDOB), 2025
• Five Questions Answered by Five Palestinian Experts on the Future of Palestine — Al Jazeera Net, 2025
• AMAN Calls for Pressure on Israel to Allow Cash into Gaza and Replace Worn-out Banknotes — Donia Al-Watan, 2025
• Gaza on the Edge of an Experiment: Lessons of Foreign Administration from Kosovo to Iraq — Al Jazeera Net, 2025
• Gaza Is Being Run Under American Supervision, With No Unified Palestinian Position — Radio Al-Shams, 2025
• Sis preguntes encara sense resposta sobre el fràgil alto el foc a Gaza — ARA, 2025
• How Global Economic and Political Conditions Bear on Rebuilding Gaza — Radio Al-Shams, 2025
• ברשות מתרגשים מההכרה הבינלאומית, אך העם הפלסטיני מוטרד בעיקר מהמציאות בשטח — כולה / Kula, 2025
• "מעבירים 100 דולר - מקבלים 50": כך הפכו סוחרי המזומנים לשליטי עזה — ynet (עברית), 2025
• La questione israelo-palestinese oltre i due Stati — DIRE, 2025
• «Η ειρήνη και η επένδυση στους ανθρώπους μπορεί να αλλάξει τα πάντα» – Ευρωπαϊκή στρατηγική για ένα διαφορετικό Ιράκ — Mononews, 2025
• Gaza talks show progress on ceasefire framework but highlight deep divisions — The Jerusalem Post / The Media Line, 2025
• Omar Shaban: «Què espereu que siguin en el futur els 20.000 orfes de Gaza?» — ARA, 2025
• PalThink Holds the Closing Conference for Palestinian Civil Society Project — PalThink, 2025
• In the Gaza Strip, the Beginnings of Protest Against Hamas — Le Monde, 2025
• The Arab League Proposal for the Reconstruction of Gaza: what place and role for Palestinians? — Arab Reform Initiative, 2025
• Wer wird Gaza nach dem Krieg regieren? — SRF, 2025
• PalThink Launches TOT Program in Democracy and Human Rights — PalThink, 2025
• Session Two: Local Recovery and Reconstruction Plans — MAS Institute, 2025
• War and Peace in the 21st Century: The Future of the Middle East — CIDOB Conference — CIDOB — Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, 2025
• What is Needed to End the Gaza War? — Middle East Institute, 2025
• Breakfast Townhall on the Financial Crisis in Palestine — Charity & Security Network, 2025
• Reviving the Two-State Solution: The UN Conference and the Recognition of Palestine — ISPI — Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 2025
• Omar Shaban on Gaza: 'Europeans Should Be Ashamed of Their Silence' — El País (Spain), 2025
• What FUTURE are we giving GAZA's children? | FEPS Talks with Omar Shaban — Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) — Brussels, 2025
• Gaza's Residents Try to Imagine a Future after the War — Perfil (AFP), 2024
• Yahya Sinwar's Death: Which Path Will Hamas Choose? — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2024
• The Terror Base in Rafah: The Farming Town That Became Hamas's Last Stronghold — Makor Rishon, 2024
• Hamas After Sinwar: Militarily Weakened, Administratively Strong and Still in Gaza — Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 2024
• PalThink and Its Founder Omar Shaban Receive a Prestigious International Award — Donia Al-Watan, 2024
• Omar Shaban Meets Norway's Middle East Envoy Torunn Viste in Cairo — Donia Al-Watan, 2024
• Call-in: Omar Shaban Ismail, Head of PalThink for Strategic Studies — Nile News, 2024
• Have We Really Grown Used to the Scene? — Basma Radio, 2024
• Israelis, Palestinians and German Responsibility — Panel at the 2024 Katholikentag — Deutscher Katholikentag (Erfurt), 2024
• Palestinian Civil Society — World Movement for Democracy Award — World Movement for Democracy, 2024
• Middle East Conflict: The Israel–Lebanon Ceasefire Raises Hope for Gaza — Handelsblatt, 2024
• 40 Million Tonnes of Rubble: Can Gaza Rise from the Ruins? — Handelsblatt, 2024
• Palestinian Perspectives on the Reconstruction of Gaza (FES–SWP paper series) — Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Palestine / SWP, 2024
• The Challenge of Rebuilding Gaza: Ambitious Proposals Despite Israel's War — Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, 2024
• Omar Shaban Meets a High-level EU Delegation from Brussels and Jerusalem in Cairo — Donia Al-Watan, 2024
• Dr Omar Shaban: Gaza's People Are on the Death Lists — Radio Al-Shams, 2024
• PalThink Concludes “Turning Human Rights and Democracy into Everyday Practices” ToT Course — PalThink, 2024
• PalThink Concludes Second ToT Course — PalThink, 2024
• Gaza's War Is No Longer a Global Priority, and We Have No Arab or Islamic Support — Radio Al-Shams, 2024
• PalThink Opens the Third Training of Trainers — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2024
• PalThink inaugurates Training of Trainers — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2024
• PalThink concludes Training of Trainers — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2024
• Women in the Palestinian political system — PalThink activity — PalThink, 2024
• Training of Trainers / PalThink institutional activity — PalThink, 2024
• Reconciliation conference / PalThink activity — PalThink, 2024
• Leadership course / PalThink activity — PalThink, 2024
• ACTED / ICHR institutional activity — PalThink, 2024
• The Future of Palestinian Politics in the Wake of War — Middle East Institute, 2024
• CIP Names Gazan Analyst Omar Shaban as Inaugural Leahy Fellow — Center for International Policy (CIP), 2024
• Interview on France 24: The Philadelphi Corridor, Rafah and the Ceasefire Talks — France 24, 2024
• Interview on Al Jazeera English: Negotiations to Stop the War in Gaza — Al Jazeera English, 2024
• War on Gaza: Will Gaza Ever Receive Enough Aid? — Counting the Cost — Al Jazeera English, 2023
• PalThink Holds a Dialogue Session on a Paper About Women in the Political System — Sawa News Agency, 2023
• Expert: Some 50% of Gaza’s Housing Units Destroyed and Losses since 7 October at Least $20 Billion — Alghad TV, 2023
• In Besieged and Bombarded Gaza, the Population Will Soon Be Deprived of Water, Food and Electricity — France 24, 2023
• Israel-Palestine war: Fear of 'second Nakba' if human corridor opened with Egypt — Middle East Eye, 2023
• In the Gaza War, Liberal Arabs Are Caught between the Fronts — Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2023
• Omar Shaban — Speaker, Delphi Economic Forum VIII — Delphi Economic Forum, 2023
• 5 Things in the World to Be Thankful for on Thanksgiving 2023 — Foreign Policy, 2023
• La devastación israelí de Gaza coloca a Egipto ante su mayor temor — El País, 2023
• Gaza: »Die Straßen sind voll von verzweifelten Leuten, die nicht wissen, wohin« — DER SPIEGEL, 2023
• Climate policy session led by Omar Shaban — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2023
• Analyst Omar Shaban: Poverty Above 50% and Unemployment Near 75% — WAFA News Agency, 2023
• Safa Hosts PalThink's Founder, Omar Shaban — SAFA News Agency, 2023
• PalThink Holds a Dialogue Session on the Gap between Higher-Education Outputs and Labour-Market Needs — Ma'an News Agency, 2022
• PalThink Holds a Dialogue on Social and Economic Rights Between Theory and Practice — PNN, 2022
• Half-Time Talk: “East-Med Gas Economics Could Help Ease Regional Political Disputes” — Gulf Intelligence, 2022
• Omar Shaban: International Pressure Won Palestinian Workers in Israel Rights They Lack at Home — Jusoor Post, 2022
• Omar Shaban: Work inside Israel Is a Main Driver of the Palestinian Economy — Jusoor Post, 2022
• Gaza 101: Economics of Gaza (Part 4 of 4) — Foundation for Middle East Peace, 2022
• PalThink Holds a Dialogue Workshop on the Consequences of the Absence of Elections — Donia Al-Watan, 2022
• Gaza's Seaport: A Dream of Liberation, Not Separation — Ultra Palestine, 2022
• Details of the UNICEF Director's Meeting with PalThink in Gaza — Sawa News Agency, 2022
• PalThink Holds the Conference 'Palestinian Civil Society for National Reconciliation' — Donia Al-Watan, 2022
• UNICEF / PalThink activity mentioning Omar Shaban — PalThink Library, 2022
• Gaza, a Seaside Resort to Soften the Blockade — Le Monde, 2022
• Bishara's Claim of a $72 Million Budget Surplus Is Odd and Inconsistent — Shams News, 2022
• A Year After the Israeli Assault: A Stalled Economy and Slow Reconstruction in Gaza — Al-Quds Newspaper / AFP, 2022
• Gazans Search for an Economic Future Under the Rubble of Their Factories — Al-Quds Newspaper, 2022
• Al-Quds article on the future of Gaza's economy — Al-Quds Newspaper, 2022
