Web Meeting: Gaza, Protest, Repression and Germany’s Conundrum
A two-hour panel and discussion featuring grassroots insights from movement leaders in Germany and the U.S.
The global wave of protest against Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza has drawn crackdowns on speech from the streets to university campuses. One place government repression aimed at individuals and groups supporting Palestine has been particularly notable has been Germany. On March 17, United for Peace and Justice presented a panel featuring a variety of voices from Germany, and accounts of similar experiences in the United States. Learning about what is happening in Germany, a country with a history of official regulation of how the Holocaust can be discussed and how “anti-Semitism” should be defined, could provide new insights into the challenges we face in promoting a fair and open discussion of the Gaza crisis, and the history that has led us here.
View the recording here: https://youtu.be/kWmG5-quW4o
Speakers:
Wieland Hoban, Executive Director of Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost (Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East), Germany
Yasmeen Daher, Palästina Spricht (Palestine Speaks), Germany
Amira Nasereddin, PA_Allies (Palestinians & Allies), Germany
Adam Broomberg, Artists + Allies x Hebron (AAH), Germany
Barbara Dougan, ESQ., Legal Director, Center on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Massachusetts, USA
Moderators: George Friday, National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice, and MaTT De Vlieger, Facilitator, Ceasefire Action Committee, Berlin, and Former United for Peace and Justice National Coordinator
