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Past Events

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Fall 2007
FFIPP Campus Speaking Tour:Leaders of the Non-Violent Struggle in Bilin against the Wall and Settlements
RATEB ABU RHMA, a lecturer at Al-Quds Open University and member of the popular committee against the wall in Bilin, and KOBI SNITZ, a lecturer at Bar Ilan University and member of Anarchists Against the Wall will tour campuses in the United States together to discuss the joint Palestinian, Israeli and international, non-violent efforts to resist the construction of settlements and the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Bilin.

Thursday, Oct 18: UMASS Amherst
Friday, Oct 19: School of International Training, Vermont
Monday Oct 22 Princeton University
Tuesday Oct 23 Columbia University
Wednesday, Oct 24 New York University
Thursday, Oct 25 University of Pennsylvania
Friday, Oct 26, American University
Monday, Oct 29: Brandeis University
Tuesday, Oct 30: Harvard University
Wednesday, Oct 31: University of Vermont
Thursday, Nov 1: Hampshire College

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FFIPP Campus Speaking Tour: Women for Equality and Peace

* HANNAH SAFRAN, a lecturer at Emek-Yisrael College, founder of Women in Black, past coordinator of Isha L'Isha, the Haifa feminist center, and a member of the Coalition of Women for Just Peace in Israel.
* OLA SHTEWEE, legal department coordinator for the Palestinian-Israeli feminist group Kayan will jointly talk about common efforts of Israeli and Palestinian women to establish a just peace in Palestine-Israel.

* FFIPP Women for Equality and Peace Campus Speaking Tour, Fall 2007 :

Monday November 26: Swarthmore College.
Bond Memorial Hall at 6:00 PM

Tuesday, November 27, Yale University.

Thursday, November 29, 1 PM, School of International Training, Vermont

Thursday, November 29, Smith College.
Seelye Room 106, 4:30-6 PM
Flyer

Friday, November 30, Hampshire College.
main lecture at Frnaklin Pearson Hall at 4:30 PM

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FFIPP Campus Speaking Tour: Young Activists of the Non-Violent Struggle in Bilin against the Wall and Settlements

*Keren Manor, A member of the Anarchists Against the Wall she has been working together with the popular movement in the West Bank against the occupation and the construction of the wall. In 2005 she has been a founding member of the activist photographers collective Activestills.
*Ashraf Ashkar, A student at AAUJ (Arab American University of Jenin). A leader of the 2007 Campaign for Boycotting Israeli Products at his campus. An activist against the wall and settlements in Bilin.

November 27: University of Amsterdam (UVA), Free University Amsterdam (VU)

November 28: Saint Louis University, Brussels

November 29: Free University, Catholic University of Louvain

November 30: Nanterre Paris X University, Catholic Institute of Paris

December 3-5: University of Bordeaux

December 6: Student Initiative Center, Paris

Interview in Rue 89 with Karen and Ashraf

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Spring 2007
Film Series at UMass : all showings are in Goessmann 20 at 7 PM
* Tues. Feb. 20 - "Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land"
A documentary analyzing media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. How balanced is it?

DICUSSION with director and Umass professor SUT JHALLY
Flyer.
* Tues. Mar. 6 - "Bil'in Habibti"
A 2006 documentary by Israeli filmmaker Shai Carmeli Pollak. Over a year and a half, Pollak follows the peaceful, joint demonstrations of Israelis, Palestinians and internationals in the West Bank town of Bil'in. Here, as in many places throughout the occupied territories, Israel is building a 24 foot tall separation wall that cuts through Palestinian villages, illegally taking large tracts of land for Israel's control.

DISCUSSION with AMY KENT, a student at UMASS who spent the last summer in the West Bank as a FFIPP intern.
* Tues. Apr. 17 - "Frontiers of Fears and Dreams"...
Filmed by Palestinian director Mai Masri. Follows two Palestinian girls, one in Lebanon, one in Bethlehem -- both orphans, as they exchange e-mails about life in a refugee camp.

