| Peacemakers, Due to the tremendous response from the Philadelphia-area community, all seats for in-person attendance at the Philadelphia People’s Tribunal on War Crimes & Genocide in Gaza on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at Friends Center have been reserved. Registration for in-person attendance is CLOSED. However, you can still attend the Philly People’s Tribunal via Zoom webinar on 5.31.25.  To attend the People’s Tribunal Online, Register HERE. |
Philadelphia People’s Tribunal Attorneys .  .  King Downing Jonathan Kuttab Lewis Webb Jr. Lead Attorney Principal Legal Advisor Attorney Advisor |
Tribunal Witnesses   Yousef Aljamal Residents of Gaza Joyce Ajlouny Family members of Gaza residents Why is Fridays @ Fetterman’s, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) —along with 28 other endorsing organizations representing the people of Philly—investing such tremendous time and effort to conduct the Philadelphia People’s Tribunal on War Crimes & Genocide in Gaza? This is how Jonathan Kuttab, a Palestinian American human rights attorney who is the Principal Legal Advisor for the Tribunal, answered that question: “When national and international agencies and judiciaries fail to act, and governments refuse to take their responsibilities seriously,” wrote Jonathan, “it falls to civil society to act in order to point out the serious crimes, like genocide, which their own governments fail to oppose, or even are complicit in perpetuating. People’s Tribunals are forums of justice organized by social justice movements and organizations to adjudicate human rights abuse cases against states and state actors. The judgments rendered through people’s tribunals are non-binding, as their decisions are not backed by the force of state authority, but their moral and political findings can clarify and change the course of history. In Philadelphia, the people are stepping up to do the job that the US Congress and courts should have done long ago when the United States government and its agents deployed awesome economic, diplomatic, and political assets to enable Israel to use weapons of mass destruction and the tactic of mass starvation against the children and civilian population of Gaza.” Jonathan Kuttab Due to the tremendous response from the Philadelphia-area community, all seats for in-person attendance at the Philadelphia People’s Tribunal on War Crimes & Genocide in Gaza on Saturday, May 31, 20025 at Friends Center have been reserved. To attend the People’s Tribunal virtually, register HERE. About the Philadelphia People’s Tribunal on War Crimes & Genocide in Gaza A team of human rights attorneys representing the people of Philadelphia, PA will make the case that the United States Government, the U.S. Executive Branch, the U.S. Congress —Biden-Trump, Blinken-Rubio, Fetterman-McCormick-Casey—are accountable for war crimes & genocide in Gaza. Expert witnesses in International law, US law, and witnesses with on-the-ground lived experience in Gaza will testify at the Tribunal. A jury of Philadelphia community leaders will listen to the testimony, deliberate, and issue their findings regarding the accountability of the US government and its agents for war crimes and genocide in Gaza. |
| Tribunal Endorsers American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Brandywine Peace Community Christians for a Free Palestine Community Peacemaker Teams Council on American-Islamic Relations, Philadelphia Chapter (CAIR-Philadelphia) Episcopal Peace Fellowship’s Palestine Israel Network Extinction Rebellion Philadelphia Families for Ceasefire Philly FreedomRoad.us Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) Fridays @ Fetterman’s Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia IfNotNow Philly Indiana Center for Middle East Peace Jewish Boomers Against Occupation in Palestine Jewish Voice for Peace Philly Mennonite Action Philly Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace Peace Action Network of Lancaster (PA) Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW! Philadelphia Palestinian Americans Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America Philly CPUSA Philly Metro Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East Rabbis for Ceasefire Reclaim Philadelphia Red Letter Christians The Simple Way United Church of Christ Movement for Palestinian Solidarity Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, Greater Philadelphia Branch |
