[antiwar-van] *March 2nd to 8th* Israeli Apartheid Week at UBC

[Kira Koshelanyk]

** Important events endorsed by Mobilization Against War & Occupation **
 

ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK 2009: 
 
SPHR-UBC will be holding the Israeli Apartheid Week from March 2nd-8th, 2009.
 
ABOUT ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK:
Israeli Apartheid will bring you a series of events (mentioned below) aimed at raising awareness about the reality, nature, and consequences of racist and discriminatory Israeli policies which have led to a complete disenfranchisement of the Palestinian peoples. Apart from raising awareness, one of the main objectives will be to offer suggestions on required measures to halt grave and continual violations of Palestinian human rights and to provide practical mechanisms on how best to organize and campaign against the powers and policies denying Palestinians these very basic rights.
 
EVENTS DURING ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK: 
 
1) Documentary showing of 'Peace, Propaganda, And The Promised Land'. 
March 3rd, At the Norm Theatre in the Sub, 7pm 
 
To learn more about the Documentary, its content, creators, and thesis, please visit: http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=117
 
For directions to the SUB and the nearest parking, please visit way finding at UBC: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?show=y,n,n,n,n,y&bldg2Search=n&locat1=790
 
2) Once Upon a Time In Palestine:
A panel including a journalist and human rights workers of their experiences in Palestine and how the apartheid affects everyday life
March 6th, 5pm
Location: *TBA 
 
3) Boycott Israel- the APARTHEID State
featuring Ronnie Kasrils former South African Minister of Intelligