Public events

20 November 2013, CREA Amsterdam

The impossibility of the self-evident necessity:   On  Israeli activism against the occupation Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist and publicist who has been writing about the daily life in the Palestinian Territories for decades. She lives in the Territories and also has lived in Gaza for some time. Hass’ critical work …

7 November 2013, ABC Treehouse Amsterdam. 8 November 2013, Treehut The Hague

Soldiering under Occupation: Processes of Numbing among Israeli soldiers in the Al-Aqsa Intifada, Berghahn Books. Often, violent behavior or harassment from a soldier is dismissed by the military as unacceptable acts by individuals termed, “rotten apples.” In this study, the author argues that this …

24 September 2013, De Balie Amsterdam

In this taboo-breaking evening Palestinians and Israelis will stand together on stage and tell us about their own, often harrowing experiences. Personal stories and played scenes are interwoven during this evening of “hope in action” involving not only the members of the organization, but where the public is invited …

22 May 2013, De Balie Amsterdam

Activist Video’s and Discussion, with Daniel Sherman from B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. In the 46 years of occupation, de jure and de facto, Israel has created an ambiguous and complex reality in which Israelis and Palestinians living in the West Bank …

29 January 2013, ISS The Hague

The deteriorating human rights and humanitarian law situation in Israel and the OPT:  What role for the Netherlands and the EU? In light of a deteriorating human rights and humanitarian law situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, shortly after the Israeli elections of 22 January and the Israeli …

14 November 2012, De Balie, Amsterdam

With Neve Gordon, member at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. After discussing the lynching of Palestinian youths in Jerusalem this summer, the racist beliefs among Israeli youth and the deep-rooted segregation in the Israeli school system, Neve Gordon will describe a fairly new school which brings Jewish …

25 October 2012, De Balie Amsterdam

Launching The Dutch Translation Of The New Book Of “Breaking The Silence” with the co-founder of the organizetion Yehuda Shaul. Breaking the Silence is a human rights organization that was founded in 2004 in Jerusalem by Israeli veterans to record testimonies of soldiers who have served in the occupied territories. …

7 September 2012, CREA Amsterdam

Israel, Palestine and ahe Dutch politicsWith Harry van Bommel (SP), Han ten Broeke (VVD), Frans Timmermans (PvdA)          

23 May 2012, CREA Amsterdam. 24 May 2012, American Book Center The Hague

With Abeer Baker The chair of the Legal Clinic for Prisoners Rights, in the Law Faculty of Haifa University, and the co-editor of the book Threat Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israel.  Prisoners in Israel can be classified into one of the two following …

3 April 2012, CREA Amsterdam. 4 April 2012, American Book Center The Hague

With the Economist Shir Hever Per-capita aid to Palestinians has reached an all-time peak in 2009, and the Gaza Strip has been declared the most aid-dependent region in the world. However, the Palestinian economy remains stagnated, and the standard of living of Palestinians …

7 December 2011, CREA Amsterdam. 8 December 2011, Humanity House The Hague.

Film and discussion with the archaeologist Yonathan Mizrachi.  Archaeology, history and politics on the Mount of Ancient Jerusalemin Silwan (City of David). The city of Jerusalem once was a small village in a place known as the City of David, where today the Palestinian …

13 September 2011, Humanity House The Hague. 14 September 2011, CREA Amsterdam

With Halleli Pinson, activist in The Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement  The Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement began in 2009 as a local struggle for the rights of Palestinian residents to their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. Between August and November of …