Speakers

Title/Chair

Session

Time

Conference Registration

9:00 –  9:30

National Anthem followed by a moment of silence honoring the martyrs

9:30 – 9:35

-   Nasfat Khufash, Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)

-   Dr. Wassel Abu-Yousef, P.L.O. Executive Committee

-   Abbas Zaki, Palestinian political parties coalition

-   Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, Conference Organizing Committee

-   George Mavrikos, Gen. Sec. World Federation of Trade Unions (V)

-       Keynote Address: Ahmed Kathrada, ANC and former anti-Apartheid leader, South Africa (V)

BDS and the Globalized Nonviolent Struggle for Justice & Rights

Chair:
Dr. Mamdouh Aker

Commissioner, Independent Commission for Human Rights

Opening Session

9:35 – 10:20

Solidarity message from the prominent Arab musician Marcel Khalife + BDS@10 Video

10:20 – 10:25

-   Jerusalem: Shahd Yassin (youth activist)

-   Women: Majida Masri (Women’s Campaign for Boycotting Israeli Products), Haitham Arar (General Union of Palestinian Women)

-   Political Prisoners

-   Media: Nasser Abu Baker (Chairman, Palestinian Journalists Syndicate)

-   48: Wafi Bilal (youth activist)

-   Gaza: Abdulrahman Abu-Nahel (BNC) (V)

-   Schools: Saed Irzeiqat (GS, General Union of Pal. Teachers)

-   Trade Unions: Mahmoud Ziadeh (GS, Federation of Indep. Trade Unions)

-   Grassroots Boycott Initiatives: Reem Masrouji, Shirin Abu-Hilal, Hasan Faraj, Issam Baker, Rami Massad, Sufian Barakat, Farid Tu’mallah

-   Refugees: Rabih Salah, Refugee Camps Boycott Campaign, Lebanon (V)

Spreading the BDS anti-Normalization Culture Among Palestinian Communities in the Homeland & Exile:

Prospects & Challenges

(5 minutes each)

Chair:

Salah Khawaja

Palestinian BDS Nat’l Committee-BNC

Second

Session

(Discussion)

10:25 – 11:45

BREAK

11:45 – 12:05

Prominent New York-based Artists Endorse the Cultural Boycott of Israel (Video)

12:05 – 12:10

-   Dr. Rafeef Ziadah: BDS Strategy of Isolating Israel’s Regime (V)

-   Falastine Dwikat: Academic & Cultural Boycotts Reveal Israel’s True “Brand”

-   Michael Deas: BDS in Europe Impacting Decision-Makers (V)

-   Dr. Sunaina Maira: BDS reaching the US Mainstream (V)

-   Abdulrahman Abu-Salem: BDS Egypt and the “Orange” Campaign (V)

-   Maren Mantovani: The Inspiring BDS Experience in Latin America (V)

-   Nidal Abu-Zuluf: Main Churches Adopting Boycotts and Divestment

-   Muhammed Desai: Mainstreaming BDS in South Africa (V)

-   Jade Brooks: Growing Progressive Jewish-American Support for BDS (V)

BDS@10: Freedom, Justice & Equality a “strategic threat” to Israel’s regime of occupation and apartheid?

(7 minutes each)

Chair:

Hanin Abu Sada

Palestinian BDS Nat’l Committee-BNC

Third Session

12:15 – 2:00

BREAK

2:00 – 2:10

Interventions by the audience (1 minute each), followed by responses, when needed.

BDS & Popular Resistance: Audience Views and Constructive Suggestions for Developing the Role & Impact

Chair:

Omar Barghouti

Palestinian BDS Nat’l Committee-BNC

Fourth

Session (discussion)

2:10 – 3:25

LUNCH

3:25 – 4:00