• Al-Quds carries Omar Shaban's economic and political analysis — Al-Quds Newspaper, 2022
• The Widening Crackdown on Palestinians in the Occupied Territories — Middle East Institute, 2022
• Predictions of Further Economic Deterioration in the West Bank and Gaza — Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, 2022
• Arab Support for the Palestinian Authority: Moody and Volatile — Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, 2022
• Elections in Palestine: Politics Is Back on the Agenda — Orient XXI, 2021
• Middle East: Hamas Is Holding Gaza's Civilian Population Hostage — Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2021
• Palestinian Territories to hold first national election in 15 years — France 24, 2021
• Through four wars, toll mounts on a Gaza neighborhood — Associated Press (via Yahoo News), 2021
• A Gaza ceasefire may be imminent, but "both want to fire the last rocket or drop the last bomb" — Observador (Portugal), 2021
• Economy for Security: An Israeli Plan for Gaza Doomed by Its Lack of a Political Dimension — Masdar News Network, 2021
• Bombed-out factories deepen economic pain in Gaza — Global Times (AFP), 2021
• How Does Hamas Survive the Protracted Conflict in the Gaza Strip? — Deutsche Welle (Indonesian), 2021
• Conflict in the Middle East — In Gaza, Civilians' Fear in the Face of Military Escalation — Tribune de Genève, 2021
• In Gaza, Destroyed Factories and the Search for an Economic Future — ISTOÉ (Brazil, AFP), 2021
• Middle East Conflict: Egypt Seeks to Mediate between Israel and the Palestinians — Handelsblatt, 2021
• 'Can't feel optimistic': Gaza Palestinians struggle after Israeli offensive — Al Jazeera English, 2021
• Israel's Evolving Ambitions: Fostering Ties in the Mediterranean and Beyond — ISPI — MED This Week, 2021
• Covid-19 in the Gaza Strip: A Conversation with Omar Shaban — Euro-Gulf Information Centre, 2021
• What the Conflict with Israel Looks Like to 2 Palestinians — NPR — Morning Edition, 2021
• Gaza: The Slow-Reconstruction Scenarios Repeat Themselves — Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, 2021
• Mohammed El-Kurd on His and His Sister's Selection among TIME's 100 Most Influential — Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 2021
• Sisi's Portraits Rise in the Streets: Egypt Returns to Gaza through the Reconstruction Gate — Al Jazeera Net, 2021
• Gazans Take Up Hebrew Classes Hoping for Work in Israel — Al-Arab (London), 2021
• Defiant in war and isolation, Hamas plays long game in Gaza — Ynetnews, 2021
• “Path of humiliation”: Anger grows as Gazans lament arduous, costly travel to Egypt — The Times of Israel, 2021
• Egypt makes “unexpected, unimaginable” Gaza comeback with postwar reconstruction — The Times of Israel, 2021
• Gaza anger mounts at cost, “humiliation” of Egypt journeys — Ynetnews, 2021
• Reconstruction in Gaza: Between Israel's Siege and the Politics of International Funding — Arab Center Washington DC, 2021
• Gaza's Hardest Question: Who Holds the Keys to Rebuilding the Besieged Strip? — Al Jazeera Net — Midan, 2021
• Israel's Big New Shift in Hamas Policy — Foreign Policy, 2021
• Swiss Diplomatic Delegation Sees the Plight of Gaza's Fishermen — Shams News, 2021
• Swiss Diplomat: Life in Gaza Must Improve, and Quickly — Shams News, 2021
• Gaza, caccia agli aiuti nella Striscia distrutta — Corriere della Sera, 2021
• Omar Shaban za N1: Situacija se pogoršava, nema sigurnog mjesta u Gazi — N1, 2021
• Després dels bombardejos, reconstruir Gaza altre cop — ARA, 2021
• Virus surge in crowded Gaza threatens to overwhelm hospitals — Ynetnews, 2021
• Webinar: The Gaza Strip — Foundation for Middle East Peace, 2021
• Expert: Presidential Administrative Reform Committee Key to Addressing Financial Deficit and Inflation — Masdar News Network, 2021
• Hamas Focus on Gaza Reconstruction Curbs Escalation with Israel — Al Arab, 2021
• Egypt Returns to the Gaza Strip Through the Reconstruction Gateway — Emarat Al Youm, 2021
• "The Country Is Carried by Its People": The Waqfat Ezz Fund, Optimism of the Intellect and Pessimism of the Will — Institute for Palestine Studies, 2020
• Gulf Countries: Trump's Plan and the Violence in Yemen — San Marino RTV, 2020
• US Institute: The Palestinians Have No Real Plan to Confront the 'Deal of the Century' — SAFA News Agency, 2020
• Shaban Puts Forward Proposals to Confront the Coronavirus in Gaza — Sawa News Agency, 2020
• Economists Warn of the Economic Crisis's Impact on Living Standards — Felesteen Online, 2020
• The Palestinian Economy Contracts, With Gaza Hit Hardest — Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, 2020
• PalThink Holds an Online Session on Nonviolent Experiences and Their Lessons for Palestine — Sawa News Agency, 2020
• An Economist Explains Why the Dollar Has Fallen and When It Will Recover — Palestine Today, 2020
• Doubts raised over feasibility of President Trump's Middle East plan | Money Talks — TRT World — Money Talks, 2020
• Ninety Minutes on the Economy: The Palestinian Economy between Decline and Attempts at Recovery — Raya Media Network, 2020
• Africa Liberty Forum: Building Your Organization (Arabic) — Atlas Network, 2020
• Remarks by Omar Shaban, Director of PalThink — Atlas Center for Studies and Research, 2020
• Amid crippling Israel blockade, Gaza factories roar back to life to make PPE — The New Arab, 2020
• COVID in besieged Gaza: 'A blockade inside a blockade' — Al Jazeera English, 2020
• Shaghaf Initiative Holds a Cultural Seminar on Tolerance and Non-violence — Sawa News Agency, 2020
• 'We Want to Show the World That Gaza's Youth Deserves Better' — FXB International, 2020
• PalThink and AMAN Hold a Course on Social Accountability — Sawa News Agency, 2020
• PalThink Civic Education Corps activity — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2020
• COVID-19 and the Healthcare Systems in Israel/Palestine — Part 1: Gaza — Middle East Institute, 2020
• First Coronavirus Cases in Gaza Raise Alarms for Palestinians and Israelis — Foreign Policy, 2020
• PalThink Policy Lab conference — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2020
• Gaza Reconstruction Webinar: More than a Humanitarian Project — FMEP — Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), 2020
• Kushner's Economic Plan and Whether It Can Be Implemented Without Palestinian Consent: Is Gaza a Weak Point via Sinai? — Donia Al-Watan, 2019
• In Gaza, 'the Collapse of the University System Is a Tragedy' — Libération, 2019
• Gaza's Economic Crisis Sends Territory into Poverty and Chaos — The Real News Network, 2019
• Qatar to send $480m to help Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza — The Guardian, 2019
• To Understand Gaza, Start with What People Are Eating—and Why — VICE, 2018
• Specialists Propose Ideas for a Way Out of Gaza's Economic Crisis — Palestine Today, 2018
• Economist Omar Shaban Denies Making Statements on the Social Security Law — Donia Al-Watan, 2018
• Hope Is Dying in Gaza — Politis (France), 2018
• Beyond Humanitarian Crisis: Prospects for Gaza — ISPI, with ECFR (Rome), 2018
• Desperation in Gaza, Where over Half of the Work Force Is Unemployed — NPR — Weekend Edition Saturday, 2018
• What Links a Gaza–Egypt Free Trade Zone to the 'Deal of the Century'? — Arabi21, 2018
• Are Gazans Really Seeing Things Improve? Omar Shaban Speaks to Radio Al-Shams — Radio Al-Shams, 2018
• Governance and the Future of the Arab World — Governance in Gaza — Carnegie Endowment, 2018
• Gaza: Nous vivons tous grâce aux aides de l’UNRWA — Le Point, 2018
• Economist Warns of the Fallout From Halting US Aid — Al-Najah News Network, 2018
• UK to double aid to Gaza and West Bank to boost Palestinian export trade — The Guardian, 2018
• PalThink Convenes a Session on Israeli-Proposed Solutions to the Palestinian Question — Al-Resalah Net, 2018
• PalThink Hosts a Lecture on Palestinian Democracy: Successes and Failures — Al-Resalah Net, 2018
• Palestinian Divisions Threaten the Future of the Cause — Orient XXI — Orient XXI, 2018
• Expert Shaban: "The Power Plant Contract Must Be Rescinded" — Felesteen Online, 2017
• Gaza Strip: a grim record ten years after Hamas came to power — RFI — Radio France Internationale, 2017
• Shaban: Ending the Power Plant Contract Would Save $2 Million a Month — Al-Resalah Net, 2017
• Gaza's Workers: The Former Craftsmen — Palestinian Information Center, 2017
• What Does the President's Decision to Exempt Gaza From Taxes Mean? — Donia Al-Watan, 2017
• The European Right's Positions on Israel Waver but Converge on Hostility to Islam — Palestine Today, 2017
• Launch of a Project to Promote Democratic and Civic Values Among Youth — Al-Ray Palestinian Media Agency, 2017
• PalThink Signs Agreements to Support Community Reconciliation — Donia Al-Watan, 2017
• Palestine Reconciliation: Omar Shaban talks to TRT World — TRT World, 2017
• Fatah–Hamas Reconciliation Talks Stall — Badische Zeitung, 2017
• A Boost for Palestine’s Unity Government — Badische Zeitung, 2017
• Electricity Shortage: Why Gaza Is Plunged into Darkness — Libération, 2017
• Anger in Gaza as PA cuts civil servant salaries — The New Arab, 2017
• Specialists: Turning to Renewable Energy Helps Solve the Electricity Crisis — Donia Al-Watan, 2017
• Experts: The Gaza Salary Crisis Threatens to Deepen the Liquidity Shortage — Palestine Economy Portal, 2017
• 'The Salary Massacre': Abbas's War to Sever Gaza and Execute Its Economy — Noon Post, 2017
• Gaza's Economy Has Entered 'Clinical Death', Warning of an Explosion — What Is the Way Out? — Arabi21, 2017
• Omar Shaban: Reconciliation Deals Need Economic and Institutional Follow-Through — Ma'an News Agency, 2017
• Live conversation HOME #3: The political construction of HOME — Framer Framed, 2017
• Grave Consequences of Cutting 30% From Gaza Employees' Salaries — Quds Net, 2017
• To stop treading water, minister floats Gaza island plan — The Times of Israel, 2017
• Renewable Energy Conference in the Gaza Strip — PNN, 2017
• Economist Reveals Key Details About the Gaza Electricity Company — Shams News, 2017
• PNGO holds its 2017 annual conference — PNGO, 2017
• Gaza Electricity Crisis — Audio Interview with Al-Wad3 Magazine via Jadaliyya — Jadaliyya / Al-Wad3 Magazine, 2017
• Let's Talk About Gaza — Interview with Omar Shaban — Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Palestine/Jordan, 2017
• Prospects for the Next Generation of Palestinian Leadership — Middle East Institute, 2017
• The Collapse of Gaza's Economy: A Gateway to War with the Occupation — Palestinian Information Center, 2016
• Hamas's Fiscal Policy in Gaza: 'Neither Living Nor Dying' — Al-Monitor, 2016
• PalThink's Youth Forum Holds a Meeting to Strengthen Social Harmony Among Young People — Sawa News Agency, 2016
• PalThink and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Hold a Seminar on the Social Security Law — Donia Al-Watan, 2016
• Radio Episode 10: Economic Development and Elections — Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies, 2016
• For All Those for Whom Hamas Is Not Radical Enough — IPG-Journal (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung), 2016
• A Call for an Independent Council to Rebuild Gaza — Palestinian Information Center, 2016
• Can Arab MKs reconcile the Fatah-Hamas divide? — The Jerusalem Post, 2016
• PalThink Launches a Programme to Support Entrepreneurs — Raya Media Network, 2016
• Palestinian Gas: A Plundered Wealth With No One to Stop It — Al-Resalah Net, 2016
• Reviving the Stalled Reconstruction of Gaza — Brookings Doha Center — Brookings Doha Center, 2016
• Billions for Stagnation: The EU's Role in the Middle East Conflict — EZEF — Protestant Centre for Development-Related Film Work, 2015
• Remember Gaza? Hamas, Fatah, Netanyahu—and Marine Le Pen — Tablet Magazine (US), 2015
• Gaza and Its People: Despair as Reconstruction Promises Evaporate — Al Jazeera Net, 2015
• PalThink Holds a Seminar on Turkish Foreign Policy Toward the Palestinian Cause — El Bashayer, 2015
• PalThink Holds a Dialogue Session With the Secretariat of Student Frameworks — Raya Media Network, 2015
• The Palestinian Economy Reaches a Catastrophic Stage — Al-Ray Palestinian Media Agency, 2015
• Window on the Press — Dr. Omar Shaban — Huna Al-Quds TV, 2015
• ‘Hamas Inside and Israel Outside’: What Else but Suicide? — Deutsche Welle (Urdu), 2015
• In Gaza, Despair Drives Up the Number of Suicides — Imaz Press (Réunion, AFP), 2015
• Palestinian gas: The Black Box — Middle East Eye, 2015
• Signs of increasing suicides in devastated Gaza — Dunya News (AFP), 2015
• Omar Shaban, PalThink, Palestine — European Endowment for Democracy — European Endowment for Democracy (YouTube), 2015
• Gaza Strip — Obstacles and Chances for the Future — Centre for Peace Studies (Zagreb), 2015
• Risky Gazans Begin Digging Out Smuggling Tunnels to Egypt Again — NPR, 2015
• Shaban: The Reconstruction Process Is Threatened with a Complete Halt — Safa News Agency, 2015
• Gaza middle class discovers spin classes, fine dining, private beaches — The Washington Post, 2015
• Terrorgruppen IS hotar störta Hamas i Gaza — SVT Nyheter, 2015
• IS tar sikte mot Gaza — Sveriges Radio, 2015
• Gaza mobile company closure / economic impact — Gulf Times, 2015
• Gaza Salafists create new problem for Hamas — The Guardian, 2015
• Half a year after devastating war, life in Gaza seems worse than ever — The Washington Post, 2015
• Gaza Economist: UNRWA Will Surprise Everyone on Reconstruction — Quds Net, 2015
• Economist Urges Norway to Act on Gaza's Stalled Reconstruction — Palestinian Information Center, 2015
• Economic expert calls on Norway to act against slow pace of Gaza reconstruction — Palestinian Information Center, 2015
• UN Mechanism for Gaza Reconstruction is Recipe for a Fourth War — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2015
• Wiederaufbau des Gazastreifens — Interview on Gaza Reconstruction — Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Germany), 2015
• Economist Calls for Caravans to Be Made in Gaza Rather Than Imported — Donia Al-Watan, 2014
• Gaza War: The Nearby Sea, Far Out of Reach — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2014
• Cornered, Hamas Stakes Everything on War with Israel — The New York Times — Chinese edition, 2014
• Gaza's Young People Pin Their Dreams on a Seaport: Will It Happen? — Al-Ray Palestinian Media Agency, 2014
• PalThink Holds a Seminar on Young People's Role in Rebuilding Gaza — Al-Resalah Net, 2014
• Defining the Future: Palestinian Voices — Brookings Institution, 2014
• Omar Shaban — EuroMeSCo Conference 2014 — IEMed — European Institute of the Mediterranean, 2014
• New Exchange of Fire in the Gaza War — Heavy War Damage — Badische Zeitung, 2014
• The Lost Dream of Omar Shaban — Simerini / Sigmalive (Cyprus), 2014
• Economist: Quartet Members Are Seriously Considering Withdrawing from It — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2014
• Politicians: Reconciliation Is a Historic Chance to Build a Palestinian Political System — Palestine Today, 2014
• Live Q&A: After aid, how can development work in unstable states? — The Guardian, 2014
• Fears That Gaza's Reconstruction Is Falling Behind — Al Jazeera Net, 2014
• Gaza's housing crisis: This is much worse than the war — The Washington Post, 2014
• Political Conflict Is the Great Obstacle to Rebuilding Gaza — Al Jazeera Net, 2014
• Gaza counts cost of war as more than 360 factories destroyed or damaged — The Guardian, 2014
• Institutions Waiting for the War to End so the Looting Can Begin — Al-Resalah Net, 2014
• Reopening of Rafah crossing top priority for Hamas in ceasefire talks — The Guardian, 2014
• Gaza wants back in from the darkness as Hamas feels the isolation — The Guardian, 2014
• Hamas in worst cash crisis since seizing Gaza — Ynetnews, 2014
• Hamas and Iran rebuild ties three years after falling out over Syria — The Guardian, 2014
• Experts: 2013 Was the Worst Year Yet for the Palestinian Economy — Palestinian Information Center, 2014
• Will Economic Easing Buy Calm in Gaza? — Al-Resalah Net, 2014
• Portland Trust Palestinian Economic Bulletin — Gaza Reconstruction — Portland Trust, 2014
• An Intractable Energy Crisis and a Treasure of Gas off Gaza's Coast, Blocked by Division and Israel — Al-Hudhud, 2013
• Gaza Blockaded from the South Too — Deutsche Welle (Greek), 2013
• The Crisis in Egypt Is Felt in Gaza Too — Deutsche Welle (Bosnian), 2013
• Hard Days Await Gaza — Deutsche Welle (Turkish), 2013
• Egyptian Crisis Slows Flow through Gaza's Smuggling Tunnels — NPR — Parallels, 2013
• 'Palestine through Orientalist Eyes': An Exhibition in Gaza — Al Jazeera Net, 2013
• British Newspaper: Hamas Is in a Serious Financial Crisis — Raya Media Network, 2013
• Zirin Gaza na cikin kaduwa tun bayan juyin mulki a Masar — Deutsche Welle Hausa, 2013
• Fuel crisis in Gaza Strip intensifying — Ynet, 2013
• Financial Times: Egypt's Political Upheaval Has Reached Gaza — Youm7 / Financial Times, 2013
• PalThink's new board is announced, naming Omar Shaban — Ma'an News Agency, 2013
• Gazans celebrate 'victory' as ceasefire with Israel holds — The National (Abu Dhabi), 2012
• Workshop by the Labour Resources Center and PalThink Calls for a Greater Youth Role in Decision-Making — Donia Al-Watan, 2012
• Kalam Jadid: The Financial Crisis with Omar Shaban (Part 1) — Kalam Jadid (TV programme), 2012
• Kalam Jadid: The Tunnels in Gaza — Kalam Jadid (TV programme), 2012
• Between Ceasefire and Further Escalation — Deutsche Welle (Indonesian), 2012
• Bloodshed Continues While Awaiting a Ceasefire — Deutsche Welle (Greek), 2012
• Statement on the European Union by Omar Shaban, PalThink, Gaza — Peace and Justice Centre (UK), 2012
• Gaza Tunnels Not Crippled in Egypt Crackdown — Gulf News (AFP), 2012
• The Arabs: Lavish Conspicuous Consumption, Little Production and No Joint Investment — Al Bayan (UAE), 2012
• Hamas Pleads for Gaza Rebuilding Aid — The Forward / Reuters, 2012
• Haniyeh urges friendly states to help Gaza rebuild — Egypt Independent / Reuters, 2012
• Un bloqueo que aún hace mucho daño en Gaza — El País, 2012
• Conflito no Oriente Médio está entre o cessar-fogo e a "guerra de verdade" — Deutsche Welle Português, 2012
• Economic report carrying Omar Shaban's assessment of Gaza — Al-Resalah Net, 2012
• Expert: Reconstruction Projects Will Create 30,000 Jobs — Al-Resalah Net, 2012
• Gaza : l'Egypte a fermé les tunnels après l'attaque — CNEWS / AFP, 2012
• Sinai Attack Dashes Hopes For Closer Gaza-Egypt Ties — NPR, 2012
• Despite Restrictions, Gaza Finds A Way To Build — NPR, 2012
• Foreign Organisations Working in Gaza: Development Programmes or Political Agendas? — Palestinian Information Center, 2011
• The Palestinian Authority Will Pay Its Employees' Salaries in Full — Al Jazeera Net, 2011
• The Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt Prompts Hamas to Soften Its Positions — Le Monde, 2011
• Hints of high life in poverty-stricken Gaza — Ynetnews, 2011
• A Gaza, les tentatives de mobilisation en faveur d'une réconciliation interpalestinienne inquiètent le Hamas — Le Monde, 2011
• Palestinian Political Rivalries at the Heart of Tensions Between Israel and Hamas — Le Monde, 2011
• To Open or not to Open Rafah Commercial Crossing with Egypt — WAFA, 2011
• Economist: Closing Karni Is the Coup de Grâce for Gaza's Factories — SAFA News Agency, 2011
• Closing Karni: The Coup de Grâce for Gaza's Factories — Al-Resalah Net, 2011
• The Palestinian Economy: Chocolate Is Not Enough — Calcalist, 2010
• Traders hit by Gaza City taxes — The National (Abu Dhabi), 2010
• The Gaza aid flotilla — Inside Story — Al Jazeera English — Al Jazeera English, 2010
• Interview — Nile News — Omar Shaban — Nile News, 2010
• Current Situation in Gaza with Dr. Omar Shaban — Council for the National Interest (CNI Foundation), 2010
• OPT: Egyptian Steel Barrier Tests Gazan Mettle — IRIN / The New Humanitarian, 2010
• Economist Omar Shaban: Gaza Now Needs a Marshall Plan — Palestine Today, 2010
• Israel to allow exports from Gaza — The Guardian, 2010
• Life Amid The Ruins: Rebuilding Gaza — NPR / WWNO, 2010
• Gaza | Ein Leben unter Verschluss — der Freitag / The Guardian, 2010
• Shaban: Hamas Is Euphoric and Ignoring the Role of Local Civil Society — Sama News Agency, 2010
• Gaza blockade is a blessing for the black economy – and for Hamas — The Guardian / Observer, 2010
• Palestinians in Gaza: Few jobs, and no way out — Portland Press Herald / The Washington Post, 2010
• Economic Analyst Rebuts the Arab Bank's Claims — Palestinian Information Center, 2010
• Hamas imposes new Gaza taxes to pay for burgeoning bureaucracy — The Guardian, 2010
• Central Gaza Workshop on Unemployment Among Engineers — SAFA News Agency, 2010
• Artists Paint a Mural Calling for Reconciliation in Gaza — SAFA News Agency, 2010
• Close Gaza tunnels? Some Palestinians say yes. — The Christian Science Monitor, 2010
• Palestinian parliament expires four years after Hamas electoral upset — The Christian Science Monitor, 2010
• Flourishing Tourism Investment in Gaza — Al Jazeera Arabic, 2010
• 2DOC: Weggegooid Geld — Dutch Documentary (Gaza segment) — Beeld & Geluid / 2DOC (Netherlands Public Broadcasting), 2010
• Gaza Under Siege — Inside Story — Al Jazeera English, 2009
• Gaza, a Contest of Wills: The Siege Before the Storm, Part 1 — Al Jazeera Net, 2009
• Gaza Heads Toward Catastrophe After the Steel Wall — Al Jazeera Net, 2009
• Captives — The New Yorker, 2009
• Gaza tunnels prove to be a bad investment — Ynetnews, 2009
• Hamas Finds Gaza Tunnels’ $500 Million Loss Worse Than Madoff — American Task Force on Palestine / Bloomberg, 2009
• Tunnel fraud leaves Gazans on verge of financial ruin — The Guardian / Observer, 2009
• A Call for a Professional Committee to Rebuild Gaza — Al Jazeera Net, 2009
• Caritas: Es gibt keinen Plan für einen Wiederaufbau — Der Standard, 2009
• Reporter's diary: Obstacles in Gaza — Al Jazeera English, 2009
• Palestinian Economist: The Tunnels Are Harming the Palestinian Economy — Calcalist, 2008
• Smugglers in Gaza Register Once-Secret Tunnels with Government as Black Market Fuels Economy — Associated Press (via Fox News), 2008
• Signs of a Severe Liquidity Crisis Loom in Gaza — Al Jazeera Net, 2008
• Gazans use tattered notes as cash crunch hits banks — The Jerusalem Post, 2008
• Palestinians Judge the Truce a Failure for Gaza's Residents — Al Jazeera Net, 2008
• Hamas exploits boom in Gaza smuggling tunnels — The Guardian, 2008
• Gaza's Blockade Leaves It Outside the Financial Storm — Al Jazeera Net, 2008
• Economic article republished by Ammon News and QudsNet — Ammon News, 2008
• How Arab Citizens Live With Crisis and Catastrophe — Al Jazeera Net / Economy and People, 2008
• Debate Over Separating the Palestinian Economy From Israel — Al Jazeera Net, 2008
• Growing Up in Gaza: A Story of Perseverance and Hope — Catholic Exchange, 2007
• Gaza Under Lock and Key — Le Monde, 2007
• Fears of Banking Collapse in Gaza — Al Jazeera Net, 2007
• Fallout From Israeli Banks Cutting Ties With Palestinian Banks — Al Jazeera Net, 2007
• Layoffs in Gaza as Private Companies Shut Down — Al Jazeera Net, 2007
• Gaza's Governor Receives the Regional Director of Catholic Relief Services — Ma'an News Agency, 2007
• Catholic School and Church Attacked as Gaza’s Christians Worry — Christianity Today, 2007
• Palestinian Industry Suffers a Major Setback Under Occupation — Al Jazeera Net, 2007
• Hardest-hit Gazans look to new government for hope — Reuters / OneIndia, 2007
• 2006: A Year of Economic Disaster in the Palestinian Territories — Al Bayan, 2006
• A Harsh Year for Palestinians, Economically and Socially — Al Jazeera Net, 2006
• UN warns of deterioration Palestinians’ conditions in Gaza — Indybay, 2006
• Caritas deeply concerned about deteriorating situation in Gaza — ReliefWeb / Caritas, 2006
• Palestinians in Gaza worry about becoming the 'forgotten war' — The Christian Science Monitor, 2006
• Economist: The Palestinian Territories Face Their Worst Humanitarian and Economic Crisis Since 1967 — Ma'an News Agency, 2006
• Talk radio gives Palestinians a voice — The Christian Science Monitor, 2006
• Costly Sacrificial Livestock Robs Many Palestinians of Eid — Al Jazeera Net, 2006
• Gazans See Border Controls as Stifling Economy — Los Angeles Times, 2005
• Palestinians Await Changes in Gaza — WLRN / NPR, 2005
• The Palestinian Authority Calls for Rebuilding Gaza — Al Jazeera Net, 2005
• Nous n'avons pas le droit à l'erreur — Le Monde, 2005
• Palestinians Call on Israel to Open Gaza's Airport and Seaport — Al Jazeera Net, 2005
• Arab and International Companies Weigh Projects for Palestinians — Al Jazeera Net, 2005
• Costs and Insecurity Hamper Reconstruction in Rafah — Al Jazeera Net, 2004
• ערביי עזה מכינים תוכניות ל"יום שאחרי" — ערוץ 7 / Arutz 7, 2004