21.05.25

Editorial Note

The First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress will take place in Vienna, Austria, from June 13 to June 15, 2025. Their motto is “Joining forces with Palestinians and allies in the struggle against Zionism.”

The speakers include Professor Haim Bresheeth-Žabner: A filmmaker and film studies scholar at SOAS University of London, founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, and author of several influential books. Maya Rinderer: A Communist and Jewish anti-Zionist activist, currently a pre-doc assistant at the University of Vienna. Ilan Pappé: An Israeli historian and professor at the University of Exeter, known for his book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. Oded Schechter: A philosopher and Talmudist living in Berlin, co-founder of the Berlin Makhloykes Center. Professor Yaakov Rabkin (online): Professor emeritus of history at the Université de Montréal and author of A Threat from Within: A Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism. Among others.

The invitation reads, “The world watches in horror the unfolding genocide against the Palestinian people committed by Zionism in partnership with the West. As Jews, it is our duty to take action, as this is done in our name. We must join our Palestinian brothers and sisters in their darkest hour, and work for freeing and decolonizing Palestine! To achieve this just aim, we must have progressive organizations and individuals across the world with us, working against Zionist Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide as the last devastating evidence of colonialism which must be terminated.”

They urge, “Jews and people of Jewish descent everywhere – those whom the Zionist state claims to speak for – are uniting to declare their unwavering opposition to Zionism. Since the First Zionist Congress over a century ago, Zionism claimed to speak on behalf of all Jews, while permanently attempting to silence our opposition to its constant crimes. Jewish tradition, history and culture is totally opposed to genocide. The impressive history of Jewish resistance to Zionism is as long as Zionism – it included religious communities as well as secular movements of Jewish descent, and the vehement Jewish opposition to the creation of the Zionist state in Palestine itself. Zionism is a crime against Judaism and the indigenous people of Palestine, and we are committed to putting an end to it. Over the years, it became clear that Zionism, instead of protecting Jews, placed them in great danger by committing atrocious acts in their name. Zionism is based on racial supremacy, adopting the very racist assumptions which are inherent to antisemitism – describing Jews as belonging to some chosen race – a notion which is fundamentally racist and which has no relation to Judaism.” 

According to them, “The Zionist settler-colonial entity denies Palestinians their most basic rights. Zionism operates through colonialism, apartheid, ethnic-cleansing and genocide in Palestine Even before 1948. Fourteen million Palestinians worldwide are its direct victims. To Israel we firmly declare ‘Not in Our Name!’ We are devoted to terminating Zionism and we are devoted to the decolonization of Palestine under Palestinian leadership! Above all, Zionism is a crime against humanity. Dedicated to the oath of the survivors of Mauthausen concentration camp, handed down to us as testimony of resistance against Nazi fascism, we follow their universal legacy and reiterate their message: “The permanence in the camp, lasting years, has reinforced in our minds the knowledge of the value of brotherhood among the people of all nations. True to these ideals, we make a solemn oath to continue to fight, firm and united, against imperialism and against the instigation of hatred between peoples.” 

Promising that “Together we will join forces at the first Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress and united we will join the Palestinians in liberating Palestine, and building a democratic, just and equal society for all!”

The authors also published a statement titled “Nakba Day Statement from the Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress,” on May 15, 2025. They stated, “Today, on Nakba Day, we commemorate not only the catastrophic ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948, but we affirm what Palestinians have always known: the Nakba is not a matter of the past—it is ongoing and hasn’t stopped ever since. From the pre-meditated ethnic cleansing of hundreds of villages in 1948, to the forced exile and denial of return to generations of refugees—who constitute the majority of all Palestinians, to the current genocidal campaign in Gaza, Zionism has always been a project of erasure and racial domination. What is happening today is not a deviation from Zionism—it is its very essence being live-streamed for the whole world to see.” 

They argue, “As organizers of the Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress we declare with unwavering clarity: Zionism is a crime against the Palestinian people, a crime against Judaism, and a crime against humanity. The same logic of ethnic cleansing that drove the expulsion of Palestinians from Yafa in 1948 and which established the Gaza Strip as a concentration camp to house millions of surplus human beings, is guiding the current genocide in Gaza. It is the inevitable continuation of the settler-colonial project whose entire mission is to complete what was started during the Nakba: the removal of Palestinians from their homeland to make way for a racially pure state. Just like Israeli statements today, this logic was never a secret.”  

They end by stating, “We reject the efforts of those who claim there is a ‘moral’ Zionism distinct from these atrocities. Trying to make such a distinction is reprehensible. The same arguments and type of thinking used to justify the ongoing genocide in Gaza are those that were used to justify the Nakba since 1948. Zionism cannot be rehabilitated. It must be dismantled. Therefore, we stand up to Zionism and reject it in its entirety. It is precisely our duty to do so because of the legacy which is handed to us, echoed in the oath of the survivors of the Mauthausen concentration camp: “True to these ideals, we make a solemn oath to continue to fight, firm and united, against imperialism and against the instigation of hatred between peoples.” We call on all people of conscience—Jews and non-Jews, Palestinians and allies, survivors and descendants—to join us in opposing Zionism, rejecting genocide, and working toward a free and decolonized Palestine. End the Nakba. End the Genocide. End Zionism. Decolonise Palestine!”

The organizer of the Congress is the association “For Democracy and Human Rights in Palestine” (Für Demokratie und Menschenrechte in Palästina). The association was created on June 20, 2024.

The association was also behind the “Palestine Congress Vienna” on October 5-6, 2024, urging “For a free Palestine – without colonialism and apartheid!” 

They wrote, “In the war against Gaza, the Israeli occupation army has so far killed over 40,000 Palestinians, the majority of them children and women, injured 100,000, completely destroyed civilian infrastructure, displaced and rendered millions homeless—and imposed a starvation blockade on top of that… The strong solidarity movement here, too, that is standing up against this, is being silenced with accusations of anti-Semitism. But more and more people, even those of Jewish background, are saying ‘not in our name’.” 

And that, “Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are being restricted in an unprecedented manner, even leading to criminal prosecution. Back then, they branded Mandela a terrorist; today, they brand the Palestinian resistance – even though it is legitimate under international law. The decisive factor is the reversal of anti-fascism. The Mauthausen Oath was: no more war and imperialism. But that’s exactly what they’re doing again: war, fascism, and imperialism. Anyone who opposes this and supports the Palestinian resistance against annihilation is persecuted as an anti-Semite – what an Orwellian distortion. We stick to this: Never again – for all!” 

They summed up, “To give political impact to our moral outcry, we are organizing a Palestine Congress. It aims to: · give a voice to the Palestinian and international resistance to the genocide; · provide a platform for the majority of Austrians who do not want to support the ruling elites’ support of the genocide and advocate neutrality; · challenge the Zionist narrative that disguises barbaric settler colonialism as ‘protection against anti-Semitism’.”  

While the original First Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897, established by Theodor Herzl, represented thousands of Zionists in Europe, the current so-called anti-Zionist Congress represents a tiny but determined group of activists-scholars who have used their position to besmirch and distort the history of the Jewish State. 

The authors should be aware that the Nakba was self-inflicted. Despite receiving the major share of Mandatory Palestine in the 1947 UN Partition Proposal, the Palestinian Arabs, under the leadership of Haj Amin al-Husseini, rejected the proposal.  He spent part of WWII in Berlin to convince Hitler to establish extermination camps in Palestine, his version of the “final solution” for some 600,000 Jews who survived the Holocaust and emigrated to the Jewish State.  In 1948, the Palestinian Arabs linked up with seven Arab armies to fight the fledgling Jewish State. The Arabs lost the war, creating a self-made Nakba. Following the Six Day War in 1967, the then Labor government offered generous concessions to the Palestinians who, together with Arab countries, rejected it during the Khartoum Conference.

Similarly, Palestinians in Gaza, headed by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, started an ill-advised war against Israel on October 7, 2023.  They were trained by former members of ISIS who fled to Gaza. Hamas runs a brutal and corrupt regime where even small dissent is savagely punished.

The so-called “anti-Zionist congress” is a thinly disguised effort to legitimize the rising wave of antisemitism by having Jews and Israelis participating.  

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Definition of Antisemitism states clearly that “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor,” is antisemitic.

Austria is a member of the IHRA. In fact, in 2021, Austria’s Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler, together with the Federal Minister for European Affairs Karoline Edtstadler and the President of the Vienna Jewish Community Oskar Deutsch, presented the “Austrian National Strategy against Antisemitism” in the Federal Chancellery in Vienna. The strategy “comprises measures for applying the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and for better protecting Jewish communities and institutions and with the involvement of relevant ministries and stakeholders.”  

The Austrian government should call out “the anti-Zionist Congress” for blatant antisemitism. 

 

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First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, June 13-15, Vienna

Apr 30, 2025 — by EJP in Events

First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, June 13-15, Vienna

Friday June 13th to Sunday 15th the First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress will take place in Vienna, Austria.

Speakers:

• Iris Hefets: A psychoanalyst based in Berlin and board member of Jüdische Stimme für einen gerechten Frieden. She has taken a stand against Israel’s apartheid and was detained for exercising her right to protest.
• Tony Greenstein: A Jewish anti-Zionist activist and founding member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods. His latest book examines the historical links between anti-Semitism and Zionism.
• Reuven Abergel: A social and political activist in Israel/Palestine for over 50 years, co-founder of the Israeli Black Panthers, and participant in various movements for social justice.
• Oded Schechter: A philosopher and Talmudist living in Berlin, co-founder of the Berlin Makhloykes Center.
• Professor Yaakov Rabkin (online): Professor emeritus of history at the Université de Montréal and author of “A Threat from Within: A Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism.”
• Stephen Kapos: A Holocaust survivor and activist for Palestinian human rights, he emphasizes the importance of standing up for Palestinians living under occupation.
• Lamis Deek: An attorney and human rights advocate specializing in defending Arab and Muslim community members. She is a co-founder of the US Palestine Community Network.
• Professor Haim Bresheeth-Žabner: A filmmaker and film studies scholar at SOAS University of London, founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, and author of several influential books.
• Maya Rinderer: A Communist and Jewish anti-Zionist activist, currently a pre-doc assistant at the University of Vienna.
• Ilan Pappé: An Israeli historian and professor at the University of Exeter, known for his book “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.”
• Katie Halper: An American comedian, writer, and political commentator, host of “The Katie Halper Show” and co-host of “Useful Idiots.”

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The world watches in horror the unfolding genocide against the Palestinian people committed by Zionism in partnership with the West. As Jews, it is our duty to take action, as this is done in our name. We must join our Palestinian brothers and sisters in their darkest hour, and work for freeing and decolonising Palestine! To achieve this just aim, we must have progressive organisations and individuals across the world with us, working against Zionist Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide as the last devastating evidence of colonialism which must be terminated.

Jews and people of Jewish descent everywhere – those whom the Zionist state claims to speak for – are uniting to declare their unwavering opposition to Zionism.

Since the First Zionist Congress over a century ago, Zionism claimed to speak on behalf of all Jews, while permanently attempting to silence our opposition to its constant crimes. Jewish tradition, history and culture is totally opposed to genocide.

The impressive history of Jewish resistance to Zionism is as long as Zionism – it included religious communities as well as secular movements of Jewish descent, and the vehement Jewish opposition to the creation of the Zionist state in Palestine itself.

Zionism is a crime against Judaism and the indigenous people of Palestine, and we are committed to putting an end to it. Over the years, it became clear that Zionism, instead of protecting Jews, placed them in great danger by committing atrocious acts in their name. Zionism is based on racial supremacy, adopting the very racist assumptions which are inherent to antisemitism – describing Jews as belonging to some chosen race – a notion which is fundamentally racist and which has no relation to Judaism.

The Zionist settler-colonial entity denies Palestinians their most basic rights. Zionism operates through colonialism, apartheid, ethnic-cleansing and genocide in Palestine Even before 1948. Fourteen million Palestinians worldwide are its direct victims. To Israel we firmly declare “Not in Our Name!” We are devoted to terminating Zionism and we are devoted to the decolonisation of Palestine under Palestinian leadership!

Above all, Zionism is a crime against humanity. Dedicated to the oath of the survivors of Mauthausen concentration camp, handed down to us as testimony of resistance against Nazi fascism, we follow their universal legacy and reiterate their message:
“The permanence in the camp, lasting years, has reinforced in our minds the knowledge of the value of brotherhood among the people of all nations. True to these ideals, we make a solemn oath to continue to fight, firm and united, against imperialism and against the instigation of hatred between peoples.”

Together we will join forces at the first Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress and united we will join the Palestinians in liberating Palestine, and building a democratic, just and equal society for all!

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Nakba Day Statement from the Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress

May 15, 2025

Today, on Nakba Day, we commemorate not only the catastrophic ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948, but we affirm what Palestinians have always known: the Nakba is not a matter of the past—it is ongoing and hasn’t stopped ever since. From the
pre-meditated ethnic cleansing of hundreds of villages in 1948, to the forced exile and denial of return to generations of refugees—who constitute the majority of all Palestinians, to the current genocidal campaign in Gaza, Zionism has always been a project of erasure and racial domination. What is happening today is not a deviation from Zionism—it is its very essence being live-streamed for the whole world to see. READ MORE… HERE

Latest:

Ronnie Barkan is an Israeli dissident, co-founder of Boycott from Within, Anarchists Against the Wall and Palestine Action member. On Nakba Day 2022 he participated in a direct action against the UK headquarters of Israel-based Elbit Systems. Elbit is Israel’s #1 arms manufacturer and currently has boots on the ground in Gaza who help to carry out the genocide. Most recently Barkan was harassed by the German secret police following his Munich talk at Professor-Huber-Platz, where he connected the legacy of the White Rose who opposed Nazism with direct action in opposition to Zionism.

Donny Gluckstein is the son of an anti-Zionist Jewish Palestinian refugee father and Jewish South African mother. He is the author of several works that touch on the subject of jewish opposition to Zionism, jewish working class organizing etc.

Wieland Hoban is a composer, author and academic translator in the fields of philosophy, art music and literature as well as the author of articles in the scientific and journalistic fields. He is chairman of the Jewish Voice for Just Peace, which he also represents in the umbrella organizations EJP (European Jews for Palestine) and GJP (Global Jews for Palestine). His book “German Apartheid Politics” will be published in 2024.

Peter Eisenstein – is a Jewish American historian and filmmaker. He is a board member of the Norwegian Peace and Justice party, Fred og Rettferdighet, and a member of the Norwegian Jewish group, Jødiske Stemmer for Rettferdig Fred.
As an American, he is anti-imperialist, and as a Jew, he is anti-zionist. He stands against the Zionist state of Israel which is nothing but a European and now American settler colonial project.

Speakers:

Iris Hefets was born Israel to a jewish family. Iris is workink as a psychoanalyst in Berlin. She is a board member of “Jüdische Stimme für einen gerechten Frieden”. She chose to exercise her constitutional rights and take a stand against Israel’s apartheid and genocide of the Palestinians. She was detained by German authorities on the streets of Berlin simply for exercising her democratic right to protest.

Tony Greenstein is a Jewish anti-Zionist activist and founding member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods. In his latest book, ‘Zionism During the Holocaust: The Instrumentalisation of Memory in the Service of State and Nation’, he analyses the historical link between anti-Semitism and Zionism and how Zionism is mercilessly exploiting the memory of the Holocaust today. Greenstein has written for numerous newspapers, including The Guardian’s ‘Comment is Free’, The Brighton Argus, Brighton and Hove Independent, Tribune, Labour Briefing and Weekly Worker. He is also an active trade unionist and a member of Brighton & Hove Trades Council, UNITE and UNISON.

Reuven Abergel – was born in 1943 in Rabat, Morocco, the fourth of eight children. He immigrated to Israel with his parents and seven siblings in 1950. The family was sent to the immigrant tent camp in Pardes Hana. Later they moved to Musrara, a former Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem whose residents were forced to abandon their homes following the 1948 war. Reuven Abergel has been a social and political activist in Israel/Palestine for more than 50 years. After co-founding the Israeli Black Panthers, Abergel participated in numerous movements for social and political justice in Israel-Palestine, including the Peripheries Bloc of the 2011 social uprisings in Israel, as well as the Tarabut movement, which links social and political struggles in Israel. He lives in Jerusalem.

Professor Yakov Rabkin (online) is a professor emeritus of history at the Université de Montréal, author and public intellectual. His published works include studies of relations between science and technology, research on cultural aspects of science. He also contributed to the fields of Jewish and Israel studies. His book A Threat from Within: A Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism was nominated for best French to English translation for “an important and timely work” at the 2006 Governor General’s Awards.

Stephen Kapos – Stephen Kapos – Holocaust survivor: As a young boy, he was separated from his Jewish parents in war-torn Budapest. Hidden in children’s homes under false papers, he lived in constant danger of being discovered by Hungarian fascists of the Arrow Cross Party. Stephen is an activist for Palestinian human rights and an active member of the Camden branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Standing up for Palestinians living under brutal occupation is particularly important to him – especially as a Holocaust survivor. “Palestinians live under an apartheid system, as recognized by Amnesty International and other major human rights organizations.” These are Stephen’s political beliefs, which are recognized as protected characteristics under the Equalities Act 2010.

Lamis Deek, an attorney and human rights advocate specializing in defending Arab & Muslim community members, activists and organizers against governmental attack. Lamis is a long time member of Al-Awda NY: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, the Arab Muslim American Federation, and the National Lawyers Guild. She is co-founder of the US Palestine Community Network.

Professor Haim Bresheeth-Žabner – is a filmmaker, photographer and a film studies scholar, and a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is past member of Matzpen, the first Anti-Zionist organisation, and founder of Jewish Network for Palestine. His books include the best-selling Introduction to the Holocaust , The Gulf War and the New World Order, and The Conflict and Contemporary Visual Culture in Palestine & Israel, special issue of Third Text . His films include the widely-shown State of Danger (1989, BBC2), London is Burning (2013) and Convivencia at the Turnpike (2015). His most recent book is An Army Like No Other: How the IDF Made Israel, published by Verso, 2020.
See Verso Website, and Book website.

Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian and professor at the University of Exeter and was previously a lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa. He is best known for his book ‘The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.

Katie Halper – is a writer, filmmaker and host from and based in New York City. She is the host of the podcast, YouTube show and WBAI radio show “The Katie Halper Show” and co-Host of the podcast and YouTube show “Useful Idiots.”
Katie was first censored by The Hill TV and then fired from its morning broadcast, “Rising,” after writing a monologue in which she stood up for US Representative Rashida Tlaib and stated that Israel was, indeed, an apartheid state.
She is currently working on a documentary about Jewish Holocaust survivors speaking out against the genocide in Gaza and is the director of the forthcoming award-winning documentary “Commie Camp”, about Camp Kinderland, a summer camp founded by secular Jewish socialists in the 1920s which still exists. She was the recipient of the Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press’s Women and Media Award in 2022, and the American Muslims for Palestine’s Leadership Annual Award in 2023. Katie has written for outlets including Rolling Stone, The Nation, The Guardian, New York Magazine and more.

Dr. Sami Ayad – born in Jaffa, a victim of the original ethnic cleansing of Palestine (Nakba), is a medical doctor and chairman of the Palestinian Community in Austria.

Ghada Karmi is a Palestinian physician, academic, and writer. She has been a political activist for Palestine since the 1970s, and has written widely on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Her recent book, One State: the Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel (2023) encapsulates her vision for a shared and equitable state as a an end to the conflict.

Rima Hassan is a French-Palestinian jurist and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with La France Insoumise, part of The Left group in the European Parliament. Born in the Neirab refugee camp in Syria, she moved to France at age 10 where. she studied international law. Her PhD deals with legal frameworks in refugee camps. In 2019, she founded the Observatory of Refugee Camps (OCR), an NGO focused on global refugee camp governance. She has worked with the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, served as a Rapporteur at the National Court of Asylum, and co-directed a law seminar at iReMMO. She has also served on expert committees related to migrant rights and the Marianne Initiative. In 2023, Forbes named her one of its “40 Women of the Year.”

Oded Schechter is a philosopher and talmudist. He lives in Berlin and is the co-founder of the Berlin Makhloykes Center.

First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, Vienna

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Palestine Congress Vienna 2024 | October 5 & 6

For a free Palestine – without colonialism and apartheid!

When: October 5 & 6, 2024
Where: Kudlichgasse 3-5, 1100 Vienna.

Shelter for the Future on the Schmelz, extended, Guntherstraße, 1150 Vienna . Due to intimidation, the room was cancelled!

In the war against Gaza, the Israeli occupation army has so far killed over 40,000 Palestinians, the majority of them children and women, injured 100,000, completely destroyed civilian infrastructure, displaced and rendered millions homeless—and imposed a starvation blockade on top of that. The medical journal “The Lancet” has now reported in a study more than 186,000 Palestinian victims as a result of the bombings and massacres by the Israeli occupation army, which have now continued for over 10 months.

All these unspeakable crimes are committed in the name of an inviolable “self-defense” based on a colonial and exclusive claim to a land in which the original population, the Palestinian people, is disenfranchised and displaced. Instead of being able to exercise their fundamental right to self-determination, the Palestinians are subjected to an apartheid regime.

Large parts of the world, especially in the Global South, have transformed their horror and outrage into solidarity. Millions upon millions are filling the streets, even in the West, demanding:

Ceasefire now!

South Africa has accused Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice, which has accepted the case. It is the country that, with the help of the international solidarity and boycott movement, was able to free itself from white apartheid and fought against Western colonialism for equality before the law for all, regardless of whether they were former colonial rulers or oppressed colonized.

It is the West, the US, the EU, and unfortunately also Austria, that not only enable but actively support apartheid, occupation, ethnic cleansing, and even genocide. Vast quantities of weapons continue to flow to Israel. And our federal government has already voted against a ceasefire three times internationally.

The strong solidarity movement here, too, that is standing up against this, is being silenced with accusations of anti-Semitism. But more and more people, even those of Jewish background, are saying “not in our name.” Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are being restricted in an unprecedented manner, even leading to criminal prosecution. Back then, they branded Mandela a terrorist; today, they brand the Palestinian resistance – even though it is legitimate under international law.

The decisive factor is the reversal of anti-fascism. The Mauthausen Oath was: no more war and imperialism. But that’s exactly what they’re doing again: war, fascism, and imperialism. Anyone who opposes this and supports the Palestinian resistance against annihilation is persecuted as an anti-Semite – what an Orwellian distortion. We stick to this:

Never again – for all!

To give political impact to our moral outcry, we are organizing a Palestine Congress.

It aims to:

· give a voice to the Palestinian and international resistance to the genocide;

· provide a platform for the majority of Austrians who do not want to support the ruling elites’ support of the genocide and advocate neutrality;

· challenge the Zionist narrative that disguises barbaric settler colonialism as “protection against anti-Semitism.”

Supporters of the Palestine Congress Vienna 2024:

If you would like to support the congress with your name or organization, please contact us using the form below!

Let’s give Palestine a voice!

Dalia Sarig-Fellner, jüdische Friedensaktivistin der Initiative „Not in our name“ Nura Hashem, Austropalästinenserin, Kulturverein Handala Isra Doghman, Rapperin, Aktivistin mit Wurzeln in Palästina, Siegerin des FM4 Protestsongcontests 2022 mit ihrem Anti-Rassismus-Song „9. November“ Ernst Wolrab, Kommunist, Mitglied des KZ-Verbands und Nachfahre jüdischer, kommunistischer Widerstandskämpfer, die im KZ ermordet wurden Ulrike Guérot, Politikwissenschaftlerin, Autorin, Europaexpertin, Friedensaktivistin, Gründerin des „European democracy lab“, Wien. Michael Barenboim, Geiger und Professor an der Barenboim-Said Akademie, Berlin, Deutschland Heini Staudinger, GEA-Unternehmer, Präsidentschaftskandidat 2002, Aktivist, Schrems Franz Sölkner, Steirische Friedensplattform Mary Pampalk, US-Staatsbürgerin, langjährige Aktivistin in Tansania und Mosambik, Mitglied der Anti-Apartheid-Bewegung und heute bei Frauen in Schwarz Wien Josef Pampalk, Afrika- und Politikwissenschaftler, historisches Engagement gegen Portugals Kolonialismus und Südafrikas Rassismus im südlichen Afrika, ehemaliger katholischer Missionar, 1971 aus Mosambik ausgewiesen, heute aktiv gegen Apartheidpolitik im Nahen Em. Bischof Dr. Heinz Lederleitner, emeritierter Bischof Dr. Bert Preiss, Universitätslektor & Friedensforscher, Wien, Österreich Judith Bernstein, Jüdisch-Palästinensische Dialoggruppe München, München, Deutschland Shadi Abudaher, Internist, Primar, aus Gaza stammend Irina Vana, Soziologin, Antiimperialistische Koordination Fritz Edlinger, Herausgeber „International“ und Kreiskyianer in der SPÖ Kilian Paula, Vorsitzender KPÖ Villach Em. Bernhard Heitz, emeritierter Bischof Marco Wanjura, Palästina Solidarität Österreich Andreas Wimmer, Initiative Plattform Demokratie Simon Macheiner, Voice for Palestine, Salzburg Martin Weinberger, Germanist, Selbstbestimmtes Österreich Wilhelm Langthaler, Aktivist für eine gerechtere Weltordnung Franz Piribauer, DIEM25, Koordinator Wien Monika Vykoulal, Mitglied Judeobolschewiener Ortwin Rosner, Philosoph und Publizist, Wien Christina Angerer, Psychotherapeutin, Innsbruck Wolfgang Berger, Art Director, Kleinunternehmer, Aktivist, Wien Fernando Romero-Forsthuber, Filmemacher Vedrana Covic, KPÖ-Mitglied Dylan Pattillo, KPÖ-Mitglied Topoke, Künstler und Lehrer mit kongolesischen Wurzeln Tarkan Tek, Sozialwissenschaftler Astrid Wagner, Strafverteidigerin Yeliz Dagdevir, Psychologin und Diversity-Aktivistin, Innsbruck Peter Oberdammer, Historiker, Wien Asim Bojadzi, Jurist, Spitzenkandidat der Liste GAZA in Wien Nord-West Eva Pfisterer, Journalistin Karl Rottenschlager, Theologe, Sozialarbeiter und Gründer sowie langjähriger Leiter der Emmausgemeinschaft St. Pölten Michael Pröbsting, zu 6 Monaten bedingter Haft verurteilter Palästina-Aktivist für politische Unterstützung des Widerstands Karl Helmreich, Benediktiner, Hirtenberg Erika Mourgues, Mitglied SVU Sozialismus von Unten, Berlin, Deutschland Johannes Wiener, Gärtner und Ökologe Anthony Löwstedt, Kommunikationswissenschaftler, Wien Prof. Helga Baumgarten, Wissenschaftlerin und Autorin, Universität Birzeit Palästina Helmut Sauseng, Friedensaktivist, Aktivist für Bürger- und Menschenrechte, gegen die Allmacht der WHO, Wien Gunter Zeilinger, Open-Source-Software (Healthcare) Entwickler, Wien Iman Shaker, Dar al Janub – Verein für antirassistische und friedenspolitische Initiativen, Wien Michael Pand, Hainburg, Deutschland Ahmad Hijawi, Jenin, Palästina Dr. Erich Wartecker, Richter i.R., Wien, Österreich Henriette Al-Shaban, Psychosoziale Beraterin, Wien, Österreich Nadine Najim, Büro, Wien, Österreich Ariana Macon, Biologin, Wien, Österreich Regine, Hamburg, Deutschland Arwa Elabd, Buchhändlerin, Wien, Österreich Shaddin Almasri, Wissenschaftliche Forscherin, Österreich Alina Dwaoud, Lehramtsstudentin, Case-Managerin, Wien, Österreich Aylin Ak, Wien, Österreich Haruko Maeda, Wien, Österreich Catalina Martinez, Kolumbien Masah Alchach, Wien, Österreich M. Stummer, Wien, Österreich Mahmoud Shukry, Wien, Österreich Claudia Toman, Autorin, Wien, Österreich Igor Böhm, Freistadt, Österreich Margit Leyrer, AHS-Lehrerin i.R., Gleisdorf, Österreich Karl Leyrer, em. Politischer Bildner, Gleisdorf, Österreich Elisabeth Namdar, Wien, Österreich Christl Meyer, Frauen in Schwarz, Wien, Österreich Nadine Karaman, Österreich Dr. Heinz Leitner, Pensionierter Beamter des Arbeits- und Sozialministeriums, Österreich Amjad Ibraheem, Wien, Österreich Andrea Drescher, Friedensaktivistin, Österreich Wolfgang Puschnigg, Wien, Österreich Sabri Ben Hassen, Tunesische Jugendbewegung in Deutschland, Frankfurt, Deutschland Ayten Arslan, Wien, Österreich Thomas Prader, Dr., em. Rechtsanwalt, Wien Medina Avdagić (Gunić), Koordinatorin von International Workers Aid, Österreich Meinrad Schneckenleithner, GRÜNE Parteimitglied, Lichtenberg, Österreich Renate Bursik, Palästina Solidarität, Wien, Österreich Zeynep Türel, Wien, Österreich Monika Mokre, Politikwissenschaftlerin und politische Aktivistin in den Bereichen Asyl, Migration und Gefängnis Corinna Oesch, Historikerin an der Universität Wien Thomas Zechner, Historiker und Fahrradbote Karl-Heinz Hinrichs, Umwelt- und Friedensaktivist, Ramsau am Dachstein David Sonnenbaum, Überlebensaktivist Benjamin Fasching-Gray, Aktivist Judeobolschewiener Markus Raithmayr, Architekt, Lans, Tirol Charly Walter, open space, Innsbruck Silvia Trattnig, Psychotherapeutin, Innsbruck Claudia Fritz, Künstlerin, Lans, Innsbruck Ebru Durukan, Wien, Österreich Verena Hopfner, Musiktherapeutin & Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Deutschland Sami Ayad, Dr. med., Wien, Österreich Thomas Lang, Diplomkrankenpfleger, Salzburg, Österreich Daniel Haselwanter, Musiker, Imst, Österreich Judith Rachbauer, Friedensaktivistin, WILPF, Schildorn, Österreich Ruth Katz, Wien, Österreich Özlem Kalkan-Deveci, Dermatologin, Koblach, Österreich Elif Kızılboga A., FÄ f Gyn./Geburtshilfe, Bregenz, Österreich Angie González, abya yala descolonial, Österreich Canan Şenel, Hohenems, Avusturya David Wögerbauer, Wien, Österreich Alessandra Guido, Researcher, Rom, Italien Siraj El Masri, Österreich Laura Weissenberger-Silva, Artist/Filmmaker, Wien, Österreich Ahmed Al-Jabouri, Wien, Österreich Nalan Tasdögen-Kaya, Feldkirch, Österreich Hüseyin Evren, Arzt, Innsbruck, Österreich Semra Kandemir, Spielgruppenleiterin, Vorarlberg, Österreich Nazlican Kalkan, Stlv. Geschäftsführer, Vorarlberg, Österreich Elisabeth Lindner-Riegler, Wien, Österreich Rames Najjar, Architekt und Produktentwickler, Wien, Österreich Johann Wührer, r. cath. priest, Linz, Österreich Christian Wetschka, Pädagoge, Supervisor, Pastoralassistent, Wien, Österreich Tristan Jorde, Schauspieler, Regisseur, Wien, Österreich Klaus Suleiman Kufner, freier Journalist bei Al Jazeera, Wien-Doha-Rabat. Jussuf Windischer, Theologe, e.a. Obmann Vinzenzgemeinschaft, Innsbruck Gisela Posch, Gartentherapeutin, Hanstedt, Deutschland Ewald Benes, Univ. Prof. i.R. TU-Wien , ehemaliger Vorsitzender der Laieninitiative Wolfgang Schiller, Fotograf, Friedensaktivist, Eutin, Deutschland Thrassyvoulos Papadopoulos, Griechenland Solikomitee Kiel, Deutschland Matthias Lauer, Vorsitzender der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Christentum und Sozialdemokratie, Innsbruck, Österreich Nedim Klipo, Vorsitzender KPÖ Ottakring-Hernals, Stadtleitungsmitglied KPÖ Wien Laila Mahfouz, Canada Peter F. Mayer, Publizist, Herausgeber tkp.at, Wien, Österreich Regina Brandstetter, Sozialarbeiterin, Wien, Österreich Adriana Montanaro, Österreich Lilly Brandstetter, Sozialpädagogin, Wien, Österreich Rukaia, Researcher/Activist, Berlin, DE Dr. Frank Haidar, Friedensaktivist, Wien, Österreich Saad Malik, Software Engineer, Zürich, Switzerland Bashar Zapen, Industrial Medical Designer & Researcher, Kiel, D Nickhil Sharma, Researcher, Norwich, United Kingdom Veronika Hilmer, NGO Projekt Managerin, Berlin Hayrunnisa Acin, Wien, Österreich Diana Bulzan, Vienna, Austria Bohán Bálint, Sales agent, Budapest, Hungary Elisabeth Dokulil, Psychotherapeutin, Wien Andrea Wögerbauer, Österreich Priscilla Cassar, Malta Dusty Whistles, Künstlerin, Wien, Österreich Dania Haddad, Malta Tasnim, Österreich Tibor Zenker, Autor, Österreich Karin Krims, Pensionistin/Bibliothekarin, Wien, Austria Angelika Beer, Lehrerin, Mödling, Österreich Gerhard Drexler, Pensionist, Wien, Österreich Samy Othman, Wien, Österreich Dietlinde Alphart, Trainerin Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Wien, Austria Hallak Regina, Craniosacrale Biodynamik/Hebamme, Vienna, Austria Emel, Lehrerin, Feldkirch, Österreich Veronika Rochhart, Graz, Österreich Ines Stoderegger, Location Manager, Gaspoltshofen, Austria Luna-Alyssa Chommakh, Studentin und Musikerin, Wien, Österreich Lara Chommakh, Studentin, Vortragende beim RK und Aktivistin, Wien, Österreich Tuncay Yazgül, Wien, Österreich Shafqat, Researcher, Graz, Austria Frank Hernández, PhD candidate in philosophy, Charles University in Prague, Juarez/Prague, Mexico/Czechia Abeer Haidar, Beraterin, Wien, Österreich Claudia Mongini, Philosophin, Wien, Österreich Rami Ali, Politologe & Islamwissenschafter, Wien, Österreich Nabila Irshaid, Bildende Künstlerin, Wien/Palästina/Deutschland Andrea Torres, Reynosa, Mexico Georg Zlabinger, Proletarier, KPÖ-Mitglied, Wien, Österreich Gholamhossein Mashhadi Gholamhossein, Heilmasseur, Wien, Österreich Gysin Soder, Palästina-Solidarität Region Basel, Gewerkschafter / Menschenrechtsaktivist, Basel, Schweiz Marcelo Gauster, Mitglied der KJÖ Hildegard Schmid, Pensionistin, Wien Mag. Anni Haidar, Wien Zohar Chamberlain Regev, Aktivistin, Freiheitsflottila, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland Hans Wührer, ehemaliger Voest-Pfarrer Joshua Makalintal, Forscher, Innsbruck Hiyam Biary, künstlerische/politische Bildnerin, Berlin, Deutschland Hassan Noah, Österreich Lucia Ashry, pensionierte Lehrerin, Linz Shaban Ashry, pensionierter Techniker, Linz Silvia Vlogger, Österreich Maria Bissan Canaan, Übersetzerin, Aktivistin aus Jenin, Palästina Gerhard Kofler, Friedens- und Umweltaktivist, Wien Friedbert Boxberger, Friedensaktivist, Deutsche Kommunistische Partei (DKP), Heidelberg, Deutschland Selma Nisic, Supervisorin, Wien Dr. Salah Hirmas, Founder & CEO Hirmas Consulting, Vorarlberg Erika Gruber, Wien Anja Baier, Projektleiterin, Detuschland Ralf Pleger, Film- und Bühnenregisseur, Deutschland Silvia Volgger, Österreich Iris Kaloo-Müller, Sozial-und Kulturpädagogin, Psychotraumatologin, KPÖ-Mitglied, Graz, Österreich Tabea Marten, Künstlerin, Berlin, Deutschland Elizabeth Ordonez, Hispanist/Schriftsteller, Wien Sadettin Kaplan, Maschinenbau, Techniker, Augsburg, Deutschland Annette Thieme, Achtsamkeitstrainerin, Berlin, Deutschland Alexander Muth, Poet und Publizist, Wien Yazan Eissa, Ingenieur für erneuerbare Energien, Berlin, Deutschland Louica Olk, Aktivistin, Studentin, Hannover, Deutschland Simona Saluzzo, Ärztin, Wien, Österreich Hans Wührer, Pfarrer, Linz, Österreich Roswitha Al-Hussein, Sozialarbeiterin, Graz, Österreich Nabhan Othman, PhD in Wirtschaft und Ingenieurwesen, Schriftsteller, Ramallah, Palästina Brenda Speck Müllner, Pensionistin, Sankt Andrä-Höch, Österreich Sümeyra Akdeniz Ordu, Theologin & Sozialpädagogin, Freedom Flotilla Mitglied, Frankfurt, Deutschland Peter Unterweger, Sekretär, Internationaler Metallgewerkschaftsbund, i. R., Wien, Österreich Leo Gabriel, Journalist, unabhängiger Filmemacher und Sozialanthropologe, World Social Forum, Wien/Mexiko, Österreich Maria Scheibl, Pensionistin, Bruck/Leitha, Österreich Abhijit Ghosh, Österreich Karl Müller, Schuldirektor i. R., Bad Mitterndorf, Österreich Mohamed Magdy, Ingenieur, Wien, Österreich Stella Meris, Künstlerin, Berlin, Deutschland Arne Andersen, Historiker, Autor von “Apartheid in Israel – Tabu in Deutschland?”, Hamburg, Deutschland Raimund Boris Lechthaler, Angestellter, aktiv in der Solidarwerkstatt Österreich, St. Leonhard, Österreich Denise, Pflegeassistentin/Sozialbetreuerin, Graz, Österreich MPhil Sonja Schrei, Lehrerin, Wien, Österreich Isabel Flamme, Psychologin, Wels, Österreich Irene Ansari, Wien, Österreich Albert Schönhuber, Pensionist, “Lumpen”-Pazifist, Schildorn, Österreich Rama Younes, Bauingenieurin, München, Deutschland Brigitte Neubacher, Frauen in Schwarz (Wien), pensionierte Mitarbeiter der UNO in UNHQ und Afghanistan Michael Bennett, Research Analyst, Victoria, Kanada Cameron Carpenter, Student, Durand, Michigan, Vereinigte Staaten Doris Höflmayer, Ärztin, Deutschland Peter Smutny, Journalist, Österreich Elfi Padovan, Kunsterzieherin i.R., Frauen in Schwarz München, München, Deutschland Issa Abdulkarim Huber, Pensionär, Graz, Österreich Ariane Rosner, Coach & Sozialarbeiterin, Wien, Österreich Khalid Adlan, Arzt, Wien, Österreich Heidi Schloegl, Wien, Österreich Angelika Boss, Psychotherapeutin, Wien, Österreich Cassie Easter, Ceasefire now, USA Maximilian Frühschütz, Software-Entwickler, KPÖ-Mitglied, Wien, Österreich Adel Azazi, Wien, Österreich Claude Clemenz, Österreich Michael Ingber, Uni-Dozent, Wien, Österreich Niki Müller, Deutschland Andrea Krammel, Akademische Atempädagogin, Schladming, Österreich Jutta Müller, Pensionistin, Bad Loipersdorf, Österreich Mathieu Faltys, Long Beach, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten Anja Eder, Executive Assistant, Wien, Österreich Stefanie J. Steindl, Fotografin, 1020 Wien, Österreich Rania Bitar, Wien, Österreich Omar Dajani, Wien, Österreich Sümeyye Altintas, Pädagogin, Wien, Österreich Abdallah Zaben, Wien, Österreich Sandy Fars, Schülerin, Mainz, Deutschland Taghreed Ismael, Schülerin, Mainz, Deutschland Ellen Lewis, ehemalige Lehrerin an einer internationalen Schule, Mitbegründerin von “Not In Our Name”, Wien, Österreich Annelie Kremer, Bildhauerin, Werkfrau, München, Deutschland Stefan Voigt, Unternehmer, Berlin, Deutschland Jawairia Iftikhar, Gujrat, Pakistan Ashraf Yanni, Unternehmer, Wien, Österreich Antonia Taabouri, Koordinatorin für Berufssprachkurse, Berlin, Deutschland Claudia Heilig, Ärztin, Wien, Österreich Ero Kovlakidou, Athen, Griechenland Diethelm Lazar, Rentner, Syke (bei Bremen), Deutschland Evelyn Hecht-Galinski, Publizistin, Malsburg-Marzell, Deutschland Elisa H., Pädagogin, DiEM25, Wien, Österreich Kristian Kovarovits, Social Media Experte & Bar-Manager, Wien, Österreich Georgia, Brüssel, Belgien Angelo Mudanò, PhD-Student, Syrakus, Italien Dr. Adel El Sayed, Politikwissenschaftler, Innsbruck, Österreich Ulrich Nitschke, Entwicklungsexperte/Vorsitzender des Partnerschaftsvereins Bonn-Ramallah e.V., Bonn, Deutschland Freya, Dublin, Irland Osama Bandi, Bethlehem, Palästina Fredy Noé Herrarte, Guatemala-Stadt, Guatemala Rev. Myozan Kodo, Dublin, Irland Gerhard Hertenberger, Freier Publizist, Biologe, Wien, Österreich Elfriede Rechberger, Wien, Österreich Dong Jin Kim, Seoul, Südkorea Diego Sagastume, Guatemala-Stadt, Guatemala Oskar Lechleitner, Wien, Österreich Gianni Tognoni, Rom, Italien Renate Häberle, Lehrerin, Schwäbisch Hall, Deutschland – Friedensnetz, Palästina-Komitee Stuttgart Cristina Fuentes del Cid, Guatemala-Stadt, Guatemala Bernard Reyhart, Kildare, Irland Scott Robinson, Sozialanthropologe, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Clara Ferri, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko – Redefreiheit, Freiheit für Palästina Marco Velázquez, Universitätsprofessor, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Abdel Aucar, Guatemala-Stadt, Guatemala Yolanda Florentino, Guatemala-Stadt, Guatemala Jason Melia-O’Brien, Carlow, Irland Margara Millan, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Ana Esther Ceceña, Queretaro, Mexiko – Observatorio Latinoamericano de Geopolítica, UNAM Eamon Rafter, Dublin, Irland Jeevantha Peiris, Colombo, Sri Lanka Alicia, Cuernavaca, Mexiko – Anthropologin Peadar Whelan, Belfast, Irland – Ehemaliger politischer Gefangener der Irisch-Republikanischen Bewegung Karen Mendis, Bremen, Deutschland – Witwe von Viraj Mendis, engagiert sich gegen Genozid und für Frieden und Gerechtigkeit Berth, Tervuren, Belgien Mohanad Khouja, Angestellter, Wien, Österreich Dario Barolin, Theologe, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay Jude Lal Fernando, Dublin, Irland Francois Naetar, Pensionist, Wien, Österreich Jawairia Iftikhar, Gujrat, Pakistan Diethelm Lazar, Rentner, Syke (bei Bremen), Deutschland Anton-Guenther Janssen, Lehrer, Deutschland Franz Binder, für Frieden und Menschenrechte, Grieskirchen, Österreich Maritta Kulmitzer, Angestellte, Wien, Österreich Samuel Wade, Lehrer, Wien, Österreich Roser Gari, , Torrelodones, Spanien Karin Pilz, Rentnerin, Wien, Österreich Jan Veil, Friedens- und Demokratie-Aktivist / Autor, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland Maria Renders, Guatemala-Stadt, Guatemala Denis Halliday, Dublin 6, Irland Ibis Sepulveda, Texcoco, Mexiko Kumnakch, Tawar, Zahnarzt, Wien, Österreich Tania Volke, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Paola Marugan Ricart, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Karen Volke, , Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Aaraon Diaz Mendiburo, Forscher, Mexiko Humberto Ramos de Oliveira Junior, Piracicaba, Brasilien Cynthia Hernandez Gonzalez, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Academicxs por Palestina contra el Genocidio, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Iain Atack, Dublin, Irland Carlos Armando Zaragoza Gonzalez, Ciudad de México, Mexiko Andrea Meza Torres, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Ulrike Müller, Journalistin, Deutschland Mahir Hrnjic, Sarajevo, Bosnien und Herzegowina Minel Abaz, Forscher / Kolumnist, Sarajevo, Bosnien und Herzegowina Jonathan Zinnecker, Geschichtsstudent, Wien, Österreich Eveline Wollner, Soziologin, Wien, Österreich Philipp Seewann, Game Developer, Wien, Österreich Rita De Swaef, Heverlee, Belgien Niamh Ní Lochlainn, Co. Clare, Irland Rita De Swaef, Leuven, Belgien Mercy Mathew, Trivandrum, Indien Simone Sergeant, Louvain, Belgien Silvia Remondini, Guatemala-Stadt, Guatemala Kristina Pirker, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko Ms. Sherard Jayawardane , Colombo, Sri Lanka Jessica Chandrashekar , Toronto, Canada Ms. B. Terrence Fernando , Negombo, Sri Lanka Joyce P Dines , Angeles City, Philippines Klaus Helms , retired, Schwerin/Meckl., Germany

YANTE – Youth, Art & Levant Art Association, Vienna
Anti-imperialist Coordination (AIK)
Styrian Peace Platform
Solidarity Workshop Austria
BDS Austria
Self-Determined Austria (SEBÖ)
EVAL – Reverence for All Life, Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria
PIFA – Rome, Italy
Palestine Committee Stuttgart e. V. , Stuttgart, Germany
Communist Youth Austria (KJÖ)
Palestine Solidarity Austria (PSÖ)
Diem25 , Local Group Vienna
Palestine Aid Ireland , Support for Displaced Families in Gaza, Belfast, Ireland
Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council , Dublin, Ireland
The Spark

Groups and initiatives:

Yanis Varoufakis (linked live) is a Greek politician, former Greek Finance Minister, and co-founder of the Mera25 party. Varoufakis is known for his years of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Amira Hass is a renowned Israeli journalist and Bruno Kreisky Prize winner known for her reporting from the Palestinian territories. Her work focuses on the living conditions of Palestinians under Israeli occupation.

Ghassan Abu Sitteh (unfortunately unable to attend at short notice, separate video message) is a Palestinian doctor specializing in plastic and reconstructive surgery and Rector of the University of Glasgow. During the horror of the Israeli bombing of Gaza, Abu Sitteh spent 43 days in Gaza with Doctors Without Borders, working at Al-Shifa Hospital.

Hebh Jamal is a Palestinian journalist. In her work, Jamal exposes the anti-Palestinian racism of German politics, media, and the judiciary. Jamal’s journalism and activism have made her a central voice of the movement in both the United States and Germany.

