Location: Tel Aviv University, Trubowicz Building, The Sonia and Edward Kossoy Conference Room (307)

Dates: 28-30 May, 2019

Organizers: Prof. Yitzhak Benbaji, Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv Universiry & Prof. Helen Frowe, Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Stockholm Unibevrsity

Tuesday, May 28, 2019
9:30-10:00 Gathering and Coffee

10:00-10:30 Greetings: Prof. Alon Klement, Director, The Cegla Center; Prof. Yitzhak Benbaji, TAU Law & Prof. Helen Frowe, Stockholm Center for the Ethics of War and Peace

10:30-11:20 “Human Rights and State Authority to Settle Private Property Claims in the Aftermath of Conflict” Prof. Eyal Benvenisti, Cambridge University & TAU Law & Dr. Tamar Megiddo, TAU Law
Chair: Dr. Itamar Mann, University of Haifa, Law
Commentator: Prof. Yaël Ronen, The Academic Center for Law and Science

11:20-11:40 Coffee Break

11:40-12:30 “The Politics of Jewish History” Dr. Julie Cooper, Faculty of Social Sciences, TAU
Chair: Prof. Roy Kreitner, TAU Law
Commentator: Dr. Natalie Davidson, TAU Law

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-14:20 “Crisis as Precedent: Population Exchange and the Making of Israel-Palestine” Dr. Itamar Mann, University of Haifa, Law
Chair: Prof. Ron Harris, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. Daniel Statman, University of Haifa, Philosophy

14:20-15:10 “The Idea of Israel as a Jewish State” Prof. Alan Patten, Princeton University, Department of Politics
Chair: Prof. Hanoch Dagan, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. Helen Frowe, Stockholm Center for the Ethics of War and Peace

15:00-15:20 “Towards TIL Publication” Mr. Alon Jasper, Associate Editor, TIL

Wednesday, May 29, 2019
09:30-10:00 Gathering and Coffee

10:00-10:50 “Can the Court Decide on the Exception? Palestinian Citizenship in Israel as a Humanitarian Case” Mr. Hassan Jabareen, Adalah Center
Chair: Dr. Dana Gur, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. David Heyd, HU, Philosophy

10:50-11:40 “Inheriting the Right of Return” Prof. Victor Tadros, Warwick University, Law
Chair: Dr. Shai Otzari, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. Avihay Dorfman, TAU Law

11:40-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-12:50 “Territorial Justice in Israel/Palestine” Prof. Margaret Moore, Queen’s University, Department of Political Studies
Chair: Dr. Eliav Lieblich, TAU Law
Commentator: Prof. Daniel Attas, HU, Philosophy

12:50-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-14:50 “Two Concepts of Zionism: an Essay on the Legitimacy of a Zionist Israel” Prof. Chaim Gans, TAU Law
Chair: Prof. Assaf Likhovski, TAU Law
Commentator: Dr. Eliav Lieblich, TAU Law

14:50-15:40 “Zionism and Political Liberalism: The Right of Scattered Nations to Self-Determination” Prof. Yitzhak Benbaji, TAU Law
Chair: Prof. Helen Frowe, Stockholm Center for the Ethics of War and Peace
Commentator: Dr. Ilan Saban, University of Haifa, Law

Thursday, May 30, 2019
09:00-09:30 Gathering and Coffee

09:30-10:20 “On First and Second Orders of Argument for Justice” Dr. Raef Zreik, Minerva Center for the Humanities, TAU
Chair: Dr. Hila Shamir, TAU Law
Commentator: Dr. Assaf Sharon, TAU, Philosophy

10:20-11:10 “Private History of State Building: The Rothchild’s Settlement Enterprise”
Dr. Manal Totry-Jubran, Bar-Ilan University, Law
Chair: Prof. Leora Bilsky, TAU Law
Commentator: Dr. Doreen Lustig, TAU Law

11:10-11:20 Coffee Break

11:20-12:10 “Justifying the Right of Return” Prof. David Miller, Oxford University, Department of Politics
Chair: Prof. Cheyney Ryan, Oxford University, Law
Commentator: Prof. Ruth Gavison, HU Law

12:10-13:20 Lunch Break

13:20-14:10 “The Question of War Itself” Prof. Cheyney Ryan, Oxford University, Law
Chair: Prof. Daniel Statman, University of Haifa, Philosophy
Commentator: Dr. Ayman Agbaria, University of Haifa, Education

14:10-14:30 Final Comments
Prof. Yitzhak Benbaji & Prof. Helen Frowe

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