“Sumud versus the Sword”: Solidarity, Direct Action, and Palestinian Liberation

Join Palestinian youth organisers, student activists, former political prisoners, and international human rights observers from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Youth Front For Palestine (YFFP), and Jordan Valley Solidarity (JVS) for a discussion on the realities of what has been described by human rights organisations, including the United Nations, Amnesty International, and Médecins Sans Frontières, as ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Palestine.

Speakers will share first-hand experiences of occupation, resistance, and organising in both the West Bank and UK, while exploring what sumud (steadfastness) and solidarity look like in practice.

The event will examine the role of direct action, popular struggle, and Palestinian-led movements in confronting settler colonial violence and Israeli apartheid.