Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory, as well as the efforts that Israel goes to to impose second-class citizen status on Palestinian citizens and inhabitants of the occupied West Bank prompted the "First Global Conference on Israeli Apartheid" to take place in Istanbul, Turkey, last weekend. Inaugurating the conference, President of the Union of Non-Governmental...Read More

Mats Svensson Master’s degree in Social Sciences.Development worker for the Swedish Government since 1988.Worked with various NGOs and consultants assisting countries like Congo-Brazzaville, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zambia and Palestine.Author of two books "Crimes, Victims and Witnesses – Apartheid in Palestine" and "Aparthgeid is a Crime – Portraits of Israeli Occupation".Held a number of photo exhibitions...Read More

Haneen Zoabi BA in Psychology and Philosophy and MA in Communication Studies from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.Graduate Georgetown Leadership Seminar in 2003.Knesset member 2009 – 2019.Joint founder and CEO of Arab Center for Media Freedom, Development and Research.Outspoken and highly respected activist spearheading the Palestinian struggle against the Israeli Occupation practices.Read More

Virginia Tilley Current Klingberg Chair in International Relations at Southern Illinois University, USA.Co-author with Richard Falk of the UN ESCWA commissioned report on Israeli Practices regarding the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid.Acknowledged author, researcher and speaker in matters related to human rights, colonisation and apartheid especially in South Africa, Latin America, south Pacific...Read More

Hani Al-Masri Co-founder and currently Director General of the Palestinian Center for Policy Research and Strategic Studies (MASARAT).A political analyst, journalist and columnist; he published many articles, researches and policy papers to Palestinian and Arabic publications.Prior to 2005, he serves as General Manager of Printing and Publication Department at the Ministry of Information.Member of the...Read More

Suleyman Arslan Master’s degree in Law from Sakaraya University Institute of Social Sciences, Turkey.Held various high profile positions in non-governmental and professional organisations addressing law, family, ethics, culture, environment and human rights.Head of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey since 2017.Read More

Cavit Tatli Law graduate from the Law Faculty of Istanbul University, Turkety.Self employed lawyer at his firm Tatli Law Firm.Currently President of the Lawyers Association.Contributes articles to various newspapers and magazines.Read More

Richard Falk Professor of International Law Emeritus at Princeton University, USA.UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Occupied Palestine, 2008 – 2014.Co-author with Virginia Tilley of the UN ESCWA commissioned report on Israeli Practices regarding the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid.Read More

Anis Kassim LLB 1965 from Damascus University, Syria and LLM S.J.D from George Washington University 1970 & 1973 respectively.Well respected and vocal patriot in the struggle against Israeli practices in Occupied Palestine.Legal counsel to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference and later, member of the Palestinian Defence Team before the International Cout of...Read More