We are witnessing unprecedented violence and destruction throughout Palestine - especially the Gaza Strip. Over 32,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, and thousands more are missing under the rubble. The occupied West Bank has also been targeted with raids and the detention of thousands of Palestinian people.
Founder and Director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh says, "There is both a genocide and an ecocide going on, supported by some Western governments against the will of the Western public." An enormous global movement is rising to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, to end decades of colonisation, and work toward a free Palestine that delivers sustainable peace for all in the region.
Join us to hear first-hand from one of Palestine’s foremost environmental experts Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, visiting Australia for the first time, in conversation with local Palestinian, First Nations and environmental justice advocates. Connect with others working to grow the global solidarity movement for peace, land rights and environmental justice.
Find your local event via the list below. This page will be updated regularly with new events, both online and in-person, as they are registered.
- 4 May Magan-Djin/Brisbane 5:30pm: Blackfulla-Palestinian Solidarity Dinner, RSVP
- 5 May Yagara and Yugambeh/Logan 2:00pm: Land Rights, Environmental Justice, and Palestine, RSVP here
- 7 May Naarm/Melbourne 6pm: Forum: Popular Resistance in Palestine: Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh in Conversation with Dr. Clare Land, RSVP
- 8 May Naarm/Melbourne 6pm: Forum: Occupation, the environment & food security in Palestine RMIT
- 9 May Naarm/Melbourne 6pm: Event with Beit e'Shai & First Nations colleagues, Land, Plants, Biodiversity & the Colony: a conversation with Prof Mazin Qumsiyeh & more, at Aunty Alma's Gathering Place, 550 High Street Preston, RSVP.
- 12 May Naarm/Melbourne 5pm: Public event: the Environmental Nakba with Friends of the Earth in Preston, RSVP here.
- 13 May Geelong 6pm: From Nakba to Genocide, A History of Human & Environmental Injustice at Costa Hall Lecture Theatre, Deakin University, RSVP here
- 15 May Canberra 5:30pm: Land Rights, Environmental Justice, and Palestine: In Conversation with Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, Kambri Cinema at ANU, RSVP here.
Please note this page was created by Tipping Point (the main organisation supporting the Move Beyond Coal movement). In an effort to better understand the links between climate justice and struggles against settler colonialism, Tipping Point is working alongside dozens of organisations and individuals in climate, peace, and justice movements to organise this tour.
