Nadia Hijab at ‘Jerusalem: Legalising the Occupation’ conference

Address by Nadia Hijab at MEMO’s ‘Jerusalem: Legalising the Occupation‘ conference held in London on March 3, 2018.

Nadia Hijab is co-founder and Executive Director of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, a writer, public speaker and media commentator. Her first book was entitled “Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work” and she co-authored “Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel”.

Negotiations and the Impact of Trump’s Declaration

After the Oslo Accords designated Jerusalem a final status issue, Israel used the interim period to create what it deemed irreversible facts on the ground. Two decades on, the US has decided to move its embassy to Jerusalem and recognise the city as Israel’s undivided and eternal capital. This, according to President Trump, is merely “recognition of reality”.