critical Israelis in the Netherlands
An interactive documentary that digitally brings Palestinians back to Jerusalem. A presentation with filmmaker Dorit Naaman If houses and streets, neighbourhoods and cities could tell us their stories, what would these be? The present dominates our sense of…read more ›
Lecture and discussion with the Israeli human rights lawyer and activist Eitay Mack. In his lecture Eitay Mack will critically examines the dynamics between two narratives of Israel’s arms trade and its conduct in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The official…read more ›
Discussion with the Israeli human rights lawyer and activist Eitay Mack Nearing the sixth decade of its military occupation of the Palestinian Territories, the State of Israel has completed a process of ‘mask removal’ with total immunity for its ‘security’…read more ›
Pesach in the Jewish tradition symbolizes the journey from slavery to freedom. The Hagada (the book of Pesach) tells the story of the Hebrew people as slaves in Egypt and their journey to freedom. Today, more than 3,000 years later,…read more ›
How can you choose for non-violent resistance when violence is the norm? How can you make a connection with someone who is supposed to be your enemy? A couple of former Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants were confronted with these…read more ›
In her lecture Shalhoub-Kevorkian will speak about her latest book. In it she examines Palestinian experiences of life and death within the context of Israeli settler colonialism and broadens the analytical horizon to include those who ‘keep on existing’. She…read more ›
In October 2015, an interdisciplinary team of Dutch experts visited Occupied Palestine with the objective to assess the Human Security situation of Palestinian communities in the area and the possibilities for sustainable development projects there. Subsequently, their goal was to…read more ›
Lecture by Rebecca Stein, Duke University Israel’s occupation has been transformed in the age of digital technologies. Today, all of the political players in the theater of occupation rely on digital camera technologies and viral image circuits for political claims…read more ›
Public discussion with Hagai El-Ad, the Director of the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem בצלם بتسيلم. June 2016 will mark the beginning of the 50th year of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. What was supposed to be a temporary…read more ›
Book presentation with dr. Moshe Behar The vast scholarly field of Modern Jewish Thought usually ignores the intellectual history of Jews of non-European origin who are indigenous to the Middle East. The anthology Modern Middle Eastern Jewish Thought: Writings on Identity, Politics and Culture, 1893-1958 (University of New…read more ›