Program and registration
10/04/2010
Occupation, curfew, settlements, closed military zone, administrative detention, siege, preventive strike, terrorist infrastructure, transfer. Their WAR destroys language. Speaks genocide with the words of a quiet technician.
Occupation means that you cannot trust the OPEN SKY, or any open street near to the gates of snipers tower. It means that you cannot trust the future or have faith that the past will always be there.
Occupation means you live out your live under military rule, and the constant threat of death, a quick death from a snipers bullet or a rocket attack from an M16.
A crushing, suffocating death, a slow bleeding death in an ambulance stopped for hours at a checkpoint. A dark death, at a tortures table of an Israeli prison: just a random arbitrary death.
A cold calculated death: from a curable disease. A thousand small deaths while you watch your family dying around you.
Occupation means that every day you die, and the world watches in silence. As if your death was nothing, as if you were a stone falling in the earth, water falling over water.
And if you face all of this death and indifference and keep your humanity, and your love and your dignity and YOU refuse to surrender to their terror, then you know something of the courage…. that is: PALESTINE
— Suheir Hammad
Khalas! We are winning!
FIFTH BIL’IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR PALESTINIAN POPULAR RESISTANCE
WHEN: 21-23 April, 2010
WHERE: Bil’in village, elementary school building, Palestine
COST: 30 € donation is asked for registration, and 20 € for accommodation per night in Bil’in.
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DAY 1: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
9:00 – 9:45 - OPENING SESSION
Facilitators: Luisa Morgantini and Eyad Burnat
- Message from Abdallah Abu Rahma in the name of all the political prisoners (3’)
- Message from the families of the martyrs by the family of martyr Basem Abu Rahma (3’)
- Mohammed Khatib, Bil’in Committee (10’)
- Spanish Representative (10’)
- Mairead Maguire, Irish Peace Nobel Prize (10’)
- Jean Claude Lefort, Honorary member of the French Parliament (10’)
- Message of Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter (5’)
- Message from the European Parliament (5’)
9:45 - 10:00 - BREAK
10:00 - 12:45 - KHALAS! ENDING THE OCCUPATION
Examples of nonviolent resistance
10:15 – 10:45 - Jerusalem
Resisting the colonization (45’)
Facilitator of the session: Dr. Rateeb Abu Rahma
- Archbishop Dr. Atallah Hanna Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Ziad Al-Hamuri, Director of the Al-Quds Center for Social and Economic Rights
- Ihab Al-Jalad, Al Quds Popular Committee
- Morad Abu Shafaa, Silwan Popular Committee
10:45 – 11:05 - To exist is to resist (20’)
Against ethnic cleansing in Area C
Facilitator: Mohammad Abu Rahma
- Twani-South Hebron Popular Committee
- Jordan Valley Solidarity Campaign
11:05 – 11:25 - Reclaiming stolen land
Resisting the settlements expansion (20’)
Facilitator of the session: Ayed Murar
- Nabi Saleh Popular Committee
- South Bethlehem Popular Committee
11:40 – 12:45 - From Bil’in to Gaza
Breaking the Siege (65’) - Video conference
Facilitator of the session: Dr. Haidar Eid, Palestinian PACBI One Democratic State Group
- Mahmud Al-Zek, Beit Hanun (Gaza), National Popular Committee against Buffer Zone
- Lubna Masarwa, Free Gaza Movement
- Max Ajl, Gaza Freedom March
- Adie Mormech, International Solidarity Movement
- Questions and answers
12:45 – 13:00 - BREAK
13:00 – 14:30 - PROMOTING A CULTURE OF RESISTANCE
Organized by the Boycott National Committee (BNC)
Moderator: Omar Barghouthi
- Noura Erakat, Human Rights Attorney and Professor at Georgetown University
- Jonathan Cook, Writer and journalist
- Hind Awwad, BNC Coordinator
14:30 - 16:15 - LUNCH
16:15 - 17:00 - THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE
Facilitator of the session: Basil Mansour
16:15 - We are a joint struggle! (10’)
- Sahar Vard, Israeli platform against the Occupation
16:25 – Legal accountability (10’)
- David Bondia , Barcelona conclusions of The Russell Tribunal on Palestine
16:35 – Under repression (25’)
- Jonathan Polak
- Raja Adib Abu Rahma
17:00 – 18:00 - INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS
Facilitator of the session: Mahmoud Zwahara
International Delegations (50’)
International actions in support of the popular nonviolent struggle
Spain, France, Italy, Canada, Germany, U.K.
