Tue. December 3rd, 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (EST) - Online and In person at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Dissent, Protest, and Palestine-Israel: Restrictions on Civic Space During Violent Conflict
Civic space is shrinking. Every year, human rights defenders, humanitarians, social justice activists and their organizations face new threats in their ability to organize campaigns and protest oppressive policies. This crisis is particularly acute in the context of dissent and speech related to Palestine–Israel.
In the occupied Palestinian territories, civil society actors face arrest, mass surveillance and movement restrictions, while in Israel, various legal mechanisms are used to restrict dissent, and measures are being taken to limit judicial review. Meanwhile, in the United States, widespread efforts have been deployed to prohibit advocacy in support of Palestinian human rights, whether in the public square or online.
The new volume, Suppressing Dissent: Shrinking Civic Space, Transnational Repression and Palestine–Israel, edited by Carnegie Fellow Zaha Hassan and H.A. Hellyer, gathers leading scholars to discuss the suppression of dissent related to Palestine-Israel at home and abroad and explains why this presents an existential threat to global civil society.
Join the Carnegie Endowment’s Middle East program for a panel discussion moderated by Ishaan Tharoor, a Washington Post global affairs columnist, featuring editors of the new volume and legal scholars examining the book’s major findings and wider implications for speech and protest on college campuses and beyond.
event speakers
Zaha Hassan, Fellow, Middle East Program
H.A. Hellyer, Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Marwan Muasher, Vice President for Studies
Maya Berry, Executive Director, Arab American Institute
Mona Shtaya, Campaigns and partnerships manager for Middle East and North Africa, Digital Action
Frederick M. Lawrence, Distinguished Lecturer, Georgetown University Law Center
Ishaan Tharoor, Ishaan Tharoor is a columnist on the foreign desk of The Washington Post, where he authors the Today’s WorldView newsletter and column. He previously was a senior editor and correspondent at Time magazine.
Kenneth S. Stern, Director, Bard Center for the Study of Hate
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