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Rome conference stands in solidarity with Palestinian resistance to Zionism
On November 28-29, 2009, a conference focusing on the historical, ideological and political characteristics of Zionism and the Zionist project was held in Rome, Italy. The conference was organized by Forum Palestina, an Italian organization working in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance since 2002.
The presenters' speeches were based on replies to questions posed by the organizers to guide the discussion, focusing on the nature of the Zionist project and its links with colonialism, racism and discrimination. These questions were as follows:
1)Zionism was born in Europe, in the context of the colonialist expansion of the second half of the nineteenth century. How much did the European colonialist project and the Zionist project affect and integrate into each other?
2)How were the consequences in Palestine of "the real Zionism," that is the ideological project that "became a State" with the birth of the Zionist entity?
3)Why does Zionism exert influence on European and United States elites? How much influence has Zionism had on neo-colonialism and the wars and imperial projects of capitalist countries?
4)How influential is Zionism in the debate, in the political culture and in the strategic choices of the countries of Europe, Africa, Latin America and the United States?
Other speeches included an analysis of the risk of "zionistization" of cultural and political life in Italy, and about the real power of this Zionist ideology and political project in building a false collective image and interpretation of Palestinian history.
The second follow-up session of this conference will be held in May 2010, on the anniversary of the Nakba, in cooperation with anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist forces, in order to build a movement which will be able to fight imperialism and its manifestations, such as Zionism, more strongly and effectively.
Some of the speakers who presented at the conference include Wasim Dahmash, a professor at the University of Cagliari; Miryam Marino, Paola Canarutto and Giorgio Forti of Jews Against Occupation; Cinzia Nachira, essayist; Michele Giorgio and Michelangelo Cocco, journalists rom the leftist newspaper "Il Manifesto;" Stefania Limiti, journalist and member of the Don't Forget Sabra and Shatila Committee; Alfredo Tradardi, of the International Solidarity Movement; Samir Al Qariouti and Bassam Saleh, Palestinian journalists living in Italy; Maurizio Musolino, journalist; and Nicolas Shashani, of Europalestine in France.
The presenters' speeches were based on replies to questions posed by the organizers to guide the discussion, focusing on the nature of the Zionist project and its links with colonialism, racism and discrimination. These questions were as follows:
1)Zionism was born in Europe, in the context of the colonialist expansion of the second half of the nineteenth century. How much did the European colonialist project and the Zionist project affect and integrate into each other?
2)How were the consequences in Palestine of "the real Zionism," that is the ideological project that "became a State" with the birth of the Zionist entity?
3)Why does Zionism exert influence on European and United States elites? How much influence has Zionism had on neo-colonialism and the wars and imperial projects of capitalist countries?
4)How influential is Zionism in the debate, in the political culture and in the strategic choices of the countries of Europe, Africa, Latin America and the United States?
Other speeches included an analysis of the risk of "zionistization" of cultural and political life in Italy, and about the real power of this Zionist ideology and political project in building a false collective image and interpretation of Palestinian history.
The second follow-up session of this conference will be held in May 2010, on the anniversary of the Nakba, in cooperation with anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist forces, in order to build a movement which will be able to fight imperialism and its manifestations, such as Zionism, more strongly and effectively.
Some of the speakers who presented at the conference include Wasim Dahmash, a professor at the University of Cagliari; Miryam Marino, Paola Canarutto and Giorgio Forti of Jews Against Occupation; Cinzia Nachira, essayist; Michele Giorgio and Michelangelo Cocco, journalists rom the leftist newspaper "Il Manifesto;" Stefania Limiti, journalist and member of the Don't Forget Sabra and Shatila Committee; Alfredo Tradardi, of the International Solidarity Movement; Samir Al Qariouti and Bassam Saleh, Palestinian journalists living in Italy; Maurizio Musolino, journalist; and Nicolas Shashani, of Europalestine in France.
