🌹 Putting Hamas In Context w Professor Bisharat

Join East Bay DSA's Political Education Committee in person and on Zoom (Zoom link sent after RSVP) for a discussion on primary texts related to October 7th and Hamas, for a discussion on the history of Palestinian resistance of the zionist occupation and what got us here today.

For better or for worse, October 7 is seared into our consciousness as a singular moment in the history of Palestine/Israel. But what actually happened that day? Who planned it, and what were their aims? In what ways did that day represent a rupture with previous trends, and in what ways did it represent continuity with the past? Where is Israel’s continuing onslaught against Gaza, characterized by the International Court of Justice as a “plausible genocide” likely to lead? If you would like answers to these questions, you will not want to miss this presentation by Professor George Bisharat and following discussion.

Primary Documents we'll be discussing, click for links:

1) The 2017 Hamas Charter

2) Hamas' Our Narrative: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood document on October 7th

Supplemental media:

1) Al Jazeera documentary on October 7th (Trigger Warning: very graphic)

2) The Dig (Jacobin podcast) episode on the history of Hamas and the political context that put them in their current central role

Bio on Professor Bisharat:
George E. Bisharat was a trial lawyer for the Office of the Public Defender in San Francisco before joining the UC Law SF faculty in 1991. Professor Bisharat studied law, anthropology, and Middle East studies at Harvard, and wrote a book about Palestinian lawyers working under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank. He writes frequently on law and politics in the Middle East, both for academic audiences and for major media sources in the U.S. and abroad.

Details

When: May 28, 2024, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: East Bay DSA Office - 1610 Harrison St. Suite D, Oakland, CA, 94612
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