Zuhdi Shubeitah
العربية

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534 articles · 534 of 534 available in English (full Arabic archive)

  1. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicState Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) Report 2017 — Part TwoExamines findings from the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) 2017 audits across governance, security and services sectors, including vehicle management, organizational structure issues, the Alimony Fund, and education scholarship oversight.
  2. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicBetween Hinting and Correction: State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau Report 2017This article examines the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) 2017 report, summarizing its audits, complaint handling, and identified weaknesses in public financial management, including issues at the Ministry of Finance and other agencies.
  3. Public Affairs & PoliticsTranslated from ArabicFourth Arab Economic Summit in BeirutExamines divisions and limited influence of the Arab League, recalling the 2002 Beirut summit episode with Yasser Arafat and the recent Fourth Arab Economic Summit in Beirut marked by low leader attendance.
  4. Public Affairs & PoliticsTranslated from ArabicAntennas After MidnightThe writer describes a habit of writing after midnight, reflecting on the stillness of night, inspirations that follow, and encounters with Israeli military patrols and checkpoints in Ramallah and Al-Bireh.
  5. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicHebron Agricultural Cooperative SocietyThis article summarizes an audit of the Hebron Agricultural Cooperative Society covering fiscal years 2018–2020, detailing governance, financial, asset, and project management deficiencies and the recommendations made to rectify them.
  6. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicTaghyeer Community Media Company — PalestineThis article summarizes a 2019 audit of Taghyeer Community Media Company (est. 2014), highlighting weaknesses in corporate governance, board oversight, financial reporting, project accounting, and high salary costs.
  7. Public Affairs & PoliticsTranslated from ArabicJustice in the Distribution of Wealth: Between Success and Failure — Part ThreeThe article examines political and economic theories on wealth distribution, inequality and the state's role in market economies. It reviews perspectives from Piketty, Kuznets, Ricardo, Marx and others on causes and remedies for inequality.
  8. The Palestinian Economy in FiguresTranslated from ArabicJustice in Wealth Distribution: Between Failure and Rectification — Part TwoThe article examines how market-driven policies, private-sector practices and capital flight contribute to unequal wealth distribution, and notes the complicity of some public-sector actors in these outcomes.
  9. The Palestinian Economy in FiguresTranslated from ArabicJustice in Wealth Distribution: Between Failure and Rectification (Part One)This article examines rising global and domestic inequality in wealth distribution, its causes—inheritance, returns on capital, migration, weak government intervention, corruption—and consequences such as poverty and debt burden on the poor.
  10. Public Affairs & PoliticsTranslated from ArabicColombia and Venezuela: Between Neighborliness and UncertaintyThe article examines historical and geopolitical ties between Colombia and Venezuela, their relations with the United States, and recent political and social tensions shaping the region.
  11. Finance & BankingTranslated from ArabicPreliminary Banking Data in Palestine 2018 — Part Two, Section BThis article examines the sectoral distribution of credit facilities in Palestine for Q3 2018, reporting values and shares by sector and by currency for loans and overdrafts.
  12. Finance & BankingTranslated from ArabicPreliminary Banking Data in Palestine 2018 — Part TwoThis article examines 2018 banking credit facilities in Palestine, detailing their distribution by region and sector. It presents totals and changes for the West Bank and Gaza Strip and highlights concentrations by governorate and loan purpose.
  13. Finance & BankingTranslated from ArabicPreliminary Banking Data in Palestine, 2018 — Part OneExamines preliminary 2018 banking data from the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA), detailing customer deposits in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and their geographic and account-type distribution.
  14. The Palestinian Economy in FiguresTranslated from ArabicPreliminary Review of Palestine's Government Revenues and Expenditures in 2018 — Part ThreeThis article examines the government's 2018 transfer expenditures and public revenues using tables from the Ministry of Finance and Planning. It summarizes transfer payments (4,016 million shekels) and revenue sources (12,407 million shekels), and notes exchange rate and domestic debt details.
  15. The Palestinian Economy in FiguresTranslated from ArabicPreliminary Review of Government Revenues and Expenditures in Palestine, 2018 — Part TwoThis article examines the Palestinian National Authority’s 2018 budget data (from the Ministry of Finance), analysing spending composition, outstanding arrears, developmental project allocations, and implications for public debt and private-sector borrowing.
  16. The Palestinian Economy in FiguresTranslated from ArabicInitial Reading of Government Revenues and Expenditures in Palestine, 2018 — Part OneThis article examines the Ministry of Finance figures for Palestine’s 2018 government revenues, expenditures, deficits, and financing sources, based on the published statistical tables and financial statements.
  17. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicBetween Understanding Causes and Minds: Areas of Government Spending in PalestineThe article examines Palestinian government expenditures in 2018, detailing totals and sectoral allocations (including spending for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB)), trends in public debt and arrears, and fiscal risks from aid and clearance revenue pressures.
  18. The Palestinian Economy in FiguresTranslated from ArabicScope of Government Spending in Palestine in 2018This article examines Palestinian government finances in 2018: actual spending, increases in public debt and arrears, rising amounts owed to public funds, and risks from cuts to external aid and tightening of clearance revenues.
  19. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicBetween Trade Monopoly and Administrative FailuresThe article examines the Public Petroleum Authority’s rising public debt (896 million shekels in 2018), its borrowing from social funds, and longstanding concerns about secrecy, oversight, and governance.
  20. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicHands on Our Hearts: We Want ReassuranceThe article examines findings from the 2017 State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) report on the Civil and Security Governance sector, focusing on vehicle allocations, follow-up rates from the Anti-Corruption Commission, and concerns about safeguarding public funds.
  21. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicBetween Attention and Neglect in the War over MoneyThe article examines how Israeli deductions from Palestinian clearance revenues and accumulated local government unpaid utility bills ("net lending") have strained the Palestinian National Authority’s budget, drawing on State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) findings.
  22. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicThe Palestinian Al-Nafaqa Fund: Between Collapse and ContinuationThe article examines financial and administrative challenges facing the Al-Nafaqa Fund, including accumulated unpaid entitlements to beneficiaries, a loan/investment involving the General Petroleum Corporation, a small number of beneficiaries, and findings in the SAACB 2017 report.
  23. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicBarriers to Transparency and Good GovernanceThe article examines governance and transparency shortcomings at the Employment and Social Protection Fund for Workers, citing the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) 2016 findings and the absence of audited financial statements from 2003–2016.
  24. The Palestinian Economy in FiguresTranslated from ArabicComparative Analysis of Government Financial Data: January 2018/2019A review of government cash revenues, expenditures and financing for January 2019 compared with January 2018, using data posted by the Ministry of Finance and Planning – Ramallah. Notes the general budget for 2019 had not been issued and highlights changes in revenues, expenditures, clearance transfers and external support.
  25. Views & ReflectionsTranslated from ArabicRamallah Ministry of Finance and Planning website" The piece asks what this suspension means and how the Emergency Law relates to disclosure of financial data.