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Jerusalem For centuries, Jerusalem has been the political, administrative and spiritual heart of Palestine. Metropolitan East Jerusalem – an area extending from Ramallah to Bethlehem – has for long been the driving force of our economy. In fact, nearly on ...

Refugees No issue is more emblematic of the 20th century Palestinian experience than the plight of the approximately seven million Palestinian refugees. An estimated 70 percent of all Palestinians worldwide are refugees, while one out of three refugees wo ...

Political Prisoners Since Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory in 1967, an estimated 750,000 Palestinians have been detained under Israeli military orders in the occupied State of Palestine. This constitutes approximately 20 percent of the total p ...

Security The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory has been the primary and overwhelming cause of insecurity for the Palestinian people and instability in the region for decades. Ending the Israeli occupation through full withdrawal from all Pal ...

Water The Middle East is one of the world’s most water-stressed regions, given its semi-arid nature, population growth and shared transboundary water resources.  In addition, in Palestine in particular, water scarcity is hydro-politically induced.  Since ...

Claims resolution In order to pave the way for future reconciliation, all claims arising out of the conflict should be settled. Reaching a comprehensive and sustainable peace agreement requires that the wrongs committed during the conflict are addressed a ...

Borders The delineation and demarcation of agreed upon borders are central to reaching an end of conflict on the basis of the two-state solution. A State of Palestine based on pre June 4 th 1967 border with East Jerusalem as its Capital. The Palestinian p ...

State to State In a permanent status setting of two states living side by side in peace and security, relations and cooperation in various sectors will be regulated on the basis of sovereign equality, ensuring the removal of long-standing impediments, and ...

Economy Following Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967, Israel implemented economic and trade policies designed to maintain our economic and trade dependence on the Israeli economy while curtailing possibilities for indepen ...