“Acknowledging the Past; Imagining the Future:
Palestinians and Israelis On 1948 and the Right to Return.”
Reed College
Vollum Lecture Hall
on April 1st, 2008 at 6:30
p.m.
On the eve of 60th anniversary
of the founding of the state of Israel, a Jewish Israeli and a
Palestinian Arab from occupied Hebron speak about the importance of
remembering the expulsion and dispossession of Palestinian Arabs during
the establishment of the Jewish state and working for the Palestinian
right to return home.
of the founding of the state of Israel, a Jewish Israeli and a
Palestinian Arab from occupied Hebron speak about the importance of
remembering the expulsion and dispossession of Palestinian Arabs during
the establishment of the Jewish state and working for the Palestinian
right to return home.
As many Israelis and Portland-area
Jews prepare to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the
state of Israel, there is another commemoration taking place in the
Palestinian diaspora around the world and in Portland. Approximately
nine million Palestinian refugees will mark the 60th year of the
Palestinian expulsion and dispossession from what became the state of
Israel on May 15, 2008. Because so few people outside the Palestinian
community know of the story of the Palestinian expulsion and
dispossession and in order to begin the steps toward reconciliation
between Jews and Palestinians, Americans United for Palestinian Human
Rights and American Friends Service Committee are co-sponsoring an
event at Reed College, Vollum Lecture Hall, on April 1st, 2008 at 6:30
p.m. entitled “Acknowledging the Past; Imagining the Future:
Palestinians and Israelis On 1948 and the Right to Return.”
Jews prepare to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the
state of Israel, there is another commemoration taking place in the
Palestinian diaspora around the world and in Portland. Approximately
nine million Palestinian refugees will mark the 60th year of the
Palestinian expulsion and dispossession from what became the state of
Israel on May 15, 2008. Because so few people outside the Palestinian
community know of the story of the Palestinian expulsion and
dispossession and in order to begin the steps toward reconciliation
between Jews and Palestinians, Americans United for Palestinian Human
Rights and American Friends Service Committee are co-sponsoring an
event at Reed College, Vollum Lecture Hall, on April 1st, 2008 at 6:30
p.m. entitled “Acknowledging the Past; Imagining the Future:
Palestinians and Israelis On 1948 and the Right to Return.”
The two speakers at the event are Muhammad Jaradat and Eitan Bronstein.
Mr. Jaradat is the co-founder of Badil Resource Center for Palestinian
Residency and Refugee Rights based in Bethlehem, in the occupied
Palestinian West Bank. Badil (Arabic for “alternative”), has the
mission to advance the application of international law in the
formulation of a just resolution to the Palestinian refugee crisis and
to increase refugee involvement in finding durable solutions. Mr.
Bronstein is representing Zochrot (Hebrew for “remembering”), an
Israeli advocacy and educational organization based in Tel Aviv
dedicated to raising awareness about the Palestinian expulsion and
dispossession among Jewish Israelis. For more information about Badil
and Zochrot, see www.badil.org and www.zochrot.org. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights is a Portland-based
grassroots organization that advocates for a US foreign policy that
promotes adherence to and compliance with international human rights
norms by all countries including Israel.
Mr. Jaradat is the co-founder of Badil Resource Center for Palestinian
Residency and Refugee Rights based in Bethlehem, in the occupied
Palestinian West Bank. Badil (Arabic for “alternative”), has the
mission to advance the application of international law in the
formulation of a just resolution to the Palestinian refugee crisis and
to increase refugee involvement in finding durable solutions. Mr.
Bronstein is representing Zochrot (Hebrew for “remembering”), an
Israeli advocacy and educational organization based in Tel Aviv
dedicated to raising awareness about the Palestinian expulsion and
dispossession among Jewish Israelis. For more information about Badil
and Zochrot, see www.badil.org and www.zochrot.org. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights is a Portland-based
grassroots organization that advocates for a US foreign policy that
promotes adherence to and compliance with international human rights
norms by all countries including Israel.
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization that
includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice,
peace and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the belief in the
worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome
violence and injustice.
The event is co-sponsored by the following organizations: Friends of
Sabeel North America, Jews for Global Justice, Portland Peaceful
Response Coalition, Lutherans for Justice in the Holy Land—Central
Lutheran Church, Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Northwest Jews
Against the Occupation, Chaverim—Reed College, and Middle East Cultural
Dorm—Reed College.
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