2018 Palestine Center Annual Conference: Panel 1

Panelists Josh Ruebner, Lamis Deek, and Zena Agha address the issues of UNRWA, Activism, Legislation, Right of Return. Accompanying their presentations is a video prepared by Dr. Salman Abu Sitta on the attainable logistics of the right of return.

Recent BDS Developments: Anti-BDS Legislation and the MLA

Maria LaHood of the Center for Constitutional Rights and Dr. Stephen Sheehi of the College of William and Mary (and a Delegate in the MLA Assembly) discuss recent challenges facing the Boycott Sanctions and Divestment movement in the United States with the introduction of anti-BDS measures which which seek to chill and penalize Palestinian rights advocacy

Pope Francis, American Churches, and Palestinian Rights

Grace Said and Joanna Springer Pope Francis’ September 2015 visit to the U.S. will doubtless reinforce his reach to the new audiences he has attracted beyond the Catholic Church with his strong positions on such issues as the environment, poverty, migrants – and Palestinian rights to freedom and equality.