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FFIPP-International Conference: July 2-3, 2008 at Al-Quds University, Jerusalem (Abu-Dis campus)


The Predicament of Gaza and Palestine: US/Israeli policies and the role of Academia



 Preamble 




It has been almost two years since the last FFIPP conference in Ramallah. 

Since then, the situation in the Occupied Territories has deteriorated with the 

rapidly worsening conditions in Gaza, the continued construction of the Wall 

and the settlements, continued violence— mainly against the Palestinians- and 

the lack of any progress in the ‘negotiations’. The tensions between Hamas and 

Fatah continued as well and the isolation of Hamas contributed to the general 

deterioration. The Annapolis conference has failed to produce any positive 

change in the region and the occupation of Iraq is now threatening to escalate 

into, potentially, a major confrontation with Iran. 




This turbulent political environment in Israel, Palestine and the region, coupled 

with the devastating socio-economic conditions in Gaza, urgently call for better 

understanding, cooperation and positive plan of joint action among 

Internationals, Palestinians and Israelis. This conference has been designed as 

an aid for such an action. 




First Day 




9:30 Gaza blockade 

Eyad el-Sarraj (President of FFIPP, Founder and Director of Gaza Community 

Mental Health Program) 

Salim Tamari (Institute for Jerusalem Studies, Board Member of FFIPP) 

Hashim Shawa (President of the Bank of Palestine)




11:30-12:00 Coffee Break




Kamalin Shaath




Issam Younis (Director of Al Mizan Centre for Human Rights) 

Abdel Karim Ashour (Director of Agriculture Relief Committees) 

Mona Farra (The Red Crescent Society).




13:30-14:30 Lunch




14:30-15:30 Israeli policy




Eyal Wiezman (University of London) 

Saleh Abdel Jawad (Birzeit University) 

Menachem Klein (Bar Ilan University)




15:30-17:00 Questions




Second Day 




10:00-11:30 Workshops




Saleh Abdel Jawad (Birzeit University) 

Islah Jad (Birzeit University) 

Kenneth Mann (Tel Aviv University, Gisha)




11:30-12:00 Coffee Break




12:00-13:30 US policy




Richard Falk (Princeton University, UC Santa Barbara) 

Mariano Aguirre (Director of the Peace and Conflicts unit at the Spanish 

Institute of International Relations) 

Eric Rouleau (Former Chief Middle East Correspondent, Le Monde; former 

Ambassador to Morocco and Tunisia)




13:30-14:30 Lunch




14:30-15:30 Discussants




Phyllis Bennis (Institute of Policy Studies) 

Bassma Kodmani (Director of Arab Reform Initiative; Board Member of 

FFIPP)




15:30-17:00 Questions




Logistics 




For questions prior to the conference, call: 054-689-7379 or 

E-mail: ffipp.conference@gmail.com




Transportation 




There would be transportation organized, free transportation from: 

Binyanei H'auma 

Hotel Notre Dame 

Ramallah 

Birzeit University 

Tel Aviv University






 


 

  


Past Events
     

   


ENDING THE OCCUPATION AND SIEGE: THE NEED FOR NEW COALITIONS


FFIPP International conference took place in Ramallah on January 5-7, 2007.



FFIPP has organized an unprecedented conference calling for the creation of a new coalition of Israeli, Palestinians and 
internationals. This three-day conference was held in Ramallah on January 5-7, 2007. In spite of an Israeli military 
operation in Ramallah in which 4 Palestinians were killed on the previous day, and the very real fears it caused, over 60
organizations sent representatives to the conference, with participation of over 200 people. 

 PHOTO:Dr. Lily Feidy, Prof Naomi Chazan , Dr. Jad Isaac, Ramallah FFIPP-I conference, January 2007.




program.

article on the conference written by Uri Avnery.

Listen to Dr. Jad Issac  speech at the conference.
Speech.


Listen to Dr. Naomi Chazan speech at the conference.
Speech.


The conference was organized in cooperation with Combatants for Peace.




 



 


(Working groups, Ramallah Conference, January 2007)







Bethlehem University Peace Center, December 30, 2005






“Prospects and Obstacles for Peace in Light of the Disengagement, the Wall, and the Occupation: the Role of Academicians.”



Speakers: 

Dr. Adnan Mussalam,  Bethlehem University

Dr. Luisa Morgantini, EU parliament

Dr. Jad Isaac, Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem

Dr. Ghasaan Andoni, Birzeit University






Fear of the Other & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, September 23-24, 2005, Brunei Gallery, SOAS and Birkbeck College London




Program






Vie académique en Territoires occupés Le
cas de la Palestine (Academic life in the Occupied Territories- the
case of Palestine), June 28, 2005, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Brussels, Belgium




Speakers: Dr. Iyad Sarraj, Director General of Gaza Community Mental
Health Program, and president of FFIPP-I. Anat Biletzi, head of the
faculty of philosophy at the Tel-Aviv University and Chair of the board
of B'tselem, member of the board of FFIPP-I 




Working Toward Reconciliation For a Complete End of Occupation, June 26th - 27th 2005, Venice, Italy June 25-27, 2005





Program 




Conference sponsored by the city of Venice






An End to Occupation, A Just Peace in Israel-Palestine: An International Network in Action, Hind Al-Husseini College, Faculty of Arts, Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem, January 3 - 5, 2005






An End to Occupation, A Just Peace in Israel-Palestine: An International Network in Action. Brussels, July 3, 4 and 5, 2004 




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An End to Occupation, A Just Peace in Israel-Palestine:Towards an Active International Network, Notre Dame, East Jerusalem, January 4-5, 2004.




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The Role of Academia against the Occupation, Tel Aviv University, June 18 – 19, 2003 




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