Noura Erakat, author of 'Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine' gives the keynote address at the Palestine Book Awards![Sarah Leah Whitson, an American lawyer and the director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch speaks at MEMO event: Remembering Jamal one year on, on 2 October, 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SRV_2470--e1570099410780.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
"I thought that with Hatice outside and the police on the way, the Saudis would not dare to kidnap him. I thought that would be the worst that might be planned"
"The murder of Jamal Khashoggi was a state crime, of the most grotesque and ghastly event inside the Saudi embassy in Istanbul"
"First they came for the journalists. We have no idea what happened after that"
Panel: Beyond Palexpo
Panel: Beyond Palexpo
Panel - One State: The Future- Panel - One State: The Future
Panel - One State: The Future
Panel - Deal or Disaster of the Century- Panel: Deal or Disaster of the Century
Panel - Nation Law: Israeli Apartheid State- Panel - Nation Law: Israeli Apartheid State
- Opening session
- Panel: Deal or Disaster of the Century
- Panel - Nation Law: Israeli Apartheid State
Panel - Nation Law: Israeli Apartheid State![Oren Yiftachel, Professor of political geography and urban studies at Ben-Gurion University, Beersheva, at MEMO's 'Present Absentees' conference in London on April 27, 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0474.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Interviews“I have coined quite a few terms,” noted Professor Oren Yiftachel, “but ethnocracy really captures the idea of a regime that creates a state for the benefit of an...![Jonathan Cook at MEMO’s ‘Present Absentees: Palestinian Citizens of Israel & the Nation-State Law’ conference held in London on April 27, 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0441-1-e1556640422350.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Panel: A state of all its citizens?![Professor Oren Yiftachel at MEMO’s ‘Present Absentees: Palestinian Citizens of Israel & the Nation-State Law’ conference held in London on April 27, 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0410-1-e1556638845632.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Panel: A state of all its citizens?![Sami Abu Shehadeh addresses MEMO’s ‘Present Absentees: Palestinian Citizens of Israel & the Nation-State Law’ conference held in London on April 27, 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0576-1-e1556635655875.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Panel: The beginning of the end of national identity![Professor As'ad Ghanem addresses Present Absentees conference on 27 April 2019 in London [Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0606-1-e1556635098889.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Panel: The beginning of the end of national identity![Knesset Member Dr Yousef Jabareen at MEMO's 'Present Absentees' conference in London on April 27, 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0532.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Panel: The beginning of the end of national identity![Salma Karmi-Ayyoub, Barrister & Consultant to Al-Haq at MEMO's 'Present Absentees' conference in London on April 27, 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0704.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Panel: Regional & international perspectives![David Cronin, Associate Editor of the Electronic Intifada at MEMO's 'Present Absentees' conference in London on April 27, 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0710.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Panel: Regional & international perspectives![Karl Sabbagh, a British-Palestinian writer, documentary maker, and publisher speaks at MEMO's 'Present Absentees' conference in London on April 27, 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0654.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Panel: Regional & international perspectives
Suhad Bishara speaks at MEMO’s ‘Present Absentees: Palestinian Citizens of Israel & the Nation-State Law’![Professor Joseph Massad makes the keynote speech at Present Absentees: Palestinian Citizens of Israel & the Nation-State Law in London on 27 April 2019 [Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0209-1-e1556554872580.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Professor Joseph Massad speaks on the panel of Present Absentees - The travesty of Palestinians in Israel
Dr Mazen Masri speaks on the panel discussing 'The Travesty of Palestinians in Israel'- Professor Joseph Massad makes the keynote speech at MEMO's Present Absentees conference
![Dr Daud Abdullah, Director of Middle East Monitor [Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/19-04-29-dr-d-conf104A0188.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
The Director of Middle East Monitor makes his opening remarks at MEMO's Present Absentees conference![Nihad Awad, CEO and founder of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), speaks at MEMO and Al-Sharq Forum's event in London 'Remembering Jamal' on 29 October 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_10-29-remembering-Jamal104A7646.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
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