Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Resistance and Remembrance
Civic Spaces are Neccessary Spaces
Beyond Us vs. Them: Holding Space for Global Conversations and Connections
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Over a year after the October 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian armed groups, and Israel’s subsequent invasion of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank – which, as of November 2024, has resulted in the deaths of 1,200 Israelis and more than 41,000 Palestinians – societies around the world are more fractured over the situation than ever before. In this context, increasing violence and rampant hate speech are making productive dialogue, let alone lasting peace, feel unattainable.
The situation in Israel and Palestine raises many questions that connect with the work of Sites of Conscience: How has the use of memory become a source of conflict? How does structural racism inform atrocities and shape societies’ response to mass violations? How are cultural heritage and memory a central part of the attacks on Gaza and the West Bank, and in other conflicts? And how can Sites of Conscience foster critical reflection and dialogue in settings of extreme suffering, loss and trauma, while also calling for the protection and observance of human rights and the respect for international law, like the International Court of Justice rulings on January 26, 2024 and July 19, 2024 ?
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