On the 12th of September, the UN General Assembly adopted the Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution resolution (UN Doc A/80/L1/Rev1) by a recorded vote of 142 in favor to 10 against. Almost two years into a genocide that has sought to devastate all Palestinian life in Gaza, this move to conditionally recognize a Palestinian state comes across as a response that is essentially out of time. Rather than genuinely responding to the demands of the Palestinian peoples, this move appears to provide a belated cover for the international community for its near total inaction in the face of this genocide, and in the case of the several western states who have now finally joined most of the rest of the world, cover for their active support for the genocide. While this attempt as afterthought at redeeming a liberal international legal order is no doubt ‘far too little, far too late’, what might a Palestinian national liberation movement tactically salvage and repurpose from this irredeemable wreck, and what should they perhaps approach with strategic caution and refuse? This virtual discussion panel seeks to critically examine this urgent question of world historical significance in a moment of immense danger and devastation.

Date: 25 September 2025

Time: 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (Zoom)

Panelists

Dr Shahd Hammouri
Lecturer, Kent Law School

Dr Somdeep Sen
Associate Professor, Roskilde University

Dr Lana Tatour
Lecturer, UNSW Sydney

Dr Ntina Tzouvala
Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney

Chair

Dr Adil Hasan Khan
Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School

To register for this event, please send an email to twailr.discussion@gmail.com

A Zoom meeting link will be sent to registrants 12 hours prior to the event

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