Audio for United in Struggle Against Israeli Colonialism, Occupation and Racism Seminar
Day One, Saturday 24 October 2009:
Introduction
Bethlehem Mayor Victor Batarsah
Session I: Palestinian Civil Society Advocacy Strategies. Facilitator: Mohammad Zeidan, Director of the Arab Association for Human Rights, Nazareth
1. Analysis of the Current Political Situation
Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations’
Network
2. The Legal and Humanitarian Dimensions of the Palestinian Issue
Shawan Jabarin, Al Haq
3. Experience of the Palestinian Grassroots Campaign and Public Resistance
Jamal Juma’, Stop the Wall: The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
4. Building Coalitions
Ameer Makhoul, Ittijah: Union of Arab Community-Based Associations
Session II: The Economy of the Israeli Occupation in a Global Context.
1. Global Neoliberalism and the Occupation of Palestine:
A Theoretical Overview
Speaker to be announced
From Individual Prosperity to Communal Stagnation: The Economy as a Form of Social Control
Dr. Neve Gordon, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
2. Economy, Development and Occupation
Martha Myers, Chair of the AIDA Executive Committee, Country director of CARE West Bank and Gaza
Session III: A Closer Look at the Economy of the Israeli Occupation.
1. Who is Building these Settlements? Working Conditions of Palestinians in Settlements and Other Dilemmas
Salwa Alinat, Kav Laoved: Workers’ Hotline
2. Economic Structure of the Occupation Following theSecond Intifada
Hassan Ladadwa, Birzeit University
Session IV: Profits and Losses from the Israeli Occupation. Moderator: Dr. Majed Nassar, Defence of Children International, Palestine Section
1. Corporate Accountability and the Israeli Occupation: Dr. Dalit Baum, Coordinator, "Who Profits from the Occupation" Project, The Coalition of Women for Peace
2. The Cost of the Occupation to Israeli Society Shir Hever , Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Day Two, Sunday 25 October 2009
Session I: International Advocacy Experiences and
Challenges, Moderator: Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, Bir Zeit and Bethlehem Universities
1. International Solidarity Movement and Solidarity with Gaza: Successes, Failures and Challenges
Huwaida Arraf, Free Gaza Movement
2. Spaces for Advocacy within the Experience of the YMCA
Clarisa Balan, YMCA
3. International Networks as Spaces for Advocacy: The Experiences in Latin America
Lilia Solano, Social movements in Latin America
4. Asia Advocacy with the Experience of Peace for Life
Carmencita Karagdag, PLF
Session II: International Advocacy Experiences,Part I,
Moderator: Rifat Kassis, Defence of Children International – Palestine
1. Experiences in South Africa in Advocacy Work
Solomuzi Mabuza, Ujamaa Center for Community Development
2. World Council of Churches, the United Nations and the Palestinian Issue
Christopher Fergusson, World Council of Churches
3. International Development Agencies and Advocacy Spaces: The Experience of ICCO
Mieke Zagt, ICCO
4. The Role of the Anti-Colonial Jewish Movements
Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center
(AIC)
Session IIB: Where Do We Go From Here?
Introduction
Facilitator:
Taiseer Meree
Group Discussions
• Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
• Coalition Building
• Popular Resistance
• Legal Work
• Occupied Syrian Golan Heights
Group Report-back
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