Public events

Saturday 3 October 2015, 20.00 De Balie Amsterdam

On Nir Baram’s journey through Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories De Balie and gate 48 are organizing and evening with Israeli author Nir Baram and Abdelkader Benali on Saturday the 3rd of October at 20.00. They will talk about Baram’s journey through Israel and the occupied Palestinian …

Wednesday 9 September 2015, 20:00, CREA Amsterdm

Breaking the Silence, an organization of former Israeli combatants, has collected testimonies from nearly 70 soldiers in mandatory and reserve service that took part in the invasion of the Gaza Strip during the summer of 2014 (dubbed by the Israeli military as operation Protective Edge). These soldiers’ testimonies were …

Saturday 4 July 2015, 14:00 at the Kinderrechtenhuis: Hooglandse Kerkgracht 17-G, Leiden

Operation Protective Edge in July 2014 claimed the lives of 2,220 Palestinians, including at least 1,492 civilians. DCIP independently verified the deaths of 547 Palestinian children, 535 of them as a direct result of Israeli attacks. Five Israeli civilians, including a child, and 67 …

Thursday 23 April 2015, 20:00, University of Amsterdam

      Public discussion with: Omar Barghouti, founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) Eyal Sivan, Israeli filmmaker, Honorary Fellow – European Center for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter, UK Anne de Jong, assistant professor anthropology, University of Amsterdam The discussion will address different questions in relation …

Sunday 29 of March 2015, 20:00, Café Belcampo in Amsterdam

A talk with Yonatan Gher, director of Amnesty International – Israel. The situation of human rights in Israel, especially since last summer, remains dire, with Palestinian citizens of Israel viewed as a threat to security and the demographic balance. As a human rights organization, Amnesty International …

12 February 2015 20:30, De Balie

Hillel Cohen, historian studying Jewish-Arab relations in Palestine/Israel at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. According to Jewish and Muslim tradition, Jerusalem is the centre of the world. In many ways it is also the centre of the conflict. The reason is obvious: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is both a national and a …

6 February 2015 20.00, De Nieuwe Liefde

Discussion with Daoud Nassar, founder and director of the Tent of Nations in Bethlehem.     20.00: Welcome, Janneke Stegeman (Kerk en Vrede) Margriet Westers, Kerk in Actie 20.05: Daoud Nassar, The Practice of Non – Violent Resistance 20.40: Anja Meulenbelt, How to Support Non – Violent Resistance? 21.00: Discussion with the audience Daoud Nassar …

8 October 2014 18:15, ISS the Hague. 9 October 2014 20:00, CREA Amsterdam

A discussion on the responsibilities of the Netherlands to ensure accountability as a basis for justice and sustainable peace; to bring justice and not just aid to the people of Gaza. Speakers: Sarit Michaeli, the Spokesperson of the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem Nada Kiswanson …

28 September 2014 19:00, Cafe Belcampo Amsterdam

With: Debby Farber – Transitional Justice Program Director at the Israeli organization Zochrot. (The talk will be in English) During the last years, the Israeli organization Zochrot (“Remembering”) contributed to raise public awareness within the Jewish-Israeli audience about the significance of the Palestinian Nakba. Not merely as a …

25 June 2014, De Balie Amsterdam

Politieke discussie over het nieuwe rapport Palestijnse kinderen en militaire detentie van een Nederlandse multidisciplinaire expertgroep. Met: Han ten Broeke (VVD),  Michiel Servaes (PvdA), Sjoerd Sjoerdsma (D66),  Prof. Jaap E. Doek, Prof. Karin Arts, Prof. Peter van der Laan. Op verzoek van Stichting gate48 en Stichting Palestine Link heeft een Nederlandse multidisciplinaire expertgroep bestaande uit vijf …

9 April 2014, ISS Den Haag. 10 April 2014, CREA Amsterdam

Presentation and discussion with: Connie M Varela Pedersen, head of the international advocacy activities of Israeli Human Rights organization Yesh Din.  Acts of violence are being committed daily by Israeli civilians (settlers) against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT): people are attacked and …

5 February 2014, CREA Amsterdam

Presentation and discussion with Salwa Duaibis: head of the international advocacy programme at the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling and Gerard Horton: Lawyer and co-founder of Military Court Watch. Since 1967, Palestinian children as young as 12 years have been prosecuted in Israeli military courts and imprisoned inside Israel. …