#7 Gaza: Reconstruction and Responsibility — In Conversation with Tahani Abu Daqqa

Tahani Abu Daqqa is a Palestinian entrepreneur from Gaza and former
Palestinian Minister of Youth, Sport, and Culture. She is the
founder of Gaza Life Power, an organization working on renewable
energy and community development in Palestine. She is a Gaza War
survivor and has been displaced since April 2024. For more than
four decades, Tahani Abu Daqqa has been involved in building
women’s cooperatives and developing local economic and social
infrastructure in Gaza under conditions of occupation, blockade,
and repeated military escalation. In 2023, she completed a major
solar energy project intended to provide more stable electricity to
parts of Gaza. Within the first week after October 7, this
installation was destroyed. This Candid Conversation on Palestine,
Israel & Europe offers a detailed, first-hand perspective on
Gaza - not only as a place of conflict, but as a society shaped by
decades of resilience, organizing, and negotiation. It also
outlines concrete reflections on what a constructive European role
could look like, and why lasting security for Israelis and
Palestinians is ultimately interdependent.