Announcements and Breaking News

Four of the papers delivered at the Conference by Saree Makidis on “Jerusalem”, George Bisharat on “Mobilizing Palestinians”, Nadia Hijab on “Non Violent Resistance”, and Omar Barghouti on “Resisting Apartheid” were published in Contemporary Arab Affairs (London), Volume 2, Issue # 4, October – December 2009.

The May 2010 issue of Al-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi (Beirut) was dedicated to the theme of One State for Palestine/Israel.  Five of the papers delivered at the Conference by Saree Makdisi, George Bisharat, Husam Zomlot on “Building a State Under Occupation”, Gabriel Piterberg on “Constructing An Alternative Narrative” and Ilan Pappe on “Blueprint for a One State Movement” were translated to Arabic and published.

A volume containing the Conference papers, edited by Professor Hani Faris, President of TARI & Chair of the Conference, is under evaluation by major publishers.  The plan is to have it published in 2011.

http://www.counterpunch.org/smith09022010.html