Azzem Tamimi is a Palestinian academic, author, and political activist deeply involved with Islamic political movements and the Palestinian cause. He has published several books and articles on Islamism and politics in the Middle East.

Ilan Pappé (also unable to attend, own video message) is an Israeli historian, political activist, and professor at the University of Exeter, England, and director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies. He was previously a lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa. He is best known for his book “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.”

Salah Abdel-Shafi is a Palestinian economist and Palestinian Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to International Organizations.

Iris Hefets was born in Israel and is a board member of the Jewish Voice in Germany. She edited the “Kedma” portal, a platform for Mizrahi discourse in Hebrew. She left Israel for political reasons in 2002 and has since lived in Berlin, where she works as a psychoanalyst in Neukölln.

Our speakers:

Naji El Khatib was born in Beirut in 1954 into a refugee family expelled from Jaffa, Palestine, in 1948. El Khatib received his doctorate in political sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in 1996. He worked as a researcher at the Medfil Humanities Institute in Paris and as an assistant professor at An-Najah National University in Nablus.

Haneen Zoabi is a former Arab Knesset member and advocated for equal rights for all, for Palestinians and especially for women.

Stavit Sinai is a philosophy lecturer and committed anti-apartheid activist.
Recently, she participated in occupations and blockades of several weapons manufacturing sites of the Israeli company Elbit in Great Britain with the Pal Action initiative, and thus also participated in the closure of Elbit factories.

Andrew Feinstein is a South African author, politician, and activist with Austrian roots. His parents were Holocaust survivors who emigrated to South Africa after World War II. Feinstein is known for his commitment to combating global arms trafficking and was a former member of the South African Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC). He ran as an independent candidate in the recent UK elections, challenging the Labour Party with his pro-Palestine stance.

Ahmad Othman is a Palestinian political activist, a former member of the now-banned Palestine Solidarity Duisburg group, and a victim of repression and anti-Palestinian racist policies in Germany. Through his activism, he has gained insight into the repression within the nationwide Palestinian movement.

Qassem Massri , a Palestinian activist and pediatrician specializing in neonatology, pediatric intensive care, and pediatric cardiology, was part of an interdisciplinary medical team deployed to the Gaza Strip from April 15 to 29, 2024. His presentation covers the medical and humanitarian conditions prevailing in three different hospitals during this deployment.

Thomas Zmrzly, trade unionist in the hospital, Committee against the ban of Palestine Solidarity Duisburg www.psdu-verbot.info

Attia Rajab is the founder and activist of the Stuttgart Palestine Committee for decades. His family lives in the Gaza Strip. In his recent interview with SWR (Swiss Broadcasting Corporation), he said, “My parents, my siblings, and my brothers have been displaced. They’ve been living in tents for seven months, without any means of subsistence. No electricity, no water, no medicine.”

Salakh Zakut , born in 1954 in Palestine, Ukrainian nationality, state doctorate in philosophy, former director of the Ukrainian-Arab Institute of International Relations in Kyiv, director of the Arab Cultural Institute “Abu Rushd” at the European University, Arab House member of the European Peace Council (Ukraine branch), political activist in the global solidarity movement

Andreas Wimmer , librarian, Marxist, founder of the alliance “Voices for Neutrality”, descendant of resistance fighters against the Nazi regime and Jewish victims of the same

Participants from Austria:

Irina Vana , sociologist, leading candidate of the GAZA list

Ernst Wolrab , communist, former secretary of the Concentration Camp Association, who was removed for his opposition to apartheid, descendant of communist and Jewish victims of the Nazi regime

Kevin Potter is a literary scholar at the University of Vienna specializing in migration, Marxism, and Palestinian literature. Author of “Poetics of the Migrant: Migrant Literature and the Politics of Motion”

Dr. Sami Ayad, born in Yaffa, victim of the original ethnic cleansing of Palestine (Nakba), physician, chairman of the Palestinian Community of Austria

Hannes Hofbauer is a journalist and publisher, head of Promedia Verlag. He studied economic and social history, wrote for magazines such as Konkret and junge Welt , and authored books on the political and economic situation in Eastern Europe. He has headed Promedia Verlag in Vienna since 1991, and since 2011, jointly with a colleague.

Willi Langthaler, born in Graz in 1969, studied philosophy and is a trained electrical engineer. He was a leading figure in initiatives against the NATO war in Yugoslavia and the US attack on Iraq, as well as in peace initiatives for Syria.

Marco Wanjura , restaurateur, co-founder of BDS Austria, Palestine solidarity activist and candidate of the GAZA list

Martin Weinberger , a German studies scholar, representative of Self-Determined Austria, and candidate on the GAZA list, sees it as his duty to assume responsibility in times of authoritarian politics and social dismantling. He is driven by alignment with the EU, NATO, and the US, as well as the sacrificial approach to environmental protection. Weinberger calls for a democratic opposition to regain Austria’s self-determination.

Noura Hashem, chairwoman of the Handala cultural association and candidate for the GAZA list, grew up in Vienna and also lived in Palestine. She is committed not only because of her Palestinian heritage, but because she represents the values of humanity: “We are all human beings and have a right to freedom and dignity – not only here in Austria, but globally.”

Topoké, a Pan-Africanist and candidate on the GAZA list, is an artist and teacher with roots in the Congo. He is committed to fighting racism, chauvinism, and oppression. “Anyone can point out grievances and speak out against exclusion.” The solidarity of the Global South, especially from Africa, demonstrates the strength of the resistance against genocide and apartheid.

Fritz Edlinger , born in Vienna in 1948, is Secretary General of the Society for Austrian-Arab Relations and editor of the magazine International. He regularly writes guest commentaries for the Kurier newspaper and the Wiener Zeitung. He has edited books such as “With Brush and Spray Can Against the Occupation” (2016) and “The Middle East is Burning” (2016) published by Promedia Verlag.

Rames Najjar Practicing architect, university professor, member of the association Design 4 Communities, with roots in Lebanon

Dalia Sarig, co-founder of the initiative “Not in our Name” founded by Jews in Vienna and candidate of the GAZA list

Shelly Steinberg, born in Israel and raised in Munich, studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where she earned her master’s degrees in Judaic Studies, Jewish History and Culture, and Cultural Sociology. After an internship in the Knesset as part of the International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) program, she lived in Tel Aviv and returned to Munich in 2019, where she is a member of the Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group Munich.

Walter Sauer historian

Iman Shaker, student with Palestinian roots and activist at Dar al Janub – Association for anti-racist and peace initiatives

Lara Leila is a German-Palestinian presenter and activist based in Berlin.

Ronnie Barkan is an Israeli dissident and co-founder of Boycott from Within . He advocates for the BDS movement and the abolition of Zionism worldwide and lectures on these topics. On Nakba Day 2022, he participated in a direct action by the group “Pal Action” that caused significant damage to the headquarters of the Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in Bristol, UK.

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