INVITATION: Jerusalem, Occupied or Unified?

October 16th , Monday 6 PM – 8:30 PM, Room 200 Nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, 116 38 Staré Město Faculty of Arts, Charles University

Yonathan Mizrachi: UNESCO vs. Israeli Policy in Jerusalem

Ronnie Barkan: Microcosm of Apartheid

Speakers

Yonathan Mizrachi, is an archeologist and executive director of Emek Shaveh, an Israeli NGO working to prevent the political use of archaeology in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Emek Shaveh believe that Jerusalem's ancient sites are public assets that belong to members of all communities, faiths and peoples and are deeply concerned by how these sites have become highly politicized and placed in the frontline of the attempt to prevent a political compromise for Jerusalem.

Ronnie Barkan, is a math teacher and longtime Jewish Israeli activist, co-founder of Boycott from Within. Boycott from Within members are as they say “Palestinians, Jews, citizens of Israel, who join the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)”, a movement that “works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law”. The BDS campaign is inspired by the campaign that helped to end apartheid in South Africa. Boycott from Within supported a Czech initiative protesting the Days of Jerusalem in Prague for its political agenda promoting Jerusalem as “unified”.

Facilitator

Jonathan Stein is a journalist and Managing Editor at Project Syndicate

Organizers

The student organization POLIS in cooperation with the Embassy of the State of Palestine.

Registration

RSVP email at IIR: registrace@iir.cz

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