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Much of the current antagonism toward Israel has its source in academia. It is there that a false narrative has taken hold, one that portrays Israel as a foreign colonizer, an occupier of Palestinian lands. We intend to offer an alternate Indigenous perspective that centres the view from Jerusalem, its land, people and story.
Symposium themes will include: Jewish Indigeneity and connection to the land Relationships between Indigenous peoples and Jewish ideas and Israel Confronting and deconstructing false narratives on Jewish Indigeneity Settler-colonialism, denial of peoplehood and their role in antisemitism
Other speakers will be announced shortly. The Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem Academic Symposium is a first step toward future full conferences in major academic centres worldwide. We will build a body of scholarly work that challenges false narratives, affirms Jewish Indigeneity and strengthens the relationship with the Indigenous of the Nations.
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