Zuhdi Shubeitah
العربية

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35 articles in “Public Affairs & Politics” in 2026 · 534 of 534 available in English (full Arabic archive)

  1. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicCrime in the Palestinian Community inside Israel: A Community Problem or the Structure of Settler Colonialism?An analytical reading of Arij Sabbagh Khoury’s study “Dismantling Colonial Epistemic Violence: Settler Colonialism, Violence, and Crime within the Palestinian Community in Israel.” It notes that the danger of rising crime and violence in the community extends beyond victim counts and insecurity to questions about root causes.
  2. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicCreativity and Excellence Under OversightThe article examines SAACB financial audits of the Supreme Council for Creativity and Excellence (a PLO institution) and its affiliated Support Fund, documenting gaps in accounting, governance, and transparency in funding and investment practices.
  3. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicInvestments of the General Federation of Palestine Workers: Weak Governance and Limited DisclosureThe article examines a 2023 financial audit by the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) of the General Federation of Palestine Workers, highlighting shortcomings in governance, disclosure, investment planning, and management of assets and deposits.
  4. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicWho Oversees Fair Distribution of Scholarships?The article examines a 2025 State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) compliance audit of the General Administration of Scholarships and Student Services at the Ministry of Higher Education, which found gaps in planning, transparency and follow-up for 2023/24.
  5. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicJenin Central Zakat Committee Under Review: Findings on Governance, Finance and AssetsThe State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) audited the Jenin Central Zakat Committee for 2024. The article summarizes the SAACB’s findings, which highlight gaps in governance, financial management, recordkeeping, controls over cash and in-kind donations, beneficiary documentation, and unrecorded transactions with Al-Razi Hospital.
  6. Public Affairs & PoliticsTranslated from ArabicGaza Is Being Closed and the West Bank Is Being FragmentedThe article examines a study by Nick Heinke and Levon Ter-Ghazaryan arguing that Gaza and the West Bank are two spatial forms within a single settler-colonial formation, shaped by closure in Gaza and fragmentation in the West Bank.
  7. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicWho Oversees the Telecom Giants?An examination of a State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) audit of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy’s handling of telecom licensing, revenue collection (including the 7% annual levy), and oversight of service quality and compliance.
  8. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicFacts in Minutes That Raise Concern About Protecting RightsExamines a State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) audit of the Land and Water Regularization Authority, which found only about 37% of targeted lands regularized and identified administrative, technical, planning, and judicial bottlenecks delaying the project.
  9. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicTen Years of SAACB Reports on Annual Hajj Seasons: Recurring Findings and Incomplete CorrectionsThis article reviews State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) reports on Hajj seasons from 2016–2025 (excluding 2021), documenting recurring financial, management and IT shortcomings and assessing whether recommended corrections were implemented.
  10. Public Affairs & PoliticsTranslated from ArabicWhen Botany Becomes a Tool of SettlementThis article examines a study showing how Zionist-era botany and agricultural research (c.1900–1930s) in Palestine served settlement projects, influencing plant classification, botanical gardens, and land acquisition, and discusses figures like Aaron Aronson.
  11. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicPolice vehicle tender: when unjustified conditions override competitionThe State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) finds that a 30-day delivery requirement and other unexplained exclusions in the 2024/158 police vehicle tender led to higher costs and undermined fair competition.
  12. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicWhen Humanitarian Intentions Alone Are Not EnoughThis article reviews the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) audit of the Ministry of Awqaf's 2023 "Aghithu Hum" relief campaign for Turkey and Syria. It summarizes findings on planning, donation collection, procurement, aid distribution, and recommended corrective measures.
  13. Finance & BankingTranslated from ArabicTrends in Deposits and Bank Credit in the First Half of 2026Preliminary data from the Palestine Monetary Authority show customer deposits rose to $23.179 billion and total credit facilities to $13.296 billion by end-June 2026. Banking activity remains concentrated in the West Bank while credit growth shifted toward the public sector; Gaza Strip deposits grew faster but credit to Gaza fell.
  14. The Palestinian Economy in FiguresTranslated from ArabicThe Cost of Israeli Settler-Colonial Occupation on the Palestinian PeopleExamines a study proposing a new methodological framework to estimate Palestinian economic losses from Israeli settler-colonial occupation and to quantify Israeli economic gains from control over Palestinian land and resources.
  15. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicWhen SAACB Observations Repeat for Ten Years: The Problem Is Implementation, Not OversightThe article examines State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) reports on the General Petroleum Corporation’s depot inventories and financial controls (2016–2025), highlighting recurring measurement, reconciliation, indebtedness, and reporting issues and weak follow-up on recommendations.
  16. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicWhen Need Comes Before Building the SystemExamines the SAACB audit of the Post Office Bank department set up in 2021 to disburse allowances to released prisoners and families of martyrs and the wounded, documenting financial, control, security and electronic-system weaknesses and recommendations.
  17. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicWhen Exceptions Become the RuleA reading of the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) report on the General Authority for Crossings and Borders (2024), documenting widespread institutional, financial and governance violations and recommending major corrective measures.
  18. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicWhen Legal Authority Is Absent, Governance WeakensThe article examines the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) audit of the Political and National Guidance Commission (2023–2024), which found legal, administrative and financial shortcomings that undermine governance and management of public funds.
  19. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicState Audit Reports: Why Do Errors Repeat and Reality Not Change?The article examines whether the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB)’s reports achieve real change, noting low implementation rates of recommendations and recurrent governance problems.
  20. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicWhen the Oversight Body Needs OversightThe article examines the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) 2025 audit of the Customs Enforcement Agency’s fiscal 2024 work, detailing findings on governance, human resources, finance, asset and warehouse management, and recommendations for legal and organizational reform.
  21. Public Affairs & PoliticsTranslated from ArabicBetween Haifa and Nablus: Fifty-One Years of TrustThe article recounts a 1944 bank deposit at the Arab Bank branch in Haifa and how the depositor reclaimed his full balance at the Arab Bank in Nablus in 1995, reflecting on institutional trust across decades and political change.
  22. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicDay-wage Contracts in the Public Sector: When Exceptions Become the RuleThe article examines the State Audit and Administrative Control Bureau (SAACB) 2025 audit of appointments under contracts and the day-wage item (2020–2023), which found temporary contracts increasingly filling permanent roles and gaps in legal controls and oversight.
  23. Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicThe Judiciary Protects Justice Not Only by Rulings but Also by Its ManagementThe article examines how the administration of the Sharia judiciary and the effectiveness of its integrity system affect public trust and social stability, highlighting governance issues such as powers distribution, disclosure, and accountability.
  24. The Palestinian Economy in FiguresTranslated from ArabicWhen Currency Becomes a Tool of Political PressureThe article examines the shekel (ILS) surplus crisis in Palestine under the Paris Protocol: how large accumulations of shekel (ILS) in Palestinian banks reflect limited monetary sovereignty and have turned the currency into a tool of economic and political pressure.
  25. Public Affairs & PoliticsTranslated from ArabicHeritage as an Act of Resistance: How Place and Identity Are Remade in Kafr Aqab — JerusalemThe article examines Riwaq Center’s cultural and rehabilitation practices in Kafr Aqab, showing how heritage work, oral memory and alternative mapping remake place and identity under settler colonialism in the Jerusalem enclave within the West Bank.