UW Memorial Union, 6-8 pm

About The Palestine Exception

As students across the country organize protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, decades-long taboos in academia around criticism of Israel – the “Palestine exception” – are shattered.

This film features professors and students as they join calls for a ceasefire and divestment from companies that do business with Israel and face waves of crackdown from administrators, the media, the police and politicians. 

Scholars from diverse disciplines explain what is at stake in these protests and why so many young people identify with the Palestinian cause. The documentary unfolds as a story of college campuses as sites of both rebellion and repression, places where personal and collective histories converge in unexpected ways.

Join us for a discussion-based event reflecting on the documentary, The Palestine Exception, looking at the 2024 divestment movement on university campuses. Discussion featuring UW-Madison professor, Samer Alatout, and student leaders Dahlia Saba & Abbie Klein.