Abir Kopty is Deputy Director of Communication at the European Legal Support Center (ELSC), based in Berlin. She holds an MA in Political Communication from City University London and a PhD in Communication and Media Studies from the Freie Universität Berlin. She has worked as a communication officer and spokesperson for Palestinian human rights and media organizations in Haifa and Ramallah, and her political analysis and reporting have appeared in Middle East Eye, TRT, Mondoweiss, and The Nation.
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The governments of France, Spain, and Germany have ramped up efforts to repress Palestine solidarity activism.
What are the main challenges that Palestinian citizens of Israel face in terms of leadership? What opportunities exist in the current political context to gain visibility and overcome geo-political fragmentation with those in the West Bank and Gaza?
