The Washington-based Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) has given a Palestinian ex-detainee in Israeli jails the Award of Excellence for his academic research paper entitled “The Role of Settlers in Israel’s Political Decision-Making Process.”
The researcher Ra’ed Khaled Ghabayen received a symbolic financial award $500 for his paper from the PARC which gives awards for outstanding studies conducted by postgraduate students of Palestinian universities.
His paper which is composed of five chapters was supervised by Middle Eastern studies professor Osama Abu Nahel and professor Ahmed Dahlan both working at al-Azhar University in Gaza.
Ghabayen who spent about nine years in Israeli jails expressed his happiness that his work was chosen by the center as the best academic research dedicating his accomplishment to his friends in detention.
For his part professor Abu Nahel described Ghabayen’s research paper as “very important” saying it would contribute to enriching the Arab library with a serious issue.
