The Israel Lobby Con EXTRA! Podcast
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The following is a presentation made at the 2015 Israel Lobby Con held at the National Press Club.
Dima Khalidi is the founder and Director of Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (PSLS), and Cooperating Counsel with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Her work includes providing legal advice to activists, engaging in advocacy to protect their rights to speak out for Palestinian rights, and educating activists and the public about their rights.
Khalidi has a JD from DePaul University College of Law with a concentration in International Law, an MA in Comparative Legal Studies from the University of London – School of Oriental and African Studies, and a BA in History and Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan. Prior to founding PSLS, Khalidi worked with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) as a cooperating attorney on the Mamilla Cemetery Campaign, drafting a petition to United Nations officials to act against the desecration of an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem.
As a volunteer and an intern at CCR, she also worked on numerous cases that sought to hold Israeli officials and corporations accountable for Israeli violations of international law, including Belhas v. Ya’alon; Matar et al. v. Dichter; and Corrie v. Caterpillar; as well as on CCR’s Guantanamo Bay docket. As a law student, she interned with the People’s Law Office in Chicago, helping win the acquittal of a Palestinian-American on major federal criminal charges. Prior to studying law, Khalidi worked at Birzeit University, heading a research project on the role of informal justice mechanisms in the Palestinian legal system. She has advocated on Palestinian rights issues in media forums such as the New York Times, the Jewish Press, The Real News Network, Mondoweiss, Huffington Post, Law and Disorder Radio, and Radio Tahrir. She is fluent in Arabic and French.
Since 2015 the annual IsraelLobbyCon conference series at the National Press Club explores the latest research, innovations and tactics for countering the Israel lobby’s damaging policies in the U.S. and around the globe.
The conference is solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep).
Prof. Kirk J. Beattie: How Congress shapes Middle East policy, and how AIPAC shapes Congress.
Dr. Roger Mattson: Did Israel steal U.S. weapons-grade uranium, and did it have help from U.S. citizens?
Grant F. Smith: Ten ways the Israel lobby ‘moves’ America.
Reza Marashi: The Iran Nuclear Deal
Gareth Porter: The Israel lobby push for war on Iran
Congressman Paul Findley: What I should have done, and what Congress can do today.
Paul Pillar: AIPAC/Netanyahu objectives and the American interest.
Congressman Rick Rahall: How does the Israel lobby influence Congress?
Former AIPAC employee MJ Rosenberg: Is it all about the money?
Gideon Levy: Does unconditional support for Israel endanger Israeli voices?
Miko Peled: How the Lobby enables Israeli policy: Views of an Israeli in America
Ahmad Saadaldin: Overcoming obstacles: Students for Justice in Palestine successes.
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh: Daring to speak out on campus.
Dr. Jack Shaheen: The use of cultural stereotypes to shape policy
Dr. Alice Rothchild: Silencing voices that question Israeli actions.
Jeffrey Blankfort: The ADL: Covert action, censure, and courting law-enforcement.
Seth Morrison: From the Jewish National Fund to Jewish Voice for Peace and BDS.
Grant F. Smith: How big is the Lobby and what does it do? An overview of the 501(c) universe.
Roger Waters: ”The positive impact of artist boycotts targeting Israel and how to educate fans.” IsraelLobbyCon 2022
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