Author
Asem Khalil
Institution
Birzeit University
Discipline/Approach...
Abstract
This paper aims at assessing the Arab Spring‘s impact on the Palestinians, in particular in their quest for statehood and their state-building efforts, with particular emphasis on relevant constitutional law and institutions. While it may be impossible to measure the impact of an incomplete process of change in the Arab world on an incomplete statehood, it is possible to identify certain impacts the Arab Spring is having on Palestine. In this paper I will analyze certain steps and actions undertaken by the PA and by the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip in light of (or at least since) the beginning of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions in late 2010 and early 2011, respectively.
