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Join us on October 8, at 10 AM Eastern time / 5 PM Jerusalem time for a vital online conversation with activists Huwaida Arraf, Haneen Sabbah, Sahar Vardi, and Amira Musallam, Ariel Gold, as we enter the third year of resistance to genocide against Palestinians. This webinar will explore how Palestinians and their allies persist in resisting with courage, resilience, and creativity.
Hear directly from these activists, and nonviolence practitioners, about the strategies and stories that sustain hope and resistance. We’ll examine the continuity of nonviolent action and discuss lessons from both local and global movements for justice.
Haneen Sabbah: Palestinian Falahi woman and mother, now based in southern Portugal, is a writer at We Are Not Numbers and contributed two writings to Global Voices. She is also an organizer, singer and storyteller at heart, and teaches Arabic online. Besides all that, she is a culture worker, shining a light on Palestinian culture with songs, food and stories.
Amira Musallam: Palestinian Christian peace activist and the Head of Mission for Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine (UCPiP), a pilot initiative she co-founded to deploy and coordinate protective presence teams in high-risk Palestinian communities. With over nine years of experience in project management and fundraising, Amira has worked with B’Tselem, Holy Land Trust, and international networks advocating for civilian protection and accountability. Her lifelong commitment to nonviolence began in her youth after experiencing violence first-hand. She has since dedicated herself to resisting land seizures, supporting threatened communities, and building global solidarity circles to challenge impunity. Amira has spoken at the United Nations, engaged policymakers worldwide, and continues to center the voices of Palestinian women and families facing dispossession and war.
Sahar Vardi: Anti-militarist and anti-occupation activist from Jerusalem. Sahar was a conscientious objector, and has been involved in protective presence and solidarity work with Palestinian throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem for over twenty years. Previously she led the Israel program of the American Friends Service Committee, doing extensive research on Israel’s military export and human rights violations associated with it. More recently, Sahar graduated from the Rotary Peace Fellowship where she researched the environmental impacts of militaries and their action, and continues to research the intersection of environmental and military harm, both in the context of Palestine-Israel, as well as globally. She is currently involved in different grassroots anti-occupation groups, including Free Jerusalem, Boycott from Within, and protective presence projects in the South Hebron Hills.
Ariel Gold: Executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She was the national co-director of the antiwar group CODEPINK, where she specialized in campaigns for Palestinian rights. She is a member of Congregation Tikkun v’Or in Ithaca, New York where she resides and has been a longtime active member of Jewish Voice for Peace.
Huwaida Arraf: A Palestinian social justice activist and a civil right attorney, who is the cofounder of the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated International Solidarity Movement (ISM), and leading the Free Gaza Movement, organized 5 sea voyages to Gaza to challenge the Israel's illegal blockade on the Palestinians. Her mission is displaying to the world of what Palestinians are enduring throughout the history and creating a generation of resistance to occupation through nonviolent actions. Huwaida is one of the activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, despite the unlawful interception of the vessel, and enduring the treatment of the Israeli forces, she continues to embody the spirit of steadfast resistance.
This is a space to learn, connect, and take action. Together, we will explore how international solidarity can support Palestinian communities and amplify their voices, proving that principled resistance can endure even in the most challenging circumstances.
Goals:
- Illuminate the realities of the Palestinian people entering the third year of intensified violence and systemic oppression.
- Highlight the human, social, and political impacts of the ongoing occupation and settler-colonial policies.
- Provide tools for international activists, organizations, and allies to support Palestinian nonviolent resistance effectively.
- Encourage networking, collaboration, and strategic advocacy beyond immediate geographical boundaries.
- Reinforce nonviolence as a powerful, principled, and effective response to systemic oppression.
The webinar is a unique opportunity to gain deep insights from sources who have played an important part in the struggle against occupation and who offer valuable knowledge so you, as part of the global family committed to peace and justice, can contribute to the future of the West Bank and Gaza.
Don’t miss out, register now to be part of this important conversation!