Historical Justice in the Context of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, May 28-30, 2019
Organizers: Prof. Yitzhak Benbaji & Prof. Helen Frowe
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
9:30-10:00 Gathering and Coffee
10:00-10:30 Greetings:
Alon Klement, Director, The Cegla Center
Prof. Yitzhak Benbaji, TAU Law & Prof. Helen Frowe, Stockholm Center for the Ethics of War and Peace
10:30-11:20 The Right to One’s Home in the Aftermath of Military Conflict: Weighing Conflicting Human Rights, Prof. Eyal Benvenisti & Dr. Tamar Megiddo, TAU Law
Chair: Dr. Itamar Mann, University of Haifa, Law
Commentator: Prof. Yael Ronen, The Academic Center for Law and Science, Law
11:20-11:40 Coffee Break
11:40-12:30 The Politics of Jewish History, Dr. Julie Cooper, Faculty of Social Sciences, TAU
Chair: Dr. Doreen Lustig, TAU Law
Commentator: Dr. Natali Davidson, TAU Law
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:10 Crisis as Precedent: Population Exchange and the Making of Israel-Palestine, Dr. Itamar Mann, University of Haifa, Law
Chair: Prof. Ron Harris, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. Daniel Statman, University of Haifa, Philosophy
14:10-15:00 The Idea of Israel as a Jewish State, Prof. Alan Patten, Princeton University, Department of Politics
Chair: Prof. Hanoch Dagan, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. Helen Frowe, Stockholm Center for the Ethics of War and Peace
15:00-15:20 Scheduling and Timelines – TIL
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
09:30-10:00 Gathering and Coffee
10:00-10:50 Can the Court Decide on the Exception?, Mr. Hassan Jabareen, HU Law
Chair: Dr. Dana Gur, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. David Heyd, HU, Philosophy
10:50-11:40 Distributing Justice, Prof. Victor Tadros, Warwick University, Law
Chair: Dr. Otzari, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. Avihay Dorfman, TAU Law
11:40-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-12:40 Territorial Justice in Israel/Palestine, Prof. Margaret Moore, Queen’s University, Department of Political Studies
Chair: Dr. Eliav Lieblich, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. Daniel Attas, HU, Philosophy
12:50-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:50 Two Concepts of Zionism: an Essay on the Legitimacy of a Zionist Israel, Prof. Chaim Gans, TAU Law
Chair: Prof. Assaf Likhovski, TAU Law
Commentator: Dr. Eliav Lieblich, TAU Law
14:50-15:30 Zionism and Political Liberalism: The Right of Scattered Nations to Self-Determination, Prof. Yitzhak Benbaji, TAU Law
Chair: Prof. Helen Frowe, Stockholm Center for the Ethics of War and Peace
Commentator: Dr. Ilan Saban, University of Haifa, Law
Thursday, May 30, 2019
09:00-09:30 Gathering and Coffee
09:30-10:20 On First and Second Orders of Argument for Justice, Dr. Raef Zreik, TAU Law
Chair: Dr. Hila Shamir, TAU Law
Commentator: Dr. Assaf Sharon, TAU, Philosophy
10:20-11:00 Private History of State Building: The Rothchild’s Settlement Enterprise,
Dr. Manal Totry-Jubran, Bar-Ilan University, Law
Chair: Prof. Leora Bilsky, TAU Law
Commentator: Dr. Doreen Lustig, TAU Law
11:00-11:10 Coffee Break
11:10-12:00 Justifying the Right of Return, Prof. David Miller, Oxford University, Department of Politics
Chair: Prof. Cheyney Ryan, Oxford University, Law
Commentator: Prof. Ruth Gavison, HU Law
12:00-13:15 Lunch Break
13:15-14:00 The Question of War Itself, Prof. Cheyney Ryan, Oxford University, Law
Chair: Prof. Daniel Statman, University of Haifa, Philosophy
Commentator: Dr. Ayman Agbaria, University of Haifa, Education
14:00-14:30 Final Comments, Prof. Yitzhak Benbaji, TAU Law & Prof. Helen Frowe, Stockholm Center for the Ethics of War and Peace