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'Nearly 500 people attended Alison Wier's talks in Greenwich library on Thursday and Saturday (events reinstated after extremist Zionists tried to have it canceled). For those who never heard Alison speak or those who want to share with their colleagues, here is a short video about Alison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDHNNtyjfts
Website: http://ifamericansknew.org/
A lot of media coverage of the controversy but Alison's talks are about how the media choses not to report the reality of Israel and Palestine. In fact, I just took time to write a few snippets of storied from these past few days that you would not have seen on CNN, Fox, Time Magazine, or NY Times:
- After generations of occupation, Valentine's Day has meant little in the Gaza Strip. But the flowers that lovers presented in Europe have. Majed Hadaeid, 43, knows that better than most, as he watches livestock make a meal of the flowers he had hoped to export to Europe. "I have 130 dunams (32 acres)," he says. "All carnations, in 30 different colours, and varieties yielding 16-17 million blossoms per year." In all, about 480 dunams of plantation produce on average 60 million flowers a year in Gaza between mid-November and mid-May. The seasonal export brings five million dollars in revenue, and means 4,000 jobs.
- "Fayezza Qabb, 67 Year old women dies in West Bank Village when Israeli occupation officer at checkpoint refused to allow her to get to Palestinian Hopsital." 2/15/2008
- "The latest round of Israeli massacres in Gaza has resulted in the brutal killings of eight members of Al Fayeq family in Bureij Refugee camp, Gaza City as they sat in their own house. An American-made F16 fighter plane targeted Ayman Al Fayeq’s house in the evening. Ayman, his wife, his daughter, and five other members of the family were found under the rubble. 40 other people, mostly women and children were injured, some critically. The death toll is expected to rise." 2/15/2008
- "The eight-month closure of Gaza has created "grim and miserable" conditions that deprive Palestinians of their basic dignity" according to the U.N.'s humanitarian chief (2/15/08).
- Israeli occupation authorities raided dozens of homes, money changers and
businesses throughout the West Bank stealing hundreds of thousands worth of money and precious items (they gave the public excuse that money was being funneled to support the resistance, what they call terrorism but offered no prof and took no one to court). 2/11/08 http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/Gaza%20Feb_08_2008.pdf
- Amnesty International: Israeli army destroying Palestinian homes "Every single home in the West Bank villages of Humsa and Hadidiya is slated for destruction. The Israeli army has declared most of the Jordan Valley, where the villages are situated, as a "closed military area" from which the local Palestinian population is barred. The local Palestinian population – which has been there since long before Israeli forces occupied the area four decades ago – is being put under increasing pressure to leave the area. In contrast, Israeli settlements – established in blatant violation of international law – continue to be expanded in the area and Israeli settlers are allowed to move freely and use vast quantities of water." http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0214-18.htm
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ACTION 1: Popular Conference for Palestinians in the U.S. 2008
A historic gathering of the Palestinian people in the US will take place in Chicago, Illinois the weekend of August 8, 2008, the 60th anniversary of Al-Nakba. PLEASE PUT THIS reminder ON YOUR Work , School, Masjed , Church , cell phone, Ipod , Iphone , Facebook page, Myspace book , anywhere you can reach out your fellow Palestinians,
WE cannot do it without you. This is a self-funded and supported project so go to http://www.palestineconference.org/
to help and join. YOu can now preregister on the Website.
It's your chance to meet your fellow Palestinian in almost every field , it's a celebration of Unity , Culture and Identity . ================== ACTION 2
The Palestinian Summer Celebration 2008: 15 June 2008 – 17 August 2008
June 15th – July 13th 2008 (first month)
July 14th – August 17th 2008 (second month)
Come and celebrate Palestine, learn Arabic, study history, know the people and their culture, share some time with local families and volunteer with a local community organization.
http://www.sirajcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=1
The Palestinian summer celebration is a unique annual program that gives people from all over the world the chance to encounter the life and culture in Palestine in addition to donating some of their time to a local community organization through voluntary work and internships. The Palestinian summer celebration 2008 will take place in the Bethlehem area in Palestine, between June 15th and August 17th 2008. The annual celebration is organized by Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies http://www.blogger.com/www.sirajcenter.org in partnership with Bethlehem University http://www.blogger.com/www.bethlehem.edu and the US based Society for Biblical Studies, http://www.blogger.com/www.sbsedu.org.
Participants will also have the opportunity to listen and question high level speakers of various positions and expertise.
The 2007 participants developed videos explaining their time and experience during the 2007 Summer Celebration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQ-PsklS04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5jzZHqvnY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0PHXE1-TYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1MMve_qHK0
They have written about their time: http://www.sirajcenter.org/s-blogs.htm
The program includes, studying Arabic, History and Theology at Bethlehem University, living with local families, volunteering with local community organizations in addition for touring Palestine and enjoy its beauty and culture and have a firsthand experience of the political situation. Participants will have the chance to have Palestinian Cooking classes, Palestinian Debkeh Dancing training, and during the program, eight films will be screened in the Siraj office. For more information regarding schedules, registration and cost: http://www.sirajcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=1
2- Christmas Pilgrimage for Peace: December 28th 2008- January 10th 2009
The Christmas Pilgrimage for Peace is an annual program that gives people from all over the world the opportunity to experience oriental Christmas in Bethlehem celebrated with local families. Moreover, gives participants that chance to more educated about the pledge for Justice and Peace. The Christmas Pilgrimage for Peace, will enrich its participants with the culture of the land, through living and sharing the lives of the people of the land.
for more information: http://www.sirajcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=1
George S. Rishmawi
Coordinator,
Siraj, Center For Holy Land Studies
Beit Sahour, Schoold Street
P.O.Box 48
Palestine
Email: george@sirajcenter.org
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Mazin Qumsiyeh
http://qumsiyeh.org/
http://justicewheels.org/