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![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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Panel: A state of all its citizens? -
![Professor As'ad Ghanem addresses Present Absentees conference on 27 April 2019 in London [Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0606-1-e1556635098889.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&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://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0532.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&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://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0704.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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![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&zoom=1&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://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/104A0654.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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
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![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&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Director of Middle East Monitor makes his opening remarks at MEMO's Present Absentees conference
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