Event description
 

This event is a film screening of the movie "And There Was Israel" directed by Romed Wyder. The discussion will be followed by an open debate.

The documentary and the debate will focus on the role of Zionism and the support of the Western States to the creation of the State of Israel until and after 1948. These issues help in understanding the present phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

About the speakers
 

• Romed Wyder, Film Director

• Prof. Ur Shlonsky, Linguistics Department, University of Geneva

• Prof. Cyrus Schayegh, International History and Politics Department, Geneva Graduate Institute

about the moderators
 

• Luisa Ballin, Institut des cultures arabes et méditerranéennes (ICAM), Geneva

• Riccardo Bocco, Emeritus Professor, Anthropology and Sociology Department, Geneva Graduate Institute