18:00 - 18:15 - BREAK
18:15 – 20:30 - WHICH STRATEGY FOR LIBERATION?
The future of Popular Nonviolent Resistance
Facilitator: Mohammed Daragma and Zohair Andrawos Al Quds Al- Arabi
- Nabil Shaath, Central Committee of Fatah
- Dr. Mahmoud Ramahi, Secretary General of the PLC, Representative of the Islamic Parliamentarians
- Khaleda Jarrar, Legislative Council Member, Popular Front of Liberation
- Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General Mubadara
- Mr. Tayseer Khaled, the Presidential nominee for the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Bassem Salhi, Secretary General, Palestinian Popular Party
- Dr. Ahmad Majdalani Secretary General, Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF) and of the PLO National and Central Council
20:30 - 21:00 - PRESENT: Repression allowed, resistance denied
Facilitator: Bassman Yassin
Representative of the Nonviolent Resistance
CULTURAL EVENT: Dabka by Assayel
DAY 2: Thursday, 22 April 2010
9:00 – 09:30 - EXPANDING THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO THE POPULAR STRUGGLE
A presentation of the International Network for the Palestinian Popular Nonviolent Resistance
www.internationalpopularstruggle.org
- Luisa Morgantini, Coordinator of the INPPNR
9:30 - 11:30 - WORKSHOPS (3 parallel workshops)
- Promoting Boycott and divestments, Facilitated by the Boycott National Committee
- Implementing the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Building an International Network for supporting the Palestinian Nonviolence resistance movement
11:30 – 20:00 - ALL DAY: FIELD TRIPS TO…
- Offer Prison
- Jordan Valley
- Bethlehem
- Jerusalem
- Nablus and Tulkarem area
20:30 - 22:30 - CULTURAL EVENT
- A screening of Budrus, a documentary film depicting the struggle against the Wall in the village of Budrus
DAY 3: Friday, 23 April 2010
9:00 - 11:30 - FINAL AGREEMENTS WORKSHOP
- All the participants will have the opportunity to present their opinion and vote the conclusions of the different workshops through a participative methodology
- One spokesperson for each workshop will present the conclusions of the day before
- Final discussion, votation and agreements
11:30 - 12:30 - TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONALS: Nonviolent action planning
12:30 - FINAL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE WALL AND SETTLEMENTS
FAQ
How can I pay for the conference?
30 € donation is asked for registration. The conference steering committee does not accept credit cards and personal checks, please bring cash only.
How do I get to Bilin village?
You need to get to Ramallah, from Ramallah there are services that can take you to Bilin either by waiting in the van to fill up and the price in this case is NIS 5 five Shekels or by taking a Taxi to the village and this will cost in between NIS 40-60. When you get to Ramallah, ask about « Mujma’ Al Mantiqa Al Gharbiya » means the services station for the Western Areas. You can also call one of the drivers for Bilin, his name is Khaled Burnat (059-908-7318).
What kind of accommodation is available?
All accommodation will be in Bil’in with host families. Showers will be available in the houses. It is 20 € per person per day and this price include dinner and breakfast and all lunches will be available at the conference site.
Contacts
For any questions about the conference or your registration, please write to Bil’in Popular Committee: committee@bilin-village.org or call 059-891-4541.
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