To the participants in the 2nd Haifa Con
ference for the return of
Palestinian refugees and
for the Democratic Secular State in Historic
Pale
stine
The preparatory co
mmittee is welcoming all those interested in participating
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p;in the conference.*Program Outline17:00 - 18:00 Presentation of workshop results in plenum*
We are still working on the program of the conference , but we are able to
publish a tentative initial o utline that may help you make your plans.
Friday, May 28
15:00 Walking tou r in Haifa.
17:00 Recept ion: Films, Food
19:00 O pening Session: Key political speakers, Cultural program
Saturday, May 29
9:00 - 9:30 Gathering and registration + Breakfast
9:30 - 10:00 General meeting
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10:00 - 11:45 Three parallel Workshop s
12:00 - 13:45 Three pa rallel Workshops
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 16: 45 Three parallel Workshops
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18:00 Dinner
19:00 - 22:00 Cultural Event
&n bsp;Sunday, May 30
10:00 Trip to the Galilee: The destroyed villages and to unre cognized
villages.
10:00 - 15:00 - Consultations for the establishment of an international
coalition.
* Proposed Subjects for Workshops*
The exac t subjects for the workshops are still under discussion. Some of the
issues that are likely to be handled are:
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- The return of Palestini an refugees - how to bring it back to the center
& nbsp; of the political struggle and how to promote its implementation ?
- The call for a Democratic Secular State and its effect on the current
struggle against occupation and Israeli Apartheid.
- Different views about the nature of the future Democratic P alestine.
- Human Rights and Internat ional Law reasoning for the call for return
and a democratic secular state.
; - The role of Palestinian political prisoners and participation from the< br /> prisoners in the discussion.
- Homage to Haifa: History, Ethnic Cleansing, Working for the return of
the refuge es.
There will be specia l workshops for activists to participate in discussing
experiences and building together for future struggle:
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- Connecting Palestinians in struggle between 48, 67 occupied territories
&n bsp; and the Diaspora.
- Buildi ng the international solidarity movement.
&n bsp; - Arab-Jewish partnership in struggle.
*Languages:* All major discussions will be held in Arab ic, Hebrew and
English with simultaneous translati on.
* Additional Details*
· &nb sp; *Registration *
- There are no registration fee s to the conference.
-&n bsp; We will thank you if you contact us to let us know t hat you are coming
and what parts of the conferenc e you are interested to attend to help us
make our preparations.
- &n bsp; All the conference is paid for by donations and your contr ibution will
be appreciated.**
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· ; *Accommod ation*
< br /> - Activists from Haifa and the region will host guests from other
areas.
-&n bsp; We request guests to inform us of their interest in accommodations
· *Tours***
- &nbs p; Guests from abroad interested in tours to famili arize themselves
with other aspects - political an d social - of the struggle, are requested
to infor m us. We will be ready to help in organizing guided tours and more
political encounters.
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- *Information:*
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· &n bsp; *Participation in absentia*
*Unfortunately the conference dates could not be suited to the schedules of
all those who found interest in it. We welcome participation in absentia in
the following ways:*
1. *Publishing articles, studies, and posi tion papers about the right of
return and the democratic secular state at the conference website.*
& nbsp; 2. *Support and greeting letters to the conference will be posted on the
website and we shall read them out at the opening session.*
&nbs p; 3. *We welcome the initiative to hold preparatory or parallel even ts in
other locations.*
& nbsp; 4. *We call on all supporters of the goals of the conference to contact
us in order to work together for the building of an international coalition
&n bsp; for the return of the Palestinian refugees and for the Democratic Secular
state in Histo ric Palestine.*
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*THE HAIFA CONFERENCE WEBSITE: **www.ror1stat e.org*
< br /> The site is currently only with the materials of t he 1st conference. It will
be updated soon.
---------------------------The second Haifa Conf
erence For the Return of the Palestinian Refugees andfor the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine 28-30/5/2010
* Call for participation in the preparations *
< /pre>For more than a hundred years, our Palestinian people suffer from th erobbery of their national and human rights. The majority of Palestinians arerefugees dispersed all around the world. Ga za , which stands strong in itsresistance to the occupation, is subjected to intense criminal siege. Theracist occupatio n regime continues is campaign of ethnic cleansing againstou r people all around the country by way of confiscations, demolishinghouses and villages, the confiscation of identity papers and preven tion ofresidency rights, the prevention of marriage and deni al of familyunification, and the building of walls and settl ements. All of us sufferfrom oppression, discrimination and subjugation in all aspects of life undera brutal racist regi me.Our Palestinian people registered he roic pages in the struggle to defendtheir legitimate rights, first and foremost the right of return, till theybecame to symbolize sacrifice for freedom on both Arab and Internationallevel. The Israeli response was always severe oppression and more wars. L astyear´s campaign of massacres against our people in the Gaza Strip is ablatant example... Their aggression and o ccupation are not limited toPalestine , but also hit oth er Arab peoples and countries. The danger of anall out war i s still threatening the security of the region and world peace.Year after year we see how the so called "peac e process" is only camouflagefor the imperialist politi cal projects. This process doesn´t contribute inany wa y for the restoration of the robbed rights of our people. It is only designed to support the racist Zionist regime as it acts to perpetu ate theoccupation and to prevent the return of the refugees.The only program for the relieving of t he suffering of our people and for asolution of the conflict is the restoration of the patriotic and nationalrights of t he Palestinian people, the adoption of the principles of< span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"">demo cracy and human rights as the base for a solution and rejection of andresistance to ethnic cleansing, oppression and racism. It means t he returnof all Palestinian refugees to all the areas from w hich they were expelledand the constitution of one democrati c secular state on all of the Palestiniannational soil.On 20-21/6/2008, the first Haifa conference for the right of return and thedemocratic secular state in P alestine was convened. It aroused a lot ofinterest and was w idely welcomed among political and social activist andmilita nts that resist Zionism from within (in the part of Palestine that was occupied since 1948), Arab and Jews, as well as on a wider Palest inian, Araband International level. Following the success of this conference we aredetermined to continue on the way to achieve its lofty goal, toward theestablishment of an intern ational coalition that will support this program.Abnaa elBalad movement, as the initiator of the convening of the first Haifaconference, calls on all interested parties, grou ps and individuals tocooperate for the success of the second conference. You are invited to takepart in the preparations for the conference, to raise suggestions concerningthe conf erence´s program, to take part in and organize preparatory eventsand workshops, to mobilize for the conference and to actively ta ke part init.DTSTAMP:20260429T150741Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20100528T000100 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20100529T000100 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR