The Politics of Humanitarianism in the Occupied Territories
Tuesday-Wednesday, April 20-21, 2004
WEDNESDAY, 21 APRIL 2004
(DE)POLITICIZATION OF HUMANITARIANISM
Moderator: Huwaida Arraf
Humanitarianism and Barbarism: A Mismatch
Meron Benvenisti, Jerusalem
Bio-Humanitarianism and Bio-Colonialism: Coupling the Land Issue with the Refugee Issue
Sari Hanafi, Director, Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center (SHAML)
Victims of War Are Unlike Victims of Earthquakes: The Conflict between Humanitarianism and Political Activity
Jeff Halper, Israel Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)
On the Verge of Catastrophe
Ariella Azoulay, Bar-Ilan University
Humanitarian Aid: Whom Does It Assist? The Cases of Rafah and Mutilla
Amira Hass, Ha'aretz Newspaper