Public Meeting: Can Obama bring Justice and Peace to the Middle East
Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign | 25.08.2009 22:29 | History | Palestine | Sheffield
Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign Public Meeting
With Professor Jeff Halper, Director (Israeli Committee Against House Demolition)
Friday 4th September 6.30 pm
Library Lecture Theatre, Tudor Square, (Behind the city Library Sheffield S1 1XZ) Sheffield
With Professor Jeff Halper, Director (Israeli Committee Against House Demolition)
Friday 4th September 6.30 pm
Library Lecture Theatre, Tudor Square, (Behind the city Library Sheffield S1 1XZ) Sheffield
Certain individuals show real moral and physical courage in their commitment for the oppressed. Jeff Halper is such a man. Israel has illegally demolished 24,000 Palestinian houses since 1967. This is part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, particularly around Jerusalem but also to make way for its Apartheid wall. Jeff is an Israeli Jew who is the Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. This body of Israeli activists opposes the bulldozing of Palestinian homes. Israel is also engaged in the collective punishment of Gaza Palestinians. 1.5 million people are enclosed in a poverty stricken ghetto. Jeff was on one of the Free Gaza boats that broke the siege of Gaza. He was jailed for this when he returned home to Israel. He is currently out on bail.
He has been awarded Palestinian citizenship and has won various honours including the Kant-World-Citizen-Prize for 2009 and Rachel Corrie Peace Award.
His books include, An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting dispossession, redeeming Israel (Pluto Press, London, 2008) and Obstacles to Peace (ICAHD, 2009). In them argues for the end of the Occupation and a just and sustainable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a respect for international law and universal human rights.
We are extremely fortunate to have Jeff come to Sheffield to talk to us.
Please come to the meeting, bring your friends.
He has been awarded Palestinian citizenship and has won various honours including the Kant-World-Citizen-Prize for 2009 and Rachel Corrie Peace Award.
His books include, An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting dispossession, redeeming Israel (Pluto Press, London, 2008) and Obstacles to Peace (ICAHD, 2009). In them argues for the end of the Occupation and a just and sustainable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a respect for international law and universal human rights.
We are extremely fortunate to have Jeff come to Sheffield to talk to us.
Please come to the meeting, bring your friends.
Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Homepage:
http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/
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Can Obama bring Peace?
05.09.2009 15:58
He has been quoted in the last few weeks, talking about Afghanistan and Iraq in EXACTLY the same words and terms as George Bush the Butcher. NO CHANGE.
In the USA , Obama may well be the lesser of two evils, but the North American people...who voted for Democrat....did NOT get Democracy. Instead, they..and WE, through the world evil media empire got more of the same and that nasty piece of work, Hilary Clinton - who replaced the previous nasty piece of work in Condoleza Rice.
May Dog forgive us all.
Noah Finnity