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NYU Students for Justice in Palestine presents ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK March 23-26, 2015 "I have witnessed the systematic humiliation of Palestinian men, women and children by members of the Israeli security forces. Their humiliation is familiar to all black South Africans who were corralled and harassed and insulted and assaulted by the security forces of the apartheid government.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an international series of events <http://apartheidweek.org/events/> that seeks to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. 119 faculty at NYU <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15Mi6JLAhQnlg4ssnzTlkAtOSAv6W1i9IkIO6YduZ-tk/viewform> have thus far signed onto an open letter calling for NYU to divest from “companies that violate International Law and human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory”and adopt a “human rights screen” for investments. The events below, part of Israeli Apartheid Week, will be held at New York University by the NYU Students for Justice in Palestine. Please feel free to disseminate & spread the word! MOWING THE LAWN Understanding Ongoing Israeli Violence in Gaza 245 Sullivan Street | Furman Hall 216 | 6PM | Wednesday, March 25 https://www.facebook.com/events/827560463945717/ “There is no other option but ‘mowing the lawn.’ There is no option for a political solution.” Israeli military strategist Efraim Inbar on Israeli invasion of Gaza. This summer, a series of Israeli incursions into the Occupied Palestinian Territory of Gaza killed over two thousand Palestinians, most of whom were civilians. This number includes roughly five hundred children. Most human rights monitors concluded that Israel perpetrated a number of war crimes during this campaign, including deliberately targeting civilians, infrastructure, medical facilities and shelters. Months later, Gaza is still under a blockade, restricting reconstruction. People in Gaza continue to die from the lingering effects of the war campaign. Join us to hear about the ongoing predicament the people of Gaza face from eyewitness Joe Catron, who was on the ground as a journalist in Gaza during the invasion, and NYU graduate student in history Jehad Abusalim, who grew up in Gaza. Jehad Abusalim is a PhD Student in History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU. Born and raised in Gaza, he has worked closely with PalThink for Strategic Studies, Hadaf Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution. Currently, Jehad's academic research focuses on Gaza in the aftermath of the 1948 Nakba [expulsion]. Joe Catron is a freelance reporter and Palestine solidarity activist. Joe was present in Gaza during Israel’s military offensive this summer, when he joined a group of internationals who tended to Gaza’s hospitals and local rescue teams. He lived in Gaza for three and half years. He has written for Electronic Intifada, Middle East Eye, and is the co-editor of The Prisoners’ Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts of Palestinian detainees freed during a 2011 prisoner exchange. FROM FERGUSON TO PALESTINE 238 Thompson Street | NYU Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life C95 | 7PM | Thursday, March 26 https://www.facebook.com/events/802098696493202/ The St. Louis County Police Department that killed Michael Brown, placed Ferguson under siege, and sparked a nationwide movement against racism and police brutality, trained closely with the Israeli military. Over 9,000 American officials, including police, border guards, and military, have trained closely with the Israeli military. This collaboration has ranged from monitoring suspect ethnic demographics to domestic counterinsurgency and crowd control. Join us for a panel discussion with activists and leaders in the African-American and Palestinian community emphasizing the importance for cross solidarity organizing. The summer's events in Palestine and across the United States, specifically in Ferguson, have placed the connection between racist and colonial oppression in both places on full display sparking transnational solidarity and consciousness raising. It is in the spirit of forming a stronger global movement to liberate all peoples that inspires and challenges us to move towards thinking in terms of joint struggle. Cherrell Brown is a national organizer with Equal Justice USA. This past year, Cherrell was part of a delegation to Palestine and has written about the similarities between black struggle in America and the plight of Palestinians. Dr. Robyn Spencer is professor of history at Lehman College and an organizer of the World Stands with Palestine Rally. She has written extensively on the Black Power Movement in America and parallels between the oppression and brutality against African-Americans and Palestinians. Hazem Jamjoum is a Palestinian activist, writer, and Ph.D. student at NYU’s Joint History/Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program. FOR MORE ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK EVENTS: http://apartheidweek.org/events/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1772202276338517 BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Apartheid South African Human Sciences Research Council: Israel Practicing Apartheid in the Palestinian Territories <http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/media-briefs/democracy-goverance-and-service-delivery/report-israel-practicing-apartheid-in-palestinian-territories> Not an analogy: Israel and the crime of apartheid <http://electronicintifada.net/content/not-analogy-israel-and-crime-apartheid/8164> Factsheet: What is Apartheid? <http://www.stopthewall.org/downloads/pdf/4PageFactSheetOctober9.pdf> The Israeli Invasion of Gaza United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Gaza Situation Report post-war <http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_sitrep_28_08_2014.pdf> Amnesty International on Gaza War Crimes <https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2014/07/israelgaza-attacks-medical-facilities-and-civilians-add-war-crime-allegations/> UNSG Ban Ki-Moon: Israeli attack on Gaza school a “criminal act” <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/03/ban-ki-moon-gaza-school-attack-un_n_5645595.html> Institute for Middle East Understanding: 50 Days of Death and Destruction <http://imeu.org/article/50-days-of-death-destruction-israels-operation-protective-edge> Ferguson and Palestine Ebony Magazine: The Ferguson/Palestine Connection <http://www.ebony.com/news-views/the-fergusonpalestine-connection-403#axzz3TwMTqXSl> Ferguson activists visit Palestine <http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/rania-khalek/watch-ferguson-activists-bring-message-love-and-struggle-palestine> Boycott-Divest-Sanction Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel <http://www.pacbi.org/> _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
