The Palestine Center’s 2015 conference examines multiple aspects of the current situation, focusing on the context and representation of Palestinians in the media, regional and international politics, and the United States. Internationally renowned scholars, activists, journalists, and practitioners analyze factors on the ground and larger policies in four panels.
Haneen Al Zoubi, a Palestinian lawmaker and Member of the Israeli Knesset, talks about the newly empowered alliance of the Joint List and its potential in improving the human, civil, and political rights of the Palestinian citizens of Israel. She discusses the recent elections and the ramifications of the Likud party winning another term.
Nadia Hijab describes the limits on the Palestinian struggle for justice due to the paralysis and fragmentation of the Palestinian national movement. She also addresses the dilemmas this prevailing disarray poses to Palestinian activists, as well as the international solidarity communities.
Bill Fletcher, Ramah Kudaimi and Rev. Graylan Hagler discuss the subjects of repression and race with regard to the 2014 events in Ferguson, Missouri and Gaza.
Panelists Phyllis Bennis and Ambassador Philip Wilcox discuss the efficacy and challenges to the recent PA resolution to the UNSC and signing the Rome Statute of the ICC.
At the very center of the question of Palestine, both geographically and symbolically, is Jerusalem. Politically, economically and socially, the city is more divided than ever before despite being unified under an Israeli occupation. What changes have taken place in Jerusalem? How will this effect any potential agreement over the future status of the city? What is the future of the city and what can be done to protect the rights of Palestinians there?
Panel I: “Palestinian Refugees: Waiting to Return”; Panel II: “BDS: Activism and Strategy for Change”; Panel III: “U.S Mediation in the Future of Palestine”; Panel IV: “Jerusalem: A Core Issue”
From Gaza to Yarmouk, Palestinian refugees continue to carry the heaviest burden of statelessness. What challenges faces refugees historically and today? What is the status of collective mobilization among refugees and how are they preserving memory? What can be done to bring the grievances of refugees to the fore both in Palestinian politics and before an international community which has forgotten them?
In his latest book, Richard Falk illuminates the transformation of the Palestinians’ struggle over recent years into a struggle for legitimacy, similar to that pursued by all the anti-colonial movements of the twentieth century.
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