Lecture

The lecture was given by Director of Konrad Adenauer in Palestine Mr. Marc Frings, and the European Studies Specialist Dr. Amjad Abu Al Izz. Mr. Frings introduced The European Parliament elections explaining the ways in which 751 representatives are elected and seats are distributed based on the population of each country in Europe. He proceeded to speak about the privileges the European Union provides its citizens, the importance of spreading European unity and encouraging the European public to participate in facing the rise of populist parties that challenge the European integration.

During the lecture, two experts from the Swiss Center for Peace and from the Government Archives, as well as the researcher Rola Shahwan a specialist in the Palestinian Visual Archive and Director of the Center gave a presentation on the theoretical concept of archiving, its importance and its role through various stages of Palestinian history, and building the Palestinian national narrative and the collective memory for the benefit of the future and the generations.

Awadallah presented a historical view of the centennial of Balfour Declaration mentioning the Nakba in 1948, the establishment of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1965, the launching of the Palestinian revolution and the 1967 war, the first Intifada and subsequent Oslo agreement, the rise of the Extreme Israeli Right in governing and fighting against peace in all its forms. Assuring the importance of taking advantage of past experiences and emphasizing our options through peaceful resistance.