Pogroms & Ethnic Cleansing: Now on Our Watch

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“We must expel the Arabs and take their place,” wrote David Ben-Gurion, one of Israel’s founding fathers and its first president, in a 1937 letter to his son.

That objective is euphemistically referred to as “transfer” in Israeli politics and policy. At our May Salon, a panel of experts will compare ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territory with other forced removals of indigenous and ethnic groups in the 20th century. What are the legal definitions of “forced displacement”? How does it relate to “crimes against humanity” and “genocide”? What is the role of forced removal in the processes of colonization and nation-building? Does it always involve cultural erasure?

Watch the curated videos for free at your convenience. | Join the Q&A discussion with:

Peter Balakian-Professor, Colgate University; Pulitzer Prize winner for Ozone Journal book of poetry; author, The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response

William A. Schabas-Professor, Middlesex University; author; former Chairman, UN Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza conflict

Omar Haramy-Director of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem

Dina Matar-Director, Centre for Global Media and Communication, School of Law, SOAS, University of London

Angela Miller (moderator)-Author;Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University, St. Louis

 

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Co-Sponsor

Hindus for Human Rights

Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace

SUPPORTER Organizations: Palestine Justice Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ♦ Gaza in Context ♦ Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace ♦  Quaker Palestine Israel Network ♦ Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East ♦ Indiana Center for Middle East Peace ♦ Disciples of Christ Palestine-Israel Network ♦ Virginia Coalition for Human Rights ♦ Mennonite Palestine Israel Network ♦ Friends of Sabeel North America ♦ Center for Jewish Nonviolence ♦ Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network ♦ Northern New Jersey Jewish Voice for Peace ♦ United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network ♦ US Lutheran Palestine Israel Caucus ♦ Churches for Middle East Peace ♦ Kairos Puget Sound Coalition ♦ Pax Christi USA ♦ Jewish Voice for Peace – San Diego ♦ 

Event Recording

Q&A discussion on Pogroms & Ethnic Cleansing: Now on Our Watch with panelists Peter Balakian – Professor at Colgate University, Pulitzer Prize winner for Ozone Journal  book of poetry, and author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response; William A. Schabas –  Professor at Middlesex University, author, and  former Chairman of the UN Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza conflict; Omar Haramy – Director of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, and  Dina Matar – Director of Centre for Global Media and Communication of School of Law at SOAS of the University of London.  Angela Miller – author, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University at St. Louis moderated this discussion.  This event was Co-Sponsored by Hindus for Human Rights and Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace.