The Price for Isolating Hamas

Since the mid-nineties, support to the Palestinian Authorities has been the most important form of aid from the international society to uphold political stability in the West Bank and on the Gaza strip. The suspension of this aid radically undermines the political and economical status quo. By pushing the Palestinian Authority to the verge of financial collapse, the suspension of aid by the EU and the US removes the basis for economic and political stability – without offering a real alternative.

In a series of seminars and newspaper articles Fafo's Middle East experts have analyzed the consequences of the election victory by Hamas. (When the entry is in Norwegian, the article will be in Norwegian as well.)

Prisen for å isolere Hamas. 'The Price for Isolating Hamas.' Comment by Fafo director Mark Taylor in Dagsavisen, 29 April 2006

Interview with Mark Taylor, Klassekampen, 22 April 2006

Palestinere får mest bistand i verden. 'Palestinians get the most bilateral aid.' Gro Hasselknippe is interviewed by Stavanger Aftenblad, who also refer to Fafo in the article Bistand til Palestina. 'Bilateral aid to Palestine.' 22 April 2006

Palestinas økonomi. 'The Palestine economy'. Article in the magazine Palestina, March 2006

Economic and Political Impacts of Suspension of Aid, presentation by Pål Sletten and Gro Hasselknippe, 2 February 2006

Fafo-breakfast: Hamas wins big - what now? 2 February 2006

Comment by Pål Sletten: Hvem skal betale for Hamas? 'Who should pay for Hamas?' in Dagens Næringsliv 31 January 2006

Fafo-breakfast: Hamas in from the cold? 24 January 2006

Comment by Gro Hasselknippe: Hamas i regjering? 'Hamas in the government?' in Dagbladet 15 January 2006

Press release (from Fafo) 5 December 2005