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Palestine faces the challenges of the twenty-first century
November 15, 2024From 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
From 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Prior registration required.
Casa Árabe is hosting this seminar organized by Amnesty International and the General Union of Palestinian Communities in Europe. It will consist of two round table discussions to be held in Madrid on November 15, with the participation of Ilan Pappé. Please sign up to attend.
Whereas the most recent estimates seem to indicate 43,000 deaths, of which 18,000 are children, a study in the scientific journal The Lancet estimates approximately 186,000 due to the cumulative effects of Israel’s war in Gaza and the lack of accurate data after October 7. In addition to 102,000 people injured and over 10,000 who are missing. More than 53,000 children have been wounded or have become permanently disabled. The UN Committee on Children’s Rights has stated that “Israel has killed more children in Gaza than men and women.”
Within the context of such a critical situation among the Palestinian people due to the war which Israel is waging with full force in Gaza, while also resorting to other methods in the West Bank, it is essential for us to examine not only the events since October 7, 2023, but also the different factors involved in this occupation now lasting over seven decades: this includes both the humanitarian and economic dimensions and the situation among Palestinian prisoners, as well as Zionism’s use as a weapon to further colonization.
The first round table discussion will be held in Spanish beginning at 5:00 p.m., with words of welcome given by Irene Lozano, Casa Árabe’s General Director, who will then give the floor to Raquel Martí, the Executive Director of UNRWA Spain, who will be discussing the work by her organization under very adverse conditions, and the persecution endured by UNRWA from the State of Israel. Speaking thereafter will be Alejandro Gálvez Robles, an analyst at Amnesty International, to talk about that entity’s most recent report on Palestine and Israel’s policy of apartheid. As for Arabist Carmen Ruiz Bravo-Villasante, she will be addressing the situation of Palestinian political prisoners (men, women and minors) in Israeli jails. And Jamil Mahmoud Abou Saada, Director of the General Union of Palestinian Communities in Europe, will be providing a historical overview of Palestine’s occupation by Israel, from the time of the Balfour Declaration to the present day.
You can watch it live on our YouTube channel.
The second round table discussion will begin at 7:00 p.m., and its main speaker will be Ilan Pappé, a professor of History at the University of Exeter. He will be discussing the issue of Zionism as a colonial political system and its negative effects on the coexistence between the different ethnic groups living in Palestine and on peace in the Middle East region. He will be accompanied by Ramón García-Catalán Fernández, President of Amnesty International Madrid, and Jamil Mahmoud Abousaada, Director of the General Union of Palestinian Communities in Europe.The event will be held in English with simultaneous translation. In order to attend this event, you must sign up in advance using this form.
You can watch it live on our YouTube channel.
Ilan Pappé (Haifa, 1954) is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and an anti-Zionist political activist. Prior to that, he was a professor of Political Science at the University of Haifa (1984-2007) and director of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestine Studies in Haifa (2000-2008). He has authored books which include Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine, The Modern Middle East, A History of Modern Palestine: One land, two peoples, Ten Myths About Israel, The Largest Jail on Earth, Conversations About Palestine (Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé).
Within the context of such a critical situation among the Palestinian people due to the war which Israel is waging with full force in Gaza, while also resorting to other methods in the West Bank, it is essential for us to examine not only the events since October 7, 2023, but also the different factors involved in this occupation now lasting over seven decades: this includes both the humanitarian and economic dimensions and the situation among Palestinian prisoners, as well as Zionism’s use as a weapon to further colonization.
The first round table discussion will be held in Spanish beginning at 5:00 p.m., with words of welcome given by Irene Lozano, Casa Árabe’s General Director, who will then give the floor to Raquel Martí, the Executive Director of UNRWA Spain, who will be discussing the work by her organization under very adverse conditions, and the persecution endured by UNRWA from the State of Israel. Speaking thereafter will be Alejandro Gálvez Robles, an analyst at Amnesty International, to talk about that entity’s most recent report on Palestine and Israel’s policy of apartheid. As for Arabist Carmen Ruiz Bravo-Villasante, she will be addressing the situation of Palestinian political prisoners (men, women and minors) in Israeli jails. And Jamil Mahmoud Abou Saada, Director of the General Union of Palestinian Communities in Europe, will be providing a historical overview of Palestine’s occupation by Israel, from the time of the Balfour Declaration to the present day.
In order to attend this round table discussion, you must register in advance using this form.
You can watch it live on our YouTube channel.
The second round table discussion will begin at 7:00 p.m., and its main speaker will be Ilan Pappé, a professor of History at the University of Exeter. He will be discussing the issue of Zionism as a colonial political system and its negative effects on the coexistence between the different ethnic groups living in Palestine and on peace in the Middle East region. He will be accompanied by Ramón García-Catalán Fernández, President of Amnesty International Madrid, and Jamil Mahmoud Abousaada, Director of the General Union of Palestinian Communities in Europe.The event will be held in English with simultaneous translation. In order to attend this event, you must sign up in advance using this form.
You can watch it live on our YouTube channel.
Ilan Pappé (Haifa, 1954) is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and an anti-Zionist political activist. Prior to that, he was a professor of Political Science at the University of Haifa (1984-2007) and director of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestine Studies in Haifa (2000-2008). He has authored books which include Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine, The Modern Middle East, A History of Modern Palestine: One land, two peoples, Ten Myths About Israel, The Largest Jail on Earth, Conversations About Palestine (Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé).
