2019 Annual Conference: Keynote Address
Dr. Joseph Massad delivers the keynote address of the 2019 Palestine Center Annual Conference.
Israel
Refugees Looking for Home
Palestinian-American poet and environmental scholar Sharif Elmusa, and activist artist Susan Smith present an intersectional multimedia event that includes readings of poetry of and about the refugee experience from different world-regions with an exhibition of recent artwork.
Palestine in Crisis: Yousef Aljamal and Miko Peled on the Detention of Palestinian Children
On a speaking tour in the US to address the incarceration of Palestinian children and the situation of Gaza, Yousef Aljamal sheds light on this serious subject. He is joined by activist Miko Peled.
2019 Annual Conference – The Deal of the Century: A Plan to Liquidate the Palestine Question
The speakers of the 2019 Palestine Center Annual Conference provide their analyses of this critical moment. The keynote address is delivered by Dr. Joseph Massad, followed by two panels that respectively address issues of the Right of Return, UNRWA, US and Israeli Policies (Panel I); and Geopolitics, BDS, The Media & Palestine, and US Perspective on the Deal (Panel II). Please join us for an engaging event.
2019 Summer Lecture Series: The Resistance Among Palestinian Women Citizens of Israel
Dr. Suheir Daoud discusses the resistance led by Palestinian women citizens of Israel during different phases since Israel’s establishment. She talks about her her recent research on women in the Islamic movement and the challenges they face from within the Palestinian society and from the implications of the recently imposed ‘nation state law’.
How to Say Awda in Hebrew
Rachel Beitarie, Director of the Israeli human rights organization Zochrot, discusses the successes and challenges in transforming Israeli society from within towards acknowledgement of the Palestinian nakba and ethnic cleansing as part of the consequences of the creation of a Jewish-only nation state.
Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance
Dr. Timothy Seidel presents the book he co-authored with Alaa Tartir and discusses how the rule of power relates to the case of occupied Palestine, examining features of local dissent and international governance.
Why Did the Drums of War Beat?
Beginning with the 1956 war and ending with the Al Aqsa Intifada of 2000, Dr. Jenab Tutunji provides a historical examination of events that looks at Israel’s justifications for war that have impeded peace in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The Ultimate Deal: The Palestine Perspective
Now serving as the head of the PLO mission in the United Kingdom, Dr. Husam Zomlot provides updates on the latest political and diplomatic developments, and discusses whether the Palestinian leadership still believes that a peace settlement is possible, and if so, how.
