Conference Program
Day 1 (Saturday, March
28, 2009)
9:00 -- 9:15 Welcome and Rationale of the Conference
Dr. Hani A. Faris, Conference Co-Chair and Acting Chairperson
of TARI
Dr. Kevin Bowen, Director, William Joiner Center for the Study
of War and its Social Consequences
9:15 -- 11:15 Panel I: Is the Two State Settlement Feasible?
Chair:
Professor Duncan Kennedy
A. Land Confiscation, Settlements and the Feasibility of a Two
State Solution
Speaker: Dr Meron Benvenisti
B. Quiet Transfer: Judaization of Jerusalem
Speaker: Professor Saree Makdisi
C. The Fragmentation of the Palestinian Body Politic
Speaker: Professor Karma Nabulsi
D. Challenging the Consensus Favoring the Two State Model
Speaker: Ali Abunimah
E. Is The Two State Settlement Still Viable? An Overall Assessment
of the Present Situation.
Speaker: Professor Naseer Aruri
11:15 -- 11:30 Break
11:30 -- 1:15 Panel II: A Historic Settlement in Harmony with
the Jewish and Palestinian Ethos
Chair: Mr. Howard Lenow
A. A Sense of Justice: World Jewry & the One State Solution
Speaker: Professor Oren Ben-Dor
B. Israel, Ethnic Particularism & Universalist Values
Speaker: Professor Marc Ellis
C. Jerusalem and the future Solution to the Conflict
Speaker: Dr Mahdi Abdul-Hadi
D. The Palestinian Right of Return in the Context of the One
and Two State Solutions
Speaker: Professor Susan Akram
1:15 -- 2:00 Lunch Break
2:00 -- 3:45 Panel III: The Vision: One Country, One State
Chair:
Dr Mark Solomon
A. The Geographic and Demographic Imperatives of a Single State
Speaker: Dr Salman Abu Sitta
B. The Contours of the One State: Shapes of Sovereignty
Speaker: Professor Michael Lynk
C. A New Arab / Jewish Narrative
Speaker: Professor Gabriel Piterberg
D. The Palestinian National Movement and the One State Vision
Speaker: Professor Nadim Rouhana
3:45 -- 4:00 Break
4:00 -- 6:00 Panel IV: Strategies for Building One Country
Chair:
Dr Hani A. Faris
A. Popular Sovereignty and Justice
Speaker: Professor Karma Nabulsi
B. Charting a Diplomatic Course for Alternative Thinking: Arab,
Western & Other Governments
Speaker: Dr Husam Zomlot
C. Mobilizing Palestinians
Speaker: Professor George Bisharat
D. Mobilizing World Jewry
Speaker: Professor Norton Mezvinsky
E. Awakening the American Conscience
Speaker: Professor Joel Kovel
Day 1 (Sunday, March
29, 2009)
9:00 -- 11:00 Panel V: Methods for Building One Country
Chair:
Professor Seif Da'Na
A. Dealing with the International Organizations’ Consensus
on the Two State Solution
Speaker: Ms. Phyllis Bennis
B. The Palestinians in Israel and the One and Two State Solutions
Speaker: Professor As’ad Ghanem
C. Modes of Non Violent Activism to Achieve Palestinian Human
Rights
Speaker: Ms. Nadia Hijab
D. Israeli Feminism and the One State Solution
Speaker: Professor Smadar Lavie
E. Grassroots Organizing in the U.S. of Palestinians, Labor and
Students for the Right of Return & the One State Solution
Speaker: Mr. Monadel Herzallah
11:00 -- 11:15 Break
11:15-- 1:00 Panel VI: The Organization for Building One country
Chair:
Professor Najib Saliba
A. Building An International Movement To Promote the One State
Solution
Speaker: Dr Ghada Karmi
B. Building Movements for the One State Solution in Palestine & the
Arab World
Speaker: Professor Leila Farsakh
C. Organizing for Self Determination, ethical De Zionization & Resisting
Apartheid
Speaker: Omar Barghouti
D. Proposal For A New Israeli Political Organization: Building
A Movement For The One State Solution
Speaker: Professor Ilan Pappe
1:00 -- 1:15 Break
1:15 -- 2:30 Panel VII: Israel's Strategies of Destruction and
Debilitation: The Implications of the War on Gaza to Coexistence,
Cohabitation & Future Statehood
Chair: Professor Michael C.
Hudson
Speakers:
Professor Ilan Pappe
Mr. Omar Barghouti
Dr. Nancy Murray
Summaries, Recommendations & General Discussion
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