Palestine, Brazil & South Africa: Contending with Christian Zionism’s disruption of South to South Solidarities: A conversation with Isabela Agostinelli and Fathi Nimer

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Join Al-Shabaka & Makan’s upcoming conversation with Isabela Agostinelli and Fathi Nimer, who will provide a comparative analysis of the mobilisation of Christian Zionism across Brazil and South Africa historically and today. The discussion will delve into the ways in which this transnational movement is being deployed across the global south and how to build more robust south to south solidarities.

There is often a misconception that peoples across the Global South are inherently on the side of the Palestinian liberation movement. This not only flattens and homogenises the complex histories of south-south solidarity, it erases the history and development of Christian Zionism and its impact on global majority relationships. In recent years, Israel and the United States have systematically disrupted global south solidarity with Palestinians by mobilising Christian Zionism across civil societies institutions, particularly in the cases of Brazil and South Africa. 

Wednesday 17th June on Zoom at 5pm – 6.15pm (London time)

About Isabela Agostinelli 

Isabela Agostinelli is the Professor of International Relations at Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP), São Paulo, Brazil. She is a researcher at the International Conflict Studies Group (GECI) at PUC-SP and the National Institute of Science and Technology for United States Studies (INCT-INEU). She holds a PhD in International Relations from the San Tiago Dantas Graduate Program (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP). Her research focuses on Palestine Studies with an emphasis on the Gaza Strip; United States Foreign Policy in the Middle East, with a focus on the Gulf.  

About Fathi Nimer

Fathi is Al-Shabaka’s Palestine policy fellow. He previously worked as a research associate with the Arab World for Research and Development, a teaching fellow at Birzeit University, and a program officer with the Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies. Fathi holds a master’s degree in political science from Heidelberg University and is the co-founder of DecolonizePalestine.com, a knowledge repository for the Palestinian question. Fathi’s research revolves around political economy and contentious politics. His current focus is on food sovereignty, agroecology, and the resistance economy in Palestine.

About Al Shabaka:

Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network, is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and foster public debate on Palestinian human rights and self-determination within the framework of international law. Al-Shabaka, which means “The Network,” is a think tank without borders or walls that aims to:

• Draw upon the vast knowledge and experience of the Palestinian people, whether under occupation, in exile, or in Israel, so as to engage the broadest spectrum of perspectives in debate on policy and strategy.

• Communicate ideas and strategies on resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to Palestinian communities as well as to Arab and other policy communities and interested parties worldwide

About Makan:

Makan is an independent, non-partisan organisation dedicated to interconnected learning. Our approach is grounded in a belief that education is a liberatory act that can lay the ground for structural change. Situating Palestine within the context of other human rights, social justice and global liberation movements, we work towards transformation by adopting educational approaches that capture the history of the Palestinian struggle and the realities on the ground. We aim to support advocates as part of a community that is not only well-informed, interconnected, and empowered, but passionately committed to cultivating a future for Palestinians built on freedom, justice, and dignity.