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BOYCOTTS, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS

TO END THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION?

A CRITICAL DEBATE

4 December 2009

International Institute of Social Studies of

Erasmus University Rotterdam

10:00-10:30 Registration

10:30 Opening by Mieke Zagt, ICCO Foundation

10:30-11:00 Reflections on the Social and Political Context

Dr. Jeff Handmaker – ISS

11:00-13:00 Experiences of Citizen Boycotts and Palestinian Solidarity

Panel and Discussion

Venue: Aula B

Panelists: Kristel de Wit – Bathrobes Brigade

Loes de Kleijn – IMSTAR Medical Students for Palestine

Greta Berlin – Free Gaza Movement

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch / Tea and Coffee

Venue: Attic

14:30-17:00 Cultural and Academic Boycotts: What is our role as intellectuals?

Panel and Discussion

Venue: Aula B

Panelists: Jeff Handmaker - ISS

Adri Nieuwhof – Electronic Intifada

Peter Waterman – Independent Researcher/Activist

17:00 – 18:00 Reception

Venue: Atrium – 1^st floor ISS

18:00 Film Screening: “To Shoot an Elephant”

Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip

Venue: Rm. 201