Al Nakba 62: The Palestinian “Catastrophe”: 1948-2010 Information Picket and Testimonials A Palestinian artist paints a mural marking the anniversary of the Nakba in the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza strip, 15 May 2006. (Wesam Saleh/MaanImages) Date: Friday,…
Tag: Israel-Palestine
Israel knows apartheid has no future
By Mustafa Barghouthi, Ma’an News Agency, April 6, 2010 After decades of military rule over Palestinians and theft of our land, Israeli leaders are increasingly seeing the writing on the wall. They are at least acknowledging reality, if not yet…
UN rights body censures Israel
By Al Jazeera English, March 24, 2010 The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed three resolutions condemning Israel over its policies in occupied Palestinian and Syrian territories. However, the United States voted against them all. Another resolution, calling for…
CMP calls for action regarding the storming of the Al Aqsa Mosque
CMP Action Alert: Lobby Attack on Al Aqsa Mosque By Canadian Muslims for Palestine, March 14, 2010 Canadian Muslims For Palestine (CMP), a national grassroots educational organization, denounces in the harshest possible terms the storming of the Al Aqsa Mosque…
Israeli Apartheid Week – Winnipeg
The first Israeli Apartheid Week in Winnipeg will have nearly a full week of panel discussions and cultural events, from Monday, March 8th to Friday, March 12th. MONDAY, MARCH 8th Women & Apartheid 2:00 PM – Panel Discussion 224 University…
Interview – Jeff Halper – The Global Pacification Industry
by talkingsticktv, February 26, 2010 Interview with Jeff Halper, Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and author of Obstacles to Peace: A Re-framing of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and An Israeli In Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel.
Pop art and popular struggle in Palestine
Avatars protest Israeli occupation in Bil’in by Leslie Dreyer, Art Threat, March 4, 2010 Protesters against the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the West Bank barrier wall take a more theatrical approach in Bil’in. On February 12, 5 Israeli, Palestinian…
Gaza – The Cost of War
By Al Jazeera English, Jan. 20, 2010 The Cost of War examines the longer term legacy of Israel’s war on Gaza. By following characters associated with buildings that were targeted in the war, the film explores the humanitarian and economic…
Restorative Justice and the Middle East
Sandy Tolan’s Lemon Tree by Paul S. Graham, November 26, 2009 I don’t normally recommend a book before I have finished reading it, but I will this time. Sandy Tolan’s award winning book, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew…
Does Judaism equal Israel? A Jewish Theologian Speaks Out
Does Judaism equal Israel? A Jewish Theologian Speaks Out Speaker: Dr. Mark Ellis, Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, Baylor University Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Two Sessions 2:30 p.m., 306 Tier Building, University of Manitoba Co-sponsored by Global…