Another time has come to deny our Representative David Price our consent in his unconscionable lopsided support of the state of Israel as Israel continues to inflict a disproportionate use of force ... this time against the Palestinians Nearly 900 Palestinians have now died, including 275 children. Another
4,100 Palestinians have been injured. The Israeli death toll is at
thirteen. Last Friday Representative David Price voted in favor of H. Res. 34
1 . Recognizing Israel's right to defend itself against attacks
from Gaza, reaffirming the United States strong support for Israel, and
supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. (Introduced in House)
[H.RES.34.IH] 2 . Whereas Hamas was founded with the stated goal of destroying the State of Israel; (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)
[H.RES.34.EH]
Please come out to find out why you should be enraged if you are not already!
***Please forward widely***
WHAT: Understanding Gaza: A Teach-In on the Current Crisis
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 15, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
WHERE: Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Fed Ex Global Education Center, UNC Chapel Hill
This program will try to make sense of events in Gaza by providing
historical, legal and human contexts. Speakers will provide the
background behind the news, and bring into focus the faces behind the
headlines. Why is this war continuing? And what can we do to bring it
to an end?
Speakers include:
* Laila El-Haddad is a freelance journalist from Gaza. Her blog,
"Raising Yousuf and Noor: Diary of a Palestinian Mother," explores the
complex relationships between the personal and the political as she
raises her children while negotiating displacement and occupation. _
http://a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/_
* Rann Bar-On is an Israeli activist and graduate student at Duke
University. He has worked with the International Solidarity Movement in
the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Rann advocates for an end to the
Occupation and resistance to militaristic Israeli government policies.
He is especially interested in the Shministim - a group of Israeli
high-school students who are imprisoned for daring to refuse to serve
in Israel's occupying army.
* Marty Rosenbluth: Formerly Amnesty International USA's Country
Specialist for Israel, the Occupied Territories and the Palestinian
Authority, he is currently a human rights lawyer working with the
Southern Coalition for Social Justice in Durham. Through his work with
Amnesty, he documented violations by all parties to the conflict,
including participating in Amnesty's fact-finding mission in northern
Israel during the war between Israel and Lebanon in the summer of 2006
where he documented Hezbullah attacks on Israeli civilians as well as
meeting with Israeli officials to discuss IDF attacks on civilians in
Southern Lebanon.
* Dr. Sarah Shields: Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History at
UNC-CH, she is the author of /Mosul before Iraq /and teaches courses on
the Arab-Israel conflict, Islamic civilization, the Modern Middle East.
Organized by UNC-CH Justice for Gaza and Solidarity with Palestine through Education and Action at Carolina
Co-Sponsors: Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions – USA, Jews
for a Just Peace– NC, Progressive Faculty Network of UNC-CH, Muslim
American Public Affairs Council, Balance and Accuracy in Journalism,
Social and Economic Justice Minor UNC-CH, Coalition for Peace with
Justice (CPWJ), WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom), Mothers 4 Peace, UNC-CH Students for a Democratic Society
(SDS)
WHAT: Understanding Gaza: A Teach-In on the Current Crisis
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 15, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
WHERE: Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Fed Ex Global Education Center, UNC Chapel Hill