DISCUSSION with ZIAD ABBAS, director of the Ibdaa Cultural Center in Duheisheh Refugee Camp, Bethlehem.

* Tues. May 1 - "Arna's Children"
Israeli director Juliano Mer Khamis tells the story of the Freedom Theater in Jenin (West Bank). Originally founded by his mother Arna, its purpose is to provide creative outlets for Palestinian children. How does art survive under military occupation and war? What happens when it is taken away? A look at the great crisis Palestinian children face.
Flyer.

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* April 3, 2007. Showing of the film Arna's Children and a photo exibut at Middlesex Community College, Bedford MA

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FALL 2006
Speakers: Combatants for Peace, Sulaiman Khatib and Yonatan Shapira, October 23- November 29, 2006.
Campuses: Smith College, Yale University, Boston College, Brandeis University, Harvard University, University of Maryland, American University, California Lutheran University, California State University-Northridge, UC Berkeley, University of Nebraska, Creighton University, Loyola University, Oakton Community College, New York University, University of Houston, Rice University.




Combatants for Peace
For a recent interview of Sulaiman Khatib and Yonatan Shapira with Professor Hagit Borer of KPFK Pacifica Radio of Southern California (select Radio Intifada, Thursday, November 2, 2006 3:03 pm ) interview
Sulaiman and Yonatan at Harvard University, October 24, 2006 Article
Sulaiman and Yonatan at Yale University, October 24, 2006 Article
For a recent interview of Bassam Aramin and Yonatan Shapira on Democracy Now, please visit: Combatants for Peace on Democracy Now
Recent news article about Mr. Khatib and Mr. Shapira joint talk in Philadelphia: Article

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Speakers: FFIPP-I Campus Tour of the Combatants for Peace, Suleiman Hamri and Yossi Bar-Tal, November 16, 2006 in Belgium.
Universite Libre de Bruxelles , and Universite Catholique de Louvain.

 

 

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SPRING 2006
Speaker: Juliano Mer, director of the film Arna's Children. April, 2006
-Campuses: Baruch College, New School, Central Connecticut State University, Boston College, Brandies University, Northeastern University, Lesley College, Smith College, UMASS Boston, MIT.
http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org/

Speaker: Samah Atout, graduate student, University of Valencia, Spain. April, 2006
-Campuses: Tufts University, Columbia University, Media Education Foundation, Yale University, Fieldston School, NYC, UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco.
http://calendar.columbia.edu
http://indybay.org/calendar

 

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Fall 2005
Students Joint Talks April 15 – 28, 2005
Speakers: Khulud Badawi and Yuval Adam.
USA
-Campuses: Smith College, Tufts University, Harvard University, MIT, Brandeis University, Duke University, North Carolina State University Julia Richman Educational Complex, NYC, Binghamton State University, Ithaca College
Italy: University of Rome
http://www.ithaca.edu

Speakers: Salah Habbob and Eyal Sagi-Pundak.
France
-Campuses: Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, ENSTA, Paris, PUC University, Brazil
-Campuses: Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo
http://www.usp.br
http://www.icarabe.org

Faculty Joint Talk October 10, 2005
Orly Lubin, Tel Aviv University and Issam Nasser, Bradley College. Princeton University.
http://www.wrmea.com

 

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Spring 2005
Gaza Students tour of Israeli campuses, March 7-10,2005
Tel Aviv University, Haifa University, Hebrew University.

