The Palestinian Return Centre invites you to an International Conference
Under the auspices of His Excellency the Secretary General of the Arab League, Mr. Amru Mousa
On the”Israeli Law of Return and its Impact on the Conflict in Palestine”
at Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London University, Thornhaugh St., Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG on Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th April 2002,
With the attendance of:
H.E. Mr. Sa’eed Kamal, Deputy Secretary General of the Arab League
H.E. Mr. Ali Muhsin Hamid, Ambassador, of the Arab League to the UK
H.E. Mr. Afif Safieh, General Delegate, Palestinian Delegation to the UK and Holy See
PARTICIPANTS
1. Dr. Daud Abdullah, Senior Researcher, the Palestinian Return Centre “The Israeli Law of Return: an Historical Appraisal of its Origin & Purpose”
2. Mr. Muhammad Abu al Haija, Chairman of the Committee of the Forty Unrecognized Villages “The Israeli Law of return and its impact on the unrecognized villages”
3. Dr. Naseer Aruri, Palestinian academic resident in the USA and author of numerous articles on the Jewish Diaspora “Role of the Jewish Diaspora in Implementing the Israeli Law of Return”
4. Dr. Salman Abu Sitta, Former member of the Palestinian National Council and expert on Palestinian refugee and demographic studies
“The Israeli Law of Return, Dual Loyalty, and the Status of Jewish Communities Outside Israel”
5. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Director, Islamic Research Center, Al Quds University, Jerusalem “Religion and the Promise of Redemption in the Israeli Law of Return”
6. Dr. Asad Abdur Rahman, Executive member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and former head of the Organization’s Refugee Bureau. “The Role of the Jewish National Agency in Implementing the Israeli Law of Return”
7. Prof. Abdul Wahab al Maseeri, Professor of English Literature, University of Ayn Shams, Egypt. Author of the Encyclopedia on The Jews, Judaism and Zionism.
The ‘Jewish People Concept’ and its Impact on the Implementation of the Law of Return”
8. Dr. Shafic Al Masri, Professor of international law at the American University, Beirut and Lebanese American University “International Law and the Israeli Law of Return”
9. Dr. Magdy Hammad, Lebanese based researcher and specialist on South African apartheid “A Comparative Study of South African Apartheid and Israel Zionism”
10 Dr. Ja’afar Hadi Hasan, Director of Arabic Studies Centre, UK. Has written extensively on Jewish affairs. “The Israeli Law of Return and its Impact on Jewish-Jewish Relations inside the Jewish State”
11. Prof. George Jabour, Aleppo University, Syria, and former advisor to the President of Syria and pioneer in the studies of settler colonialism “The Future of Israel According to the Science of Settler Colonialism”
12. Dr. Rasim Khamaisi, Urban Planner, Department of Geography, Haifa University, Haifa. “The Distribution of Jewish Immigrants in Palestine Before and after the Establishment of the State of Israel”
13. Mr. Suhayl Me’yari, Executive Member of the Council for Internally Displaced Palestinians, Nazareth “The Impact of the Israeli Law of Return: a Case Study of the internally Displaced Palestinians”
14. Mr. Souheil Al-Natour, member of the Union of Palestinian Lawyers and Union of Palestinian Authors and Journalists “0fficial Palestinian Official Response to the Israeli Law of Return”
15. Dr. Abdul Husayn Shabaan, Chairman of the Arab Human Rights Organization. Has written several articles on the subject.
“Western Policies and the United Nations Toward Israeli Racism & the Law of Return”
16. Mr. Munir Shafiq, Palestinian thinker and former Director of the PLO’s Palestinian Research Centre. Has written extensively on Palestinian and Arab affairs. “The status of Palestinian return and Israeli immigration laws in the Palestinian Struggle”
17. Dr. Said Zeedani, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Al Quds University “The Law of Return and Ethnic Politics in Israel: Implications for the Different Ethnic Groups”
Other Guests:
* Mr. Zaher Birawi, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Palestinian Return Centre -UK
* Mr. Jawad Al-hamad, Director of the Middle East Studies Centre – Jordan
* Dr. Ghada AL-Karmi, Palestinian Researcher – UK
* Mr. Waddah Khanfar, Director, Afro-Middle East Centre for Research and Information, Johannesberg, South Africa
* Mr. Michel Abdul Messih QC, Chairman, The Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK
* Mr. Sabah al Mukhtar, Fellow, Royal Institute of International Studies
* Dr. Bashir Nafe’, Muslim College – UK
* Dr. Muhsin M. Salih, Lecturer in History, International Islamic University, Malaysia
* Mr. Raghid Solh, Fellow, Durham University
* Dr. Azzam Tamimi, Director of Institute of Idlamic Political Thought -UK
* Dr. Ahmed Yusuof, Director of United Association for Studies & Research -USA
Conference Director: Mr. Majed al Zeer
Conference Coordinator: Mr. Arafat Madi
Palestinian Return Centre, Crown House,
London NW10 7PN Tel: ++ 44 208 4530919 Fax: ++ 44 208 4530994
E-mail: info@prc.org.uk – WebSite: www.prc.org.uk
Registration fee: £10 students, £20 others (closing date 25th March 2002)
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The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) is a Palestinian establishment that is primarily concerned with the problem of the dispersed Palestinians and their struggle to return to their homes. It is, in nature, an academic and media institution that aspires to serve as an information repository and forum of political activity on the Palestinian question and the issue of the return in particular.
Aims:
1. To promote the issue of the right of return both as a humanitarian and political concern.
2. To preserve the Palestinian identity and resist attempts to resettle the dispersed Palestinians.
3. To increase and widen the awareness of the plight of the Palestinians in their places of refuge.
4. To inform the general public in Europe and Britain in particular about the true dimensions of the Palestinian issue.
PRC, Crown House, North Circular Road, London NW10 7PN, U.K.
Tel : ++44 208 4530919 Fax : ++44 208 4530994
E-mail: info@prc.org.uk Website: www.prc.org.uk
