People’s Congress for The Hague Group
Palestine and the Shrinking Space for Dissent in the UK
This roundtable is published in partnership with the British Palestinian Committee. Introduction On November 4, 2025, the UK government tabled an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill to curtail protest rights under the pretext of “cumulative disruption.” The revised Bill is now in the House of Lords Committee, where it is scrutinized before […]
Spain and the Gaza Genocide with Alys Estape
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Alys Estape 0:00 Unfortunately, spoiler alert, it is not an arms embargo on Israel. This is the main criticism we have as Spanish civil society. It is an important move, but what Spanish civil society has been saying is that words do not stop […]
Europe’s Proscription of Palestine Solidarity with Amira Hala
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Amira Hala 0:00 This moment represents both a significant acceleration and an expansion of longstanding repressive tactics. I think there are continuities and some ruptures in that sense. In the report, we make the argument that current counter-terrorism measures in Europe replicate the logic […]
Palestine State Recognition: Europe’s Response to Genocide
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Diana Buttu 0:00 This policy of recognition has, for people like Mahmoud Abbas, served the two purposes of keeping the Palestinian Authority afloat, while at the same time giving these European powers an out so that they don’t have to do anything. And the […]
Abdalrahman Kittana
Dr. Abdalrahman Kittana is a Palestinian architect and researcher, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Tampere University, Finland, and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Birzeit University. He holds a PhD in Architecture from KU Leuven, an MSc in Architectural regeneration from Oxford Brookes University and a BSc in Architectural Engineering from Birzeit University. Dr. Kittana […]
Is the Tide Changing on the Genocide in Gaza? With Tariq Kenney-Shawa
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Yara Hawari 0:00 I don’t care that Piers Morgan uttered the word genocide. I don’t care that the Guardian published an editorial recognizing the horrific situation in Gaza. I care about the millions of people who have hit the streets consistently in solidarity with […]
Soirée Schaerbeek pour la Palestine
Countering Attacks on the Palestine Movement in Europe with Agnese Valenti
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Rethinking Palestine – Podcast Transcript Topic: Defunding and De-risking of Palestinian Civil Society Organizations Guest: Agnese Valenti Agnese Valenti 0:00 All the Palestinian civil society organizations are doing an amazing job, but the problem is the pro-Israeli lobby groups and the network organized by […]
