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SUMMARY:Israel-Palestine: Where is the UN?
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DESCRIPTION:In recent months\, Palestinians in the occupied territory hav
 e once again been feeling the devastating impact of a barrage of Israeli
  airstrikes\, forced evictions\, and mass arrests. Placing this latest e
 pisode in the context of decades of structural and direct violence by Is
 rael against Palestinians\, these two panels will consider what is most 
 significant about the current situation\, will explore what constitutes 
 a violation of international law\, and why (despite widespread condemnat
 ions) the UN once again seems unable to respond adequately. Further issu
 es for discussion include: the impact and significance of the mobilisati
 on of Palestinians inside Israel who are demonstrating in solidarity wit
 h Palestinians in the OPT and what it reveals of their citizenship\; how
  dynamics might change in the future\; and what opportunities there are 
 for an international response that goes beyond just a ceasefire.\n\nTher
 e will be two roundtables\, and you'll automatically receive both  Zoom 
 links\, which will be emailed to you nearer the time of the event. Full 
 speaker bios are on the Eventbrite link.\n\nRoundtable 1: \n1.00-2.45pm 
 (BST)\n\nSuhad Bishara is a senior lawyer in Israel\, and director of th
 e Land and Planning Rights Unit at Adalah\, the Arab Center for Minority
  Rights in Israel.\n\nDiana Buttu is a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer. She 
 was a legal adviser to the PLO and participant in the peace negotiations
 . \n\nMichael Lynk is the UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights Sit
 uation in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967\, and associat
 e professor of law at University of Western Ontario.   \n\nRaji Sourani 
 is a human rights lawyer in the Gaza Strip\, and director of the Palesti
 nian Center for Human Rights in Gaza City. \n\nRoundtable 2:\n3.00 - 4.4
 5pm (BST)\n\nValentina Azarova is a research fellow at the International
  Law Centre\, University of Manchester\; and a founding member of the Gl
 obal Legal Action Network (GLAN). \n\nKatherine Gallagher is senior staf
 f attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights\, NYC\, USA.\n\nArdi 
 Imseis is assistant professor of law at Queen’s University\, Canada. \n\
 nShawan Jabarin is a human rights lawyer based in Ramallah\, and general
  director of Al-Haq. 
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