Publications & Research

Omar Shaban Ismail's publication archive: articles, analyses and policy papers on Palestinian political economy, Gaza reconstruction, governance and regional policy — in Al-Shabaka, Brookings, Carnegie, Al-Monitor, Foreign Policy, ISPI and others.

What does it mean to squeeze 2 million people into 30% of the already very small area of the Gaza Strip? — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2026
The NCAG's Uncertain Role in Gaza — ISPI — Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 2026
Gaza and its people may not survive this phase of ceasefire — Responsible Statecraft, 2026
Gulf States and the Palestinian Cause: Geopolitical Shifts across the Two U.S. Presidencies — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2025
IPC Simulation Featuring Omar Shaban — Israeli-Palestinian Confederation — Israeli-Palestinian Confederation (IPC), 2025
What Should Have Been Done? With Calm and Reason — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2025
Will Palestinian Government Implement Reforms to Unlock EU Funds? — Al-Monitor, 2025
Omar Shaban Presents His Vision for the Future of Governance in Gaza After the War — QudsNet, 2025
Will the Arab League Plan to Reconstruct Gaza Work? — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2025
Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown — The Cairo Review, 2025
Rebuilding from Rubble: The Future of Gaza — The Cairo Review, 2025
A Reading of the Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel and Hamas – Dimensions and Challenges — Center for International Policy, 2025
Gazans’ Outlook on Future Governance: Divergent Views and Ambitious Aspirations — Arab Reform Initiative, 2025
Gaza’s day after: Reconstruction and governance challenges — Brookings, 2025
Cutting Aid to UNRWA Is an Act Against Stability and Modernity — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2024
What Future Are We Giving Gaza's Children? — FEPS Video — FEPS — Foundation for European Progressive Studies, 2024
A Reading on the Future of Hamas — The Cairo Review, 2024
A Proposal for a Gaza Reconstruction Council — Center for International Policy, 2024
Rebuilding Gaza: Considerations for a Habitable Future — Al-Shabaka, 2024
The Israeli War on Gaza: Post-War Scenarios — Arab Reform Initiative, 2024
Interview in "The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Thirty Years After the Oslo Accords" — Tà Politiká, 2023
Eyewitness Account From Gaza: “It Is Impossible to Live” — The New Republic, 2023
Omar Shaban: 'We Are Living a War Unlike Any We Have Ever Known' — Le Temps, 2023
Israel Is Blocking Vital Humanitarian Aid From Gaza — The New Republic, 2023
Once, There Was Hope in Gaza. I'd Like to Think There Can Be Again. — The New Republic, 2023
Climate Change Repercussions in Palestine and Confrontation Policies — PalThink Library, 2023
Food Insecurity in Palestine and the Russia-Ukraine War: The Worst Is Yet to Come — Arab Center Washington DC, 2022
In Search of Understanding the Determinants of Germany's Foreign Policy in the Middle East — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2022
Rebuild or Resist? Hamas's Dilemma a Year After the Gaza War — Al-Monitor, 2022
Completing Local Elections in the Gaza Strip: A Starting Point for Getting Out of the Impasse — PCPSR — Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 2022
Towards a More Active Role for Germany in Palestine — ORIENT — German Orient-Institut, 2022
International Aid to the Palestinians: Between Politicization and Development — Arab Center Washington DC, 2022
Building a Seaport in Gaza: Prospects, Challenges, and Opportunities — The Cairo Review, 2022
Why the latest escalation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is unlikely to lead to a repeat of last year’s Gaza war — Middle East Institute, 2022
The causes and consequences of Israel’s latest attack against Islamic Jihad in Gaza — Middle East Institute, 2022
Labour Day: The Reality of Work and Unemployment in Gaza — وكالة معًا, 2021
Palestinian Elections: The International Community Has an Important Role to Play — RFI — Radio France Internationale, 2021
Israel-Hamas: Beyond the Ceasefire — ISPI — Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 2021
The Swiss Paper: A Roadmap for Resolving Palestinian Division and Achieving National Unity — QudsNet, 2021
Labor Day: There Is Nothing to Celebrate — QudsNet, 2021
What Future for the Gaza Strip in the Next Five Years? — PCPSR — Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 2021
The Gaza Reconstruction Process Must Not be Politicized — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2021
Would the Holding of Local Elections in the Gaza Strip ... — PCPSR — Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 2021
Why the Palestinians should not dismantle the Palestinian Authority? — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2020
COVID-19 in the Gaza Strip — PalThink for Strategic Studies / NESA, 2020
A Palestinian Outlet to the World, A Path Toward Peace? Considerations and Options for a Gaza Seaport — The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, 2020
The Pandemic: A View from Gaza — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2020
Fighting Poverty in the Gaza Strip Requires Developmental Interventions — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2020
