Denna uppsats undersöker FN:s roll och antagna resolutioners påverkan på det palestinska folkets rätt till självbestämmande i Gaza och Västbanken efter Oslo-avtalen 1993. Genom att granska FN:s deltagande i fredsprocessen och dess politiska ställningstaganden i regionen, syftar studien till att ge insikter om FN:s förmåga att påverka självbestämmandet för det palestinska folket. Studien använde kvalitativ textanalys och realistisk teori för att utvärdera FN:s agerande och resolutioners effektivitet. Resultaten visade att trots FN:s resolutioner och engagemang har implementeringen av palestiniernas rätt till självbestämmande varit bristfällig och ineffektiv. Bristen på en effektiv mekanism inom FN för att genomdriva resolutioner och säkerställa efterlevnad av internationell lag har begränsat organisationens förmåga att lösa konflikten och skydda de drabbade. Genom att tillämpa realistisk teori visar studien att stater prioriterar sin överlevnad över moraliska principer och att FN strävar efter fred genom förhandlingar och konfliktlösning för att säkra ordning och säkerhet. / This paper examines the role of the UN and the impact of adopted resolutions on the Palestinian people's right to self-determination in Gaza and the West Bank following the Oslo Accords of 1993. By examining the UN's participation in the peace process and its policy stances in the region, the study aims to provide insights about the UN's ability to influence the selfdetermination of the Palestinian people. The study used qualitative text analysis and realist theory to evaluate the effectiveness of UN actions and resolutions. The results showed that despite UN resolutions and commitment, the implementation of the Palestinians' right to selfdetermination has been inadequate and ineffective. The lack of an effective mechanism within the UN to enforce resolutions and ensure compliance with international law has limited the organization's ability to resolve the conflict and protect those affected. By applying realist theory, the study shows that states prioritize their survival over moral principles and that the UN strives for peace through negotiations and conflict resolution to ensure order and security.

This essay aims to begin to fill a potential gap in previous research when it comes to studying the political content of specific cultural practices, in this case the Freedom Theatre in Jenin. The theatre expressively refers to itself as a political theatre, calling themselves freedom fighters and places itself at the forefront of they call "cultural resistance". The creation of this cultural resistance is investigated here. This essay aims to explores, through examining the theatre's methods of practice, how cultural resistance could be transformed into political action and what problems that may hinder their political aspirations from becoming a true potential for political influence. The essay concludes that the theatre uses identity and narrative for political purposes in order to unite and strengthen the Palestinian collective identity, creating a civil resistance towards the Israeli occupation. This is however not an unproblematic process, and many of the same problems facing other nonviolent resistance movements are also present within the theatre. / Minor Field Studies, SIDA

A news story is built up by certain indicators that tell the reader where and at what time the story takes place, who participates in it, and of course, what has happened. Most of them also contain a complicated action, that changes the normal condition into a new one, as well as an outlook on the possible consequences the incident might have led to. The way a story is told, what is said and what is being left out, could have an effect on our thoughts, attitudes and opinions. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a subject that is extensively covered by the media with varying content of information. It developed into yet another war in the summer of 2014, and two of Sweden’s biggest newspapers, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet, published hundreds of articles from the ongoing events in the Middle East. A total of 40 of these articles have been analyzed in this study. By using a method of narrative analysis which reveal the indicators first mentioned in this abstract, the author has been able to see the differences and similarities between the newspapers’ articles from the war. The differences in the way the events are told could have an effect people’s opinon and attitudes towards the opposite sides of the conflict.

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