April 22, 2009

FFIPP-USA commends Hampshire Students for Justice in Palestine,  Amherst, Massachusetts, for their successful campaign to persuade Hampshire College to divest from the Israeli occupation.

In the past two years FFIPP has brought a number Palestinian and Israeli visitors to Hampshire  College.

Rateb Abu, a lecturer at Al-Quds Open University and member of the popular committee against the wall in the village of Bilin, and Kobi Snitz, a lecturer at Bar Ilan University and member of Anarchists Against the Wall spoke together about the  non-violent struggle in Bilin against the Wall and Settlements

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 and Ola Shtewee, legal department coordinator for the Palestinian-Israeli feminist group Kayan, spoke about common efforts of Israeli and Palestinian women to establish a just peace in Palestine/Israel.

Juliano Meir Khamis, director of the Freedom Theater in Jenin, who showed his film, Arna's Children.

We can only hope that FFIPP's events, along with others of a similar nature, have contributed to a heightened awareness of the destructive impact that investments in Israel's occupation have on the Palestinian people.

Congratulations Hampshire students!

Board of Directors FFIPP-USA
Judith Butler
Yoav Elinevsky
Arnon Hadar
John Womack
Raef Zreik

More information on Hampshire Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).