Resistance is justified when Palestine is occupied

How to shift public opinion on resistance

The 76 years struggle for liberation in Palestine has reached a watershed moment with the advent of October 7th events. With a long and rich history of resistance and defiance, Palestinians are currently empowered by an unprecedented support from the international community despite the complicity of their political representation.

Palestinian resistance have taken many shapes and forms in it's fight for justice and liberation against the Zionist regime, including violent and non-violent resistance where each form has its own strategies, tactics and legal implications.

This event will have a focused discussion on the effectiveness, impact and the legal justification of both forms of resistance.

Our guest speaker for this discussion is Dr. Shahd Hammouri, interviewed by Sara Saleh who will guide the conversation to highlight the many aspects of the Palestinian resistance within the context of the international law.

Shahd Hammouri is a Palestinian lecturer in international law at the university of Kent and a legal consultant for multiple Palestinian civil society organisations and the author of the forthcoming book: Corporate War Profiteering and International law. Shahd has written extensively about, and argued for, the legality of the Palestinians' right to resist occupation and colonisation by any means available.

Sara Saleh is an award-winning writer, human rights lawyer, and the daughter of Palestinian, Lebanese and Egyptian migrants. She is a long-term organiser for the justice for Palestine movement, grounded in black-Palestinian solidarity, and focused on empowering our communities movement with legal and political tools in service of liberation.

The event is sponsored by Addison Road Community Centre.

Tickets to the event will include dinner at arrival followed by a conversation between Sara Saleh and Shahd Hammouri.

Tickets and donations will be used to support Gazan refugee families who recently arrived in Sydney.