Engaging in Dialogue on Israel, Palestine and building bridges
We are excited to invite you to a crucial event that marks a significant step in the development of our stances on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Founders of Standing Together, Alon-Lee Green and Rula Daood, are travelling to Amsterdam in September and we have been given the unique opportunity to meet them. Standing Together is a progressive grassroots movement mobilising Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel against the occupation and for peace, equality, and social justice. As a Jewish Israeli and a Palestinian citizen of Israel, Alon-Lee Green and Rula Daood are committed to show us how both groups can work together to create a better reality for Israelis and Palestinians.
As a political organisation committed to speaking with one voice on behalf of its members, Volt recognises the challenges and importance of finding common ground on the Israel-Palestine conflict. That is why we are excited to be able to give our community the opportunity to talk to and learn from Standing Together. This event will expose us to perspectives that are often underrepresented in the media and in our internal discussions. It will help guide us to engage in open, inclusive, and informed discussions on Israel and Palestine.
Event Details:
Confirmed speakers:
Alon-Lee Green & Rula Daood (Founders of Standing Together)
Anna Strolenberg (Member of the European Parliament for Volt)
Francesca Romana D’Antuono (Co-President of Volt Europa)
Marieke Koekkoek (Member of the Dutch House of Representatives for Volt Netherlands)
Itay Garmy (Amsterdam City Councillor for Volt) & Sheher Khan (Amsterdam City Councillor for Denk)
Author, anthropologist and former Middle East correspondent Joris Luyendijk will moderate the event.
The goal of this event is to create a safe environment for our members and political representatives to come together, engage with experts, and gain a deeper understanding of the on-the-ground realities in Israel and Palestine. An understanding that can help our leaders stand for change in politics, and equip our community with more empathy towards each other as well as the people living these horrors in Israel and Palestine.
We are also honored to have Itay Garmy and Sheher Khan join us. These two Amsterdam City Councillors work closely together despite their differences: Itay Garmy (local representative of Volt) is Jewish and Israeli, while Sheher Khan (local representative of DENK) is Muslim and a pro-Palestinian activist. They set up the "Known Makes Loved" (in Dutch: Bekend maakt Bemind) initiative, which was unanimously adopted by the Amsterdam City Council just five days after 7/10. Their project aims to foster connections among groups of citizens who might normally never mingle or hold prejudices against each other.
This event is meant to be the first of a cycle of events and initiatives designed to support and consolidate our political positioning on the Israel/Palestine conflict. While this starts as a Volt Europa project (hosted in collaboration with Volt Netherlands), we believe the way forward as a community is the participation and involvement of national and local teams.
What you can do:
If you are able to attend the event in Amsterdam, please sign up here.
Organise similar events on the same day, hosting social actors and organisations that fight for peace, understanding and compassion between Palestinians and Israelis. If you want to organise a local event please sign up here and we will contact you with more information.
Come together to watch the event streaming, and discuss it collectively, to create awareness and understanding.