Europe's Hidden Hands: Funding and Arming the Genocide in Gaza

dates: Monday 26/01 at 6pm CET & Monday 02/02 at 6pm CET

description: “This series of two webinar will explore the European complicity with the Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its decades-long military occupation of Palestine in particular through arms trade and strengthened military cooperation, including increased dependency from Israeli security and “battle-tested” technologies, and how resistance is growing and civil society is organising to challenge those policies.”

For more details on the content and speakers, please see the registration link, and register for one or both of the webinars

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First webinar, 26/01/26 at 6pm CET: “EU & European complicity through military cooperation and dependency”

“the first session will confront Europe’s direct role in enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its decades-long military occupation of Palestine. Far from being champions of diplomacy and peace, European countries and the EU continue arms trade, military cooperation, and political cover for Israel, even as mass atrocities unfold and international law is systematically violated.”

The two main speakers will be Ilham Yaseen (coordinator of the military embargo campaign of the BDS National Committee), and Shir Hever (political economist & manager of the Alliance for Justice between Israelis and Palestinians). The discussion will follow with the contributions from other peace groups, such as Banca Armada (Max Carbonell) and members of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT).

Second webinar, 02/02/26 at 6pm CET: “Turning complicity into arms deals and military partnerships”

This 2nd session will shift to the national level, taking a look on how European governments turn complicity into national policies, arms deals, and military partnerships. While countries like Spain or France have faced large public pressure to halt or reconsider arms exports to Israel, others, especially in Eastern Europe, are quickly expanding military cooperation, prioritizing rearmament over social issues.

One of the main speakers will be Vlad Mureşan, a member of the Palestine Solidarity Cluj-Napoca collective and coordinator of the Elbit Out! Campaign in Romania.