Abstract
Although Palestinian non-government organizations (NGOs) are hiring some employees and supply money to local market, this article argues that NGOs are moving within the political place of donor’s agenda meaning western governments’ agenda. The historical trends in funding NGOs in the occupied Palestinian territory essentially aim at ending the Palestinian struggle against occupation and encouraging Palestinian masses and institutions to de-politize their agendas and forsake their national goals. In other words, foreign aid has no problem with the continuation of Israeli occupation or that Palestinians never have a (sovereign) state. All indications show that what paramount to donors since the start of peace process is keeping Israel safe and maintaining a limited Palestinian authority with no capacity to pose a threat against Israel. From the Palestinians side, disagreement on foreign aid among them based on funds source UN fund is acceptable, other different between USAID and European funds, other differentiate between government and nongovernmental funds.
Highlights
Several local non-government organizations (NGOs) had been serving Palestinians since 1948 and later the number has increased due needs that raises because of the occupation (Governance & Social Development Resource Centre, 2010)
I will first present the financial findings of this study in comparison to results already documented in the literature on Palestinian NGOs
Foreign aid to the oPt comes from the European states and other donors who prefer to work with more institutionalized Palestinian NGOs and occasionally CBOs
Summary
Several local NGOs had been serving Palestinians since 1948 and later the number has increased due needs that raises because of the occupation (Governance & Social Development Resource Centre, 2010). It is important to stress that the Palestinian goals within the context of this research refer to those goals determined by the Palestinians themselves rather than by Israel or Western governments To people, they represent the dreams to accomplish as the majority of Palestinians believe that the two-state solution is a more suitable solution for the Israeli- Palestinian conflict than the bi-national or Islamic state alternatives (Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre, 2011). Prior to Madrid and Oslo, donors, mainly Europeans, encouraged Palestinians to accept the two-state solutions but today, their agendas seem to be centered on maintaining the Israeli occupation and pushing the negotiations in the direction of pro-Israeli solution even if it means a departure from the long held two-state solution It argues that historical trends in funding NGOs in the oPt essentially aim at ending the Palestinian struggle against occupation, and encouraging Palestinian masses and institutions to de-politize their
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