Activities & Events

Upcoming or past public events organized or attended by ELSC.

Activities & Events
Informationsveranstaltung: “Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea” – Gerichtsverhandlungen und Expertengutachten zur Kriminalisierung als Kennzeichen Verbotener Organisationen
08/20/202608/20/2026
Mit ELSC Senior Legal Officer, Rechtsanwältin Nadija Samour, Rechtsanwältin Leonora Arslani und Rechtsanwältin Yolanda Scheytt Donnerstag, 27. August 2026 18:00 Uhr (Online) Seit spätestens 2022 gibt es in Deutschland immer neue politische Vorstöße mit dem Ziel Äußerungen des Satzes “Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea” unter Strafe zu stellen. Seit einer…
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Know Your Rights Informationsveranstaltung
08/05/2026
Anti-Palästinensische Repression durch den Verfassungsschutz ELSC Senior Legal Officer, Rechtsanwältin Nadija Samour und Rechtsexperte Dr. Benjamin Rusteberg beantworten eure Fragen zu anti-Palästinensischer Repression durch den deutschen Inlandsgeheimdienst Montag, 17. August 2026, 18:00 Uhr (Online) Im Rahmen unserer Kampagne vertreten wir bereits einige Palästina-solidarische Gruppen gegen den Verfassungsschutz. Wir wissen jedoch, dass noch viele weitere Gruppen…
Activities & Events | Calls to Action | Opdater
Online Info-Event: Taking Verfassungsschutz to Court
06/16/202606/18/2026
*** Deutsche Version unten*** Online Info-event: Taking Verfassungsschutz to court – Legal action against anti-Palestinian repression by the German domestic intelligence service With Thawra Hamburg, BDS Berlin, Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East and lawyer Ammar Bustami Tuesday, 23 June, 6PM Berlin, 5PM London, 12PM New York, 7PM Jerusalem, online. (Languages:…
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The Criminalisation of Palestine Solidarity in Austria
11/17/202511/17/2025
A panel discussion on the growing criminalisation of Palestine solidarity in Austria, exploring legal strategies, collective defence, and transnational solidarity, with contributions from ELSC, local lawyers, and grassroots organisations.
Activities & Events | Campaigns
Solidarity Forever: ELSC London Fundraiser
03/11/202504/14/2025
Join us for a powerful night of art, resistance, and community at the ELSC’s London fundraiser. Featuring comedy, poetry, music, and film — all in support of the ELSC Legal Fund and the Palestine solidarity movement.
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Know Your Rights: Anti-Palestinian Repression in Schools
11/27/202404/11/2025
Join ELSC, Team Eye4Palestine, and 4Neukoelln+Berlin on December 14, 2024, for a legal workshop on anti-Palestinian repression in German schools with lawyer Yalçın Tekinoğlu. 4:00 PM, House of Democracy, Berlin.
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Panel discussion: “How Israel lobbies make it harder to speak up against Israel’s policies”
06/20/202207/01/2022
The ELSC will join the in-person panel organised by Leonhard-Woltjer Foundation & and Een Ander Joods Geluid (A Different Jewish Voice) on “How Israel lobbies make it harder to speak up against Israel’s policies”, in Amsterdam.
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Webinar: Teaching Palestine in the Present
05/04/202204/14/2025
The ELSC Director Giovanni Fassina will join a great panel of scholars, researchers and representatives of NGOs at a webinar organised by The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) on “Teaching Palestine in the Present”.
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Webinar “Enforcing Silence: the Criticism of Israel, freedom of expression and anti-Semitism label”
04/19/202204/14/2025
The ELSC will join a webinar organised by the Community Action Center – Al-Quds University to discuss the academic and journalistic freedom to criticise Israeli illegal policies.
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Workshop in Support of Students’ On-Campus Activism in the UK
02/03/202204/14/2025
As the Israel Apartheid Week is approaching, the ELSC is participating in a workshop organised by Young Palestine Solidarity Campaign on the 8th of February at 6 PM London time. The workshop is tailored for student solidarity organisers and student activist groups in support of Palestinian rights. It aims to address what Israeli Apartheid Week is, as to guide student activists in organising for this important international Palestine solidarity event that mobilises support for the Palestinian struggle for justice and human rights at their respective universities.
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ELSC Achievements in 2021
02/01/202204/14/2025
We are pleased to share our achievements last year in support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and human rights.
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Workshop: Defending and Empowering Student Activism on Palestine
11/22/202104/14/2025
In partnership with DocP-BDS Nederland, the ELSC is organising an online workshop on “Defending and Empowering Student Activism on Palestine” addressed to students in The Netherlands, on the 2nd of December 2021 from 5:30 – 7:30 CET.
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Webinar: Challenging the Repression of Palestinian Rights Advocacy
11/10/202104/14/2025
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC), PAX, SOMO, The Rights Forum and Al Haq are inviting you to a webinar Challenging the Repression of Palestinian Rights Advocacy on the 18th of November 2021 at 5.30pm.
Activities & Events | Case Update
Berlin Administrative Court holds hearing for lawsuit of BT3P against German Bundestag
09/30/202110/04/2021
Since 2020, the ELSC has been supporting the BT3P team with lawyer Ahmed Abed to challenge the German Bundestag’s anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution that condemns the movement as antisemitic. Next week, the Berlin Administrative Court will hold a hearing on the case. The Palestinian-Jewish-German initiative Bundestag 3 for Palestine (BT3P) filed their lawsuit…
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Webinar: Resisting the IHRA Definition
09/20/202104/14/2025
On the occasion of the launch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s website ‘No to the IHRA definition’, the ELSC will be part of a panel to discuss the impact of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism on Palestinian rights advocacy and how to resist it. Wednesday 22 September 2021 at 7pm CET (6pm UK time)…
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ELSC Year-in-Review: 2020
07/30/202104/14/2025
Today the ELSC announces the release of our 2020 Year-in-Review, which provides an overview our work, achievements and cases in the defence of Palestinian rights advocacy in Europe in 2020.
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Webinar “Shrinking Space in Area C”
01/27/202104/14/2025
The ELSC, PAX, Oxfam Novib, SOMO, and The Rights Forum are hosting a webinar on shrinking space in Area C of the occupied Palestinian territories. The event will take place on Thursday 4 February from 3 pm until 4:30 pm CET.
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Join the Campaign “Facebook, we Need to Talk.”
01/26/202104/14/2025
More than 35 organisations and 31,000 signatories are already supporting the campaign “Facebook, we need to talk – and you’re not letting us.” calling the main social media platform to not add Zionist to its hate speech policy. Right now, Facebook is reaching out to stakeholders to ask if critical conversations that use the term “Zionist” fall within the rubric of hate speech as per Facebook’s Community Standards. Basically, Facebook is assessing if “Zionist” is being used as a proxy for “Jewish people or Israelis” in attacks on its platform.

Activities & Events

Informationsveranstaltung: “Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea” – Gerichtsverhandlungen und Expertengutachten zur Kriminalisierung als Kennzeichen Verbotener Organisationen

Know Your Rights Informationsveranstaltung

Online Info-Event: Taking Verfassungsschutz to Court

The Criminalisation of Palestine Solidarity in Austria

Solidarity Forever: ELSC London Fundraiser

Know Your Rights: Anti-Palestinian Repression in Schools

Panel discussion: “How Israel lobbies make it harder to speak up against Israel’s policies”

Webinar: Teaching Palestine in the Present

Webinar “Enforcing Silence: the Criticism of Israel, freedom of expression and anti-Semitism label”

Workshop in Support of Students’ On-Campus Activism in the UK

ELSC Achievements in 2021

Workshop: Defending and Empowering Student Activism on Palestine

Webinar: Challenging the Repression of Palestinian Rights Advocacy

Berlin Administrative Court holds hearing for lawsuit of BT3P against German Bundestag

Webinar: Resisting the IHRA Definition

ELSC Year-in-Review: 2020

Webinar “Shrinking Space in Area C”

Join the Campaign “Facebook, we Need to Talk.”

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