Sadaka Second High-level Forum March 2022

Israeli Apartheid: Developing Ireland’s Strategy

Session 2: Apartheid in practice: ethnic cleansing, population transfer and segregation. Chair: Mona Sabella, Sadaka

Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: Apartheid – the Lived Reality

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi is a Palestinian physician, a social, political, human rights and peace activist and politician who serves as General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI). He has been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006 and is also a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Central Council. In 2007 Barghouti was Minister of Information in the first National Unity Government in Palestinian history. He was a presidential candidate in the elections of 2005 as a representative of the Palestinian National Initiative, on an anti-corruption and pro-democracy platform, achieving second place behind President Mahmoud Abbas, with almost one third of total votes. Dr. Barghouthi is an outspoken advocate of internal reform, an international spokesperson for the Palestinian cause and a leading figure in the non-violent, peaceful struggle against the Occupation. Dr. Barghouti is one of the most active grassroots leaders in Palestine. Back to Forum