Gaza Students tour of US and European campuses, April 1- 24, 2005
Hekmat K. Elsarraj from Alquds Open University, Adel N. Alghoul from Alquds open University and Mostafa B. Elkayali from Azhar University.
Mt Holyoke College, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Harvard University, Columbia University, New York University, Villanova University, Upenn, St Johns University, UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Stanford University, UCLA, University of Southern California, UC Irvine, Long Beach State University_Ecole polytechnique, Paris, France, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, France, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Catholic University, Brussels, Belgium, University of Turin, Italy. April 2005.
http://xpress.sfsu.edu
http://www.comune.torino.it
http://www.thecrimson.com

 

 

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FALL 2004
Faculty Joint Talks, October 1-16, 2004
-Speakers: Hannah Safran, Haifa University, Safa Abu Rabia, Ben Gurion University.
-Titles: On the Frontlines for Peace and Social Justice: Palestinian and Israeli Women Speak Out.
Women's Rights and Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation
-Colleges: Ithaca College, University of Virginia, Westfield State College, Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College. Radio interview with WBAI, Bates College, University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley. San Francisco State University. October 2004.
http://www.ithaca.edu
http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com
http://www.bates.edu

Palestinian Students tour of US and European campuses, November 13 – 27, 2004

-Speakers: Maha Batran, student Birzeit University, Samah Atout, student, Al Najah University
-Title: Education Under Occupation
-Campuses: Mount Holyoke College, Manchester Community College, UMass Amherst, MIT Boston College, University of Southern Maine, Bates College, Columbia University, Saint-Louis University, Brussels, Belgium, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Universite Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France. November 2004.
http://www.lagauche.com

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SPRING 2004
Faculty Joint Talks, April 2004
-Speakers: Lelila Farskah, MIT, Saleh Abdul Jawad, Birzeit University and Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University.
-Campuses: Claremont College, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Fresno, UC Davis, Wheaton College

Palestinian Students tour of US campuses
-Speakers: Reem Whadan and Yaser Darwish, Birzeit University.
-Campuses: New School, New York University, Hampshire College, Smith College, Wesleyan College, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, UC Berkeley. March 29 - April 10, 2004.
http://www.wrmea.com
http://www.princeton.edu

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Fall 2003

Faculty Joint Talks, November 3, 2003
-Speakers: Saleh Abdul Jawad, Birzeit University, and Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University.
-Title: "A Roadmap to Nowhere? Israel, Palestine, and the Prospects for a Just Peace"
-Campus: Boston College
http://www.bc.edu


Speakers: Adnan Musallam, Bethlehem University, and Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University, October 22, 2003
-Title: Prospects for Peace with Justice: Israeli and Palestinian
-Campuses: UMASS Amherst, Smith College, Ithaca College
http://www.ithaca.edu

 

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SPRING 2003
Symposiums, April, 2003
-Speakers: Ms. Diana Buttu, Gen. Danny Rothschild, Mr. Michael Tarazi, and Professor Moshe Maoz.
-Title: Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Nonviolent Paths to Self-Determination and Security for Both Peoples
-Campuses: Georgetown University, Harvard University and UC Berkeley
http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu

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Fall 2002

Faculty Joint Talks, October 2002
-Speakers: Islah Jad, Rema Hammami, and Ghassan F. Abdullah, Birziet University, Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University, Raif Zreik, Harvard University, Oren Yiftachel and Lev Grinberg, Ben Gurion University.
-Titles of talks: "The Israeli-Palestinian Stalemate", "The Prospects for Peace in Israel-Palestine", "Is Peace Still Possible Between Israelis and Palestinians?", "Update on Israel and Palestine: Two Scholars", "Two Perspectives on the Future Prospects for Israel and Palestine"
-Campuses: MIT, Johns Hopkins, Goucher College, Tufts University, Georgetown, George Washington University, Boston College, American University, Cornell, Syracuse University, Howard University, Princeton University, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, Harvard University, New York University, University of Southern California, Sarah Lawrence College, Yale University, University of Chicago, Dartmouth College, UMASS Amherst, Smith College, UCLA
http://www.jhunewsletter.com
http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu

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SPRING 2002
Faculty Joint Talks, April, 2002
-Speakers:
Issam Nassar, Al Quds University and Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University
-Title: "War in the Middle East: The Case for a Just and Realistic Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians,"
-Campuses: Boston University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Hayward State University Long Island University, Mount Holyoke College, NYU, Smith College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Stanford University, Tufts University, Yale University.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu