Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies & Consultations

05/09/2026

Political Analysis: The West Bank Facing an Existential Struggle
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. Mohsen Saleh
https://link.alzaytouna.net/PA-MohsenSaleh-5926en
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By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. The escalating situation in the West Bank (WB), marked by increasing settler attacks on Palestinian civilians, the confiscation of their land, the destruction of homes, and the burning of crops…, as well as destructive military operations and the repression of ...

05/09/2026

Infographic: Palestinian Demographic Indicators 2024-2025
https://eng.alzaytouna.net/2026/07/09/how-has-the-palestinian-demographic-landscape-changed-during-2024-2025-free-section-from-the-palestine-strategic-report-2024-2025/

Al-Zaytouna Centre is pleased to present an infographic highlighting key demographic indicators for the Palestinian people during the exceptional years 2024–2025. The infographic is based on a study published in The Palestine Strategic Report 2024–2025.

This study documents the latest demographic indicators of the Palestinian people in Palestine and the diaspora amid Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and the escalating violence in the West Bank.

01/09/2026

Political Analysis: The Crisis of the Palestinian Political System and Elections as “Panadol”
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. Mohsen Saleh
https://link.alzaytouna.net/PA-MohsenSaleh-29826ENG
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By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. For any political system to achieve a reasonable degree of stability and credibility, it must meet a number of essential conditions and criteria, the most important of which are: First: Popular Legitimacy: The leadership of a political system should derive

01/09/2026

Academic Paper: The Future of the Strait of Hormuz ... Prof. Dr. Walid ‘Abd al-Hay (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre).
https://link.alzaytouna.net/PA_Walid-AbdalHay_Future-Strait-Hormuz_9-26-Eng
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By: Prof. Dr. Walid ‘Abd al-Hay. (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre). Introduction The Iranian Revolution marked a turning point in the history of international conflict over the Strait of Hormuz. About five years later, reports emerged of what became known as the “Tanker War,” which lasted

27/08/2026

The Palestine Issue and the International Situation During 2024 and 2025 … A Study of Global Shifts and Israel’s Declining Standing
https://link.alzaytouna.net/PSR-24-25_Ch8Sec-En
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• How did the UN and its institutions respond to developments in the war on Gaza Strip (GS) during 2024 and 2025, and what were the key positions of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and UN Security Council (UNSC)? • How did the US,

25/08/2026

Academic Paper: Transformations in the Economic Geography of the Gaza Strip and Their Implications for Food Security and Economic Sustainability (Arabic)
By: Dr. Raed Muhammad Hillis. (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre).
https://link.alzaytouna.net/PA_RaedHillis_8-26-en
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By: Dr. Raed Muhammad Hillis. (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre). A new academic paper issued by Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations, titled “Transformations in the Economic Geography of the Gaza Strip and Their Implications for Food Security and Economic Sustainability,” and auth...

24/08/2026

Political Insights (21): Risks of US-Israeli Targeting of UNRWA
By: Ali Huwaidi. (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre).
https://link.alzaytouna.net/PI21_AliHuwaidi_8-26-en
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By: Ali Huwaidi. (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre). Introduction Following the 1948 Palestinian Nakbah (catastrophe), during which more than 800 thousand Palestinians were subjected to ethnic cleansing and expelled by Zionist forces, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refuge...

20/08/2026

The Palestine Issue and the Muslim World During 2024 and 2025 … A Study Tracking the Positions of Muslim Countries, Popular Engagement and the Trajectory of Normalization
https://link.alzaytouna.net/PSR-24-25_Ch7Sec-En
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• What does the report’s detailed study on Türkiye (case study) examine, and what are its positions toward the Palestine issue, Israeli aggression and the Palestinian resistance? • What does the report’s detailed study on Iran (case study) examine, and

17/08/2026

Political Analysis: PLO Leadership and the Architecture of Exclusion
By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. Mohsen Saleh
https://link.alzaytouna.net/PA-MohsenSaleh-17826-e
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By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leadership could have erected one or two barriers, or dug one or two trenches, to ensure its continued reproduction and construct for itself a form of “legitimacy” that it knew, better than anyone else, did not