International Peace Conference

limerick | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Wednesday March 22, 2006 17:08 by Zoe Lawlor - UL Palestine Solidarity Society

Towards Peace & Justice in Palestine and Israel

The University of Limerick Palestine Solidarity Society is hosting an international conference entitled:
Towards Peace & Justice in Palestine and Israel,
Venue: Jean Monnet Theatre 1st & 2nd April 2006.
Admission Free

Towards Peace and Justice in Palestine and Israel: a two-day International Conference
Date: April 1 and 2, 2006
Where: University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
The University of Limerick Palestine Solidarity Society, sponsored by the UL Arts and Sports Fund, will host a two day international conference in the Jean Monnet Theatre UL on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April, beginning at 9:30AM.
Towards Peace and Justice in Palestine and Israel:
Saturday 1st April 2006
• 09:30 Registration
• 10:00 Opening Address:
The Occupation – History, Legality and Impact
Chair: John Gormley TD
• 10:15 History of the Occupation — Dr. Mustafa Barghouti MPLA
• 11:00 Coffee Break
• 11:15 International Law and the Occupation — Daniel Machover
• 12:00 Impact of the Occupation – Stop the Wall — Dawood Hammoudeh
• 12:45 Questions and Answers
• 13:00 Lunch
Peace Building-International Role in Middle East Peace
Chair: Raymond Deane
• 14:00 EU/US Actions/Inactions — John Gormley TD
• 14:45 Irish/EU Role in Middle East Peace building — Conor Lenihan TD, Dep.of Foreign Affairs.
• 15:30 Martin McGuinness MLA, MP – Peace building through politics
• 17:00 Questions and Answers
Conference Dinner

Followed by Salaam, Shalom, Síocháin, an evening of Irish, Palestinian and Jewish music from:
AMEN-Nóirín Ní Riain and Eoin and Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
Mohamad Hadeeb and Raed Anton Hawila
Penny Rosenwasser –Jewish Voice for Peace

Sunday 2nd April 2006
International Solidarity

Chair: Sean O'Carroll
• 10:00 Introduction
• 10:15 Jewish Voice for Peace – Penny Rosenwasser
• 10:45 Komite Internazionalistak – Lidon Soriano (Basque Country)
• 11:05 US Campaign to End the Occupation – Josh Ruebner
• 11:35 Questions and Answers
• 12:00 Lunch
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
Chair: Dr. Patricia Conlan
• 12:30 Elizabeth Corrie
• 12:45 Dr. Carmela Armanious Omary – Birzeit University (Palestine)
• 13:30 Dr. Ilan Pappe – University of Haifa (Israel)
• 14:15 Questions and Answers
• Closing Address
15:00 Michael D. Higgins – President Irish Labour Party