Speakers
Agnes Callamard
Secretary General, Amnesty International
Jehad Abusalim
Palestinian writer from Gaza; Executive Director of the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA
Phyllis Bennis
Program Director, New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies
Khaled Elgindy
Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
Zaha Hassan
Human Rights Attorney; Fellow in the Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Raz Segal
Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide, Stockton University
Sarah Leah Whitson
Executive Director, DAWN
Moderator
About the Conference
The destruction of Gaza after some 20 months of Israeli military operations, increasingly being recognized as a crime of genocide, has left Palestinians at an unprecedented moment in their history. This conference brings together a group of experts at the National Press Club in Washington DC at this crucial moment to address the status of human rights after genocidal violence was unleashed on Gaza, the scale and scope of destruction and loss, as well as the need for accountability. Looking forward, the conference will also delve into where Palestinians can go from here in their politics, in the region, and on the global stage.
Opening Keynote Address
Agnes Callamard
Secretary General, Amnesty International
Khalil E. Jahshan – Moderator
Executive Director, Arab Center Washington DC
Documentation and Accountability: Genocide in Gaza
Jehad Abusalim, Executive Director, Institute for Palestine Studies-USA; Palestinian writer from Gaza
Yara Asi, Assistant Professor at the School of Global Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida; Visiting Scholar at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University; Non-resident Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC
Raz Segal, Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide, Stockton University
Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director, DAWN
Yousef Munayyer – Moderator
Head of Palestine/Israel Program and Senior Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC
Palestine Explained: A Sneak Peek
Arab Center Washington DC is pleased to share a brand-new online resource for information on Palestine, Palestine Explained, which aims to be a one-stop-shop for all those interested in learning about and understanding Palestine. This session will provide an introduction to the project.
Hanna Alshaikh
Palestine Project Coordinator, Arab Center Washington DC
Where to Next: Palestine After the Genocide
Phyllis Bennis, Program Director, New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies
Khaled Elgindy, Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
Zaha Hassan, Human Rights Attorney; Fellow in the Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development and Director of the University’s Critical Issues Poll, University of Maryland; Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Arab Center Washington DC
Tamara Kharroub – Moderator
Deputy Executive Director and Senior Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC
Featured image credit: Shutterstock/Anas Mohammed
