The German Federal Agency for Civic Education visits the West Bank with KAS

On August 20th and 21st, we hosted a small delegation from the German Federal Agency for Civic Education with its President Thomas Krüger. During one and a half days we met with Palestinians in Ramallah and Nablus, listening to their thoughts and opinions on politics and the civil society as well as the economic situation.

The American Jewish Committee visits the West Bank to gain insights into life in Palestine

In the course of a study trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the American and German participants of the AJC Alumni Program spent a day in East Jerusalem and Ramallah to get different perspectives on the situation here.

German journalists meet Palestinian entrepreneurs and journalists to talk politics and technology

The office of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Palestine received a group of German journalists under 30 as part of a delegation visiting the region with the European Leadership Network (ELNET). The group spent half a day in Ramallah and met with Palestinian entrepreneurs and young journalists.

Expert discussion: KAS-PSR discuss findings of Public Opinion Poll No. 72

On July 3, the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) presented the findings of the 72 joint Public Opinion Poll carried out in partnership with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Palestine during a press conference in our Ramallah office.

Visit of the CDU parliamentary group from Schleswig-Holstein

A large delegation from the CDU parliamentary group of the Landtag (state parliament) of Schleswig-Holstein visited Israel and the Palestinian territories. State parliament president Klaus Schlie and the head of delegation and parliamentary group leader Tobias Koch were, amongst others, also present. The group learned more about history, social realities and the local political situation as they visited the Palestinian Territories.

A delegation of the Federal Agency for Civic Education - bpb - is hosted by KAS

On May 14, 2019, we spent the whole day with a group from the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb), brought them together with people from the Palestinian civil society and talked to them about our work and the situation in the Palestinian Territories. The packed program started with our office manager Marc Frings, who gave the group an early morning introduction in East Jerusalem, on the political and social situation in the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Land Registration: Objectives, Progress and Obstacles

Discussing issues related to the goals, accomplishment and challenges to land registration in the West Bank

The Institute of Law at Birzeit University in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung held a legal encounter in Birzeit featuring Mousa Shakarneh, a judge and chairman of the Land and Water Settlement Committee.

The international and regional dimension of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

On April 18 2019, we discussed the international and regional dimensions - with a focus on EU-policies - of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict together with Dimitris Bouris and Daniela Huber during a roundtable event at our office in Ramallah.

The International System with Trump: to Where?

International Conference

Our partner Ibrahim Abu Lughod Institute of International Studies conducted their international annual conference with this year’s focus on “The International System with Trump” and the question to where we are heading.

The Knesset Elections and the Palestinians

A Roundtable Discussion on the Knesset Elections and the possible impact on Palestinians.

The Israeli parliamentarian elections will be held on April 9, 2019. Although the elections are particularly important to Israeli citizens, they are widely followed by Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Many Palestinians believe these elections can greatly impact their livelihoods as a general rejection of the two-state solution and the intensification of the settlement project were recurring topics around the election campaign.