December 13, 2022

The workshop took place at the observatory in Rabin building, University of Haifa, and on-line

Recordings from the event are available on YouTube playlist here

This interdisciplinary workshop will be dedicated to a critical examination of the role of law in the context of governance in the Gaza strip. When it comes to Gaza, international law has failed to fulfill its stated purposes of peace and security, as the escalation of human suffering in Gaza continues to rise and intervention stops at humanitarian aid. Yet all parties involved constantly return to the international legal vocabulary. What, if anything, can this iterative paradox teach us not only about Gaza, but about transnational governance more generally? How does Gaza shift our ideas about sovereignty, occupation and international intervention?

Organizers:

Prof. Itamar Mann, PI at the Minerva Center for the rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, University of Haifa, Law Faculty
and
Dr. Yael Berda, The Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Program

10:30 Keynote Interview

with Sharhabeel Alzaeem, Al Zaeem & Associates Attorneys at Law & Legal Consultants (Gaza, via Zoom) (interviewer: Itamar Mann)

11:20 break

11:30 Panel 1

Yael Berda, Hebrew University, Sociology – Labor entry and the end of the “security threat”

Karin Loevy, NYU Law School – “Permanent Security” and the Siege on Gaza

12:45 Lunch

13:30 Panel 2

Maayan Amir, Ben Gurion University in the Negev, Department of the Arts – Visual Lawfare

Itamar Mann, University of Haifa, Faculty of Law – The New Palestinian Refugees

15:00 – 15:45 Talk

Ralph Wilde, UCL, Faculty of Laws (via Zoom) – The Illegality of Israel’s Control in Palestinian Territories, including Gaza (via Zoom)