50 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, Amsterdam

Amsterdam
© PDC
datum 6 juni 2017 18:00
plaats Amsterdam
locatie Da Costakade 102 Toon locatie
aanwezigen A.A.M. (Dries) van Agt i e.a.
organisatie De Nieuwe Liefde i

Dit programma vindt plaats in het Engels / this program is in English

2017 marks the 50th year of Israel’s military conquest of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Since the Six-Day War of June 1967, the Israeli’s have occupied Palestinian territories with military rule and a Jew-only settlement strategy. Since 1967, 126 settlements and dozens of “outpost” have been built. Today, more than 600,00 Israeli citizens live on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. Israel has withdrawn settlements from Gaza, but the strict Israeli blockade has turned Gaza in an open-air prison for the approximately 1.8 million Palestinian refugees.

The West Bank settlements, infrastructure and agricultural land are built on Palestinian land and constitute flagrant violations of international law and many UN Security Council resolutions. The existence of the settlements infringes on Palestinian human rights and seriously block the Palestinian right of self-determination and they impede the creation of a viable Palestinian state.

The Israeli journalist Amira Hass (from the daily Ha’aretz) will focus on the consequences of the occupation for both Palestinians and Israeli’s and on future perspectives.

The world community considers the Israeli settlements illegal and practically no country recognizes the Israeli sovereignty over East-Jerusalem. However, why does the world tolerate 50 years of occupation, dispossession and discrimination? The Palestinian-American political scientist and journalist Rami Khouri will try to answer these questions.

The Palestinian economist and former PLO-ambassador in France Hind Khoury will be interviewed about her memories of the Six-Day War and the occupation of the West Bank. She will also talk about the position of Christian Palestinians in Israel and Palestine

Apart from Hass, Khouri and Khoury, we welcome musicians, writers, actors and activists. Not only to remember 50 years of occupation, but also to make a statement: stop the violation of human rights, stop Israeli colonization and stop the illegal settlements.

This program is funded by:

The Rights Form (co-producer) | Een ander Joods Geluid | Stichting Groningen - Jabalya | Fonds Vredesprojecten | Kairos Sabeel

PROGRAM

18:00 Inloop

19:00 Interview: Hind Khoury will be interviewed by Hassnae Bouazza

19:20 Ibrahim Mousa: theatrical monologue Transit

Music: Shaza Hayek

19:55 Dinner with at 20.15 column by Kader Abdolah

20:40 Statement Dries van Agt

20:45 Lecture Amira Hass

21:15 Lecture Rami Khouri

21:45 Conversation between Amira Hass, Rami Khouri, Hind Khoury and Hassnae Bouazza

22:10 End of program

MENU

We will be serving:

fresh bread with three types of hummus,

couscous salad with pomegranate, mint, coriander and shave almond,

rich soup with orange lentils, chickpeas and brocolli

fried falafel with eggplant-garlic sauce

baklava

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De Nieuwe Liefde

Stichting De Nieuwe Liefde organiseert publieke programma's over religie, cultuur en maatschappij. Daarnaast is ruimte voor poëzie, muziek en theater en wordt een tijdschrift uitgegeven, Roodkoper. De stichting beheert en verspreidt tevens het werk van dichter en theoloog Huub Oosterhuis, initiatiefnemer en bestuurslid van de stichting.

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