Gaza's New Conflict: COVID-19 — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2020
A Critical Look at the 'Waqfat Ezz' Fund — QudsNet, 2020
The Fading Golden Age of Oil and Its Geopolitical Implications for the Middle East — QudsNet, 2020
Trump’s “Deal” for Palestinians: Repercussions and Responses — Al-Shabaka, 2020
Palestinian Division and the American-Israeli Plan to Exploit It — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2019
PeaceCast #43: Omar Shaban Sees Hope in Gaza — Americans for Peace Now — PeaceCast, 2019
The Implications of Israeli Elections on Palestinians — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2019
The Ultimate Threat to Peace: A View From Palestine — ISPI — Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 2019
Palestinian Authority Looks to Cryptocurrency to Scrap Shekel — Al-Monitor, 2019
World Bank Report on the Palestinian Economy Foresees Difficult Conditions — QudsNet, 2019
The Iranian Economy Reels Under US Sanctions — QudsNet, 2019
The G7: The VIP Club of Nations — Achievements Far Below Its Potential — QudsNet, 2019
The Repercussions of the Palestinian Division on the National Project and Its Regional Exploitation — مجلة شؤون فلسطينية (Palestinian Affairs), 2019
Germany as an Influential Political Actor in the Middle East Conflict: Possibilities and Prospects — Orient — German Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture of the Middle East, 2018
The World Bank Report to Donors Meeting in Brussels Puts Gaza at the Heart of the Event — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2018
99% of March Participants Were Peaceful — Why Punish Them? — Francophone Press (via PalThink), 2018
Effects of Internal Palestinian Division on Civil Society Organizations and Proposals for Remedy — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2018
The Divisions Threatening Palestine's Future — Orient XXI, 2018
Governance and the Future of the Arab World — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2018
The Future of the Palestinian Cause in the Shadow of the 'Deal of the Century' — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2018
Gazans Are Protesting Their Economy, Not Israel's Existence — Foreign Policy, 2018
Palestine Stock Exchange Defies All Odds — Al-Monitor, 2018
Can Europe Save the Palestinian Authority? — Al-Monitor, 2018
The UN Reconstruction Mechanism for Gaza Must End, Not Be Reviewed — QudsNet, 2018
Policy Brief – The Motives and the Consequences of the Gaza Great Return March — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2018
Just for a Second, Imagine Living in Gaza — Fair Observer, 2018
Three Scenarios that Could Shape the Gaza Strip's Uncertain Future — Fair Observer, 2018
Could Washington Dismantle UNRWA? — Fair Observer, 2018
Gaza on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe: Gaza humanitarian crisis exceeds numbers and percentage — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2017
Latest Developments in Saudi Arabia and Their Internal and Regional Consequences on the Palestinian Cause — Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, 2017
The Implications of Siege and the Internal Palestinian Division on the Situation in the Gaza Strip Since 2007 — Palestine-Israel Journal, 2017
Economic Challenges Facing the Success of the Reconciliation Agreement — Al-Ahram Strategic, 2017
Gaza Between Reality and Prospects: After Egypt-Hamas-Dahlan Understandings — Arab Reform Initiative, 2017
Three Years After the Cairo Reconstruction Conference: Funding Promises, the UN Mechanism, and Enduring Suffering — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2017
In Reality, It Is the Poor Who Finance the Rich — QudsNet, 2017
On Transparency and Accountability in Public Financial Management — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2017
Unlocking the Gaza Strip’s Economic Potential and Fostering Political Stability — SWP Berlin, 2017
Gaza: Possible Outcomes of Egypt, Hamas, and Dahlan Talks — Arab Reform Initiative, 2017
EU Global Strategy Expert Opinion – No44 — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2016
What Are the Alternatives with the Disappearance of the Two-State Solution? — IEMed, 2016
Arab Spring and the Palestinian Youth Movement: Different Challenges and Priorities — EuroMeSCo / IAI, 2016
EU Global Strategy — Expert Opinion No. 44: A Palestinian View — EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), 2016
Is Gaza Seaport Construction on Its Way? — Al-Monitor, 2016
New Islamic Bank to Set Up Shop in West Bank, Gaza — Al-Monitor, 2016
The Palestinian Municipal Election should include Gaza as well — PNGO Portal, 2016
New Gaza War Inevitable without International Action — Middle East Institute, 2016
Egypt and Hamas—Cooperation in the Works? — Middle East Institute, 2016
Are the Palestinians Ready for Independence? — Middle East Institute, 2016
Obama’s Last Gasp on Palestine-Israel — Al-Shabaka, 2016
Commentary on Exporting the Gaza Gas to Jenin: Monopoly Is Hitting the Palestinian Economy Again and Again — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2015
From Exchange of Rockets to Exchange of Messages: Analysing Relations Between Hamas and Israel — PalThink for Strategic Studies, 2015
Security Services Drain Palestine's Budget — Al-Monitor, 2015

The 100 most recent publications — the full list is in the sitemap.