Occupation End Notes | December 21, 2006
Volume 4 Number 6
In this
issue...
1.
2. Boycott, Divestment,
Sanctions: Interfaith
Peace Initiative conducts research on targets in
3.Membership Update: UFPJ’s Bring the Mandate for Peace
to Washington DC Rally and March;Join AFSC and President Carter in
Standing for Peace; Institute for Palestine Studies release Policy Note No 11;
4. Resources &
Education: Mahmoud Al-Safadi’s “Other Victims of Denial”; Peace
Action Montgomery County: Tell Lockheed Martin to Stop Making Cluster Bombs; Panel
Discussion at the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical
Association; 3rd
Annual “There Is No Peace in Bethlehem” Silent Procession; John Berger and 93 other authors,
film-makers, musicians and performers call for a cultural boycott of Israel; The Ground Truth by MASS MoCA; Palestine
Freedom Project Intern Announcement; Zatoun’s Olive Oil ready for deliveries;
5. Opportunities to Visit
1. US CAMPAIGN UPDATE
* The
Click here for ideas on how you can use Carter’s new book to raise awareness in the United States of Israel’s apartheid policies toward Palestinians.
* The
(http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/ProfitingFromOccupation.htm)
Interfaith
Peace Initiative, a member group of the US Campaign to End the Israeli
Occupation, has conducted research on companies that profit from the Israeli
occupation of Palestinian Land and have provided a list that include companies
that supply equipment to the Israeli military which enforces the occupation,
companies that provide for the Wall or settlements, and companies with
operations on occupied land.
3. MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
Join United for Peace and Justice in a
massive march on
Click here to see what you can do to make
this a success!
* Join
AFSC and President Carter in Standing for Peace
In their recent report the Iraq Study Group echoed this sentiment.Their report states that the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict will only end through negotiation, and that “the
Please take
this opportunity to send this important message to Congress. The
* Institute for Palestine
StudiesPolicy Note No. 11: House Passes S2370: An AIPAC Shot Across
Baker’s Bow?
Just after the Iraq Study Group (ISG) launched its long-awaited report,
with its call for a "renewed and sustained commitment by the
To find out, please click here.
(http://www.palestine-studies.org/final/en/bn/viewbndetails.php?bnid=25)
6. RESOURCES &
EDUCATION
* Other Victims of
Denial: Mahmoud Al-Safadi’s letter to President Ahmadinejad’ about the
Holocaust Conference in Tehran
Excerpt: Whatever the number of victims -- Jewish and
non-Jewish -- the crime is monumental. Any attempt to deny it deprives
the denier of his own humanity and sends him immediately to the side of
torturers. Whoever denies the fact that this human disaster really took
place should not be astonished that others deny the sufferings and persecutions
inflicted on his own people by tyrannical leaders or foreign occupiers.
* December 22nd, 2006:
Who:Montgomery County Residents
What:Demand Lockheed Stop Making Cluster
bombs, Compensate Victims Or LeaveMontgomery
County
When:Friday, December 22, 9:00 AM
Where:Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Blvd. and
then march to Lockheed Martin HQ
Lockheed Marin’s neighbors aren't happy this holiday season.
Lockheed Martin continues to manufacture weapons they know are defective and
primarily harm civilians. While the world's largest weapons manufacturer
enjoys record profits, local residents are calling for Lockheed Martin to stop
making cluster bombs, compensate victims or leave
CONTACT: Larry 240-888-8947; Steve 571-221-4120; or Victor
301-346-6501
stopclusterbombs@yahoo.com
*December 24th, 2006:3rd Annual There Is No Peace in
Our
presence will remind holiday shoppers there will never be peace in
We will gather at the southwest entrance to
Please join us Sunday, December 24, 4:30–6:00 p.m., for a candlelight
gathering.
For more information, please email: thereisnopeaceinbethlehem@yahoo.com
Sponsored by: Community Action for Peace and Justice in the
Middle East, Friends of Deir Ibzi’a, Bay Area Women in Black, SF Women in
Black, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Women's International League for Peace
& Freedom, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee–SF, and General
Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS)—San Francisco State University.
*December
28th, 2006: Panel
Discussion at the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical
Association
Thursday,
December 28th 2006, 7:30pm - 10:30pm (Session GVI-4) Marriot Wardman Park
Hotel,
For
Conference Program, see:
http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/publications/proceedings/v80n1/public/default.asp
Chair:
Raja Halwani (School of the Art Institute of
Speaker:
Title:
"Assessing the Academic Boycott: History and Impact"
Speaker:
Mohammed Abed (
Title:
"Philosophical Arguments for a Boycott of Israeli Academic
Institutions"
Speaker:
Martha Nussbaum (
Title:
"Arguments against Academic Boycotts"
*PACBI Press Release: John Berger Calls for a
Cultural Boycott
John
Berger and 93 other authors, film-makers, musicians and performers call for a
cultural boycott of
Press
Release
RamallahDecember 15, 2006
http://www.pacbi.org/announcements_more.php?id=415_0_5_0_M
PACBI
is pleased to announce that in a letter that appears in today's Guardian, the
94, including the renowned author John Berger; UK musicians and song-writers
Brian Eno and Leon Rosselson; filmmakers Sophie Fiennes, Elia Suleiman and Haim
Bresheeth; documentary maker Jenny Morgan; singer Reem Kelani; writers
Arundhati Roy, Ahdaf Soueif, and Eduardo Galeano, call on their colleagues not
to visit, exhibit or perform in Israel.
The
letter comes after the August 2006 statement issued by Palestinian filmmakers,
artists, writers, and other cultural workers calling for a cultural boycott of
http://www.pacbi.org/boycott_news_more.php?id=315_0_1_0_C
* January 11th, 2007:
The Ground Truth by MASS MoCA
This timely portrait of patriotic young Americans who served in
For tickets, call the box office at 413-662-2111, or visit us online at
www.massmoca.org.
Club B-10, Thursday, 8:00 PM
MASS MoCA
Conntact:
Katherine Myers; katherine@massmoca.org;
http://www.massmoca.org
* The Palestine Freedom Project is seeking
interns, for academic credit or stipend, for Spring 2007.Interns will join existing volunteers in
conducting critical research, developing resources, and expanding PFP's
international activist network.These
positions offer significant opportunities for personal and professional
development as interns gain hands-on grassroots organizing experience.For more information on internships with PFP,
visit www.pfproject.org/intern.html.
Support the farmers of
7. OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT
*Spring – Fall 2007 Schedule: March 17th -31st; May 26th-June
9th; July 28th-August 11th; November 3rd-17th:
Interfaith
Peace-Builders Delegations to Israel/Palestine
Interfaith
Peace-Builders (IFPB) sends delegations to
The
international summer work camp, “Step in the right direction”, will bring
together 25 young people from around the world who are interested in helping
create a better world. We are specifically targeting people who are working
with organizations led by young people that address humanitarian issues and
social justice. We strongly encourage highly motivated and serious young men
and women to apply.
For more
information, please click here (http://youth.zajel.org/summer_camps/camp2007/announcing.htm)
*Volunteer in Tel Rumeida!
Tel
Rumeida Project is an organization solely for work purposes (i.e. it is not
an organization for its own sake.) Therefore, volunteers are expected to
be able to function well with instruction and independently. Volunteers will be
working in the neighborhood of Tel Rumeida,
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