The First Young Women’s Forum for Comprehensive Awareness of the Roots of the Palestinian Cause

The First Young Women’s Forum for Comprehensive Awareness of the Roots of the Palestinian Cause

Juthoor Center for Research and Studies organized the First Young Women’s Forum under the theme "Towards a Knowledge Flood to Create Comprehensive Awareness and Dismantle the Roots of the Jewish Project" on Saturday and Sunday, February 15–16, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

The forum aimed to provide a valuable intellectual opportunity for young women to understand Jewish and Zionist history and strategies, dismantle the Zionist narrative, and develop a new vision for the Palestinian cause and ways to support it.

Main Topics included:

- Jewish and Zionist thought and history, exposing their deceptive policies.

- Strategies of Jewish activity throughout history and their impact on global and regional events.

- Recruitment of Jewish women in service of the global Jewish project.

Objectives were to address the Palestinian cause from the Jewish narrative perspective, expose the Zionist narrative, analyze historical developments that sustained Jewish presence in Palestine, understand Jewish organizational policies, discuss the regional and global impacts of Zionism, and present future visions for the political scene.

The forum targeted university and postgraduate female students active in the Palestinian cause, as well as researchers, academics, and those interested in comprehensive awareness and the Palestinian cause.

Expected Outcomes included enabling participants to gain comprehensive knowledge of Jewish history and the roots of Zionism, understand their strategies and policies, and develop practical projects to counter the Jewish project and spread correct awareness of the roots of the Palestinian cause.

Day One Activities:

- Opening: Our Vision and Their Narrative in the Light of the Flood – Mr. Dawood Khalaf, moderated by Dr. Khader Al-Khatouni.

- Lectures on the role of civil society organizations and women’s organizations in the Jewish project – Dr. Naktal Abdulhadi.

- Lecture: How to Create a Youth Flood – Dr. Dhirar Al-Mahdawi.

- Youth knowledge-sharing panel featuring initiatives (Juthoor, Afras, Isnad, Jaddi Kanaan).

Day Two Activities:

- Lecture: Towards a Knowledge Flood for the Cause – Dr. Abdulwahhab Al-Omari.

- Presentation of the experience of knowledge circles for young women stationed in Al-Aqsa – Mr. Dawood Khalaf.

- Session on the role of young women in the Jewish project – Dr. Khader Al-Khatouni.

- Discussion on critical issues to understand the roots of the Palestinian cause – Mr. Dawood Khalaf.

- Closing session: Summary, results, and recommendations.