Apartheid Israel: Democracy as an Existential Threat

Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 7:30pm
Speaker: Omar Barghouti
University of Ottawa , Room: Fauteux B147

Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist. He is a founding member of the Palestinian campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) to force Israel to uphold international law and universal human rights. He holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University, NY. He contributed to the philosophical volume, "Controversies and Subjectivity" (John Benjamins, 2005) and to "The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid" (Verso Books, 2001). He advocates an ethical vision for a unitary, secular democratic state in historic Palestine.

Part 1 - Omar Barghouti

Part 2 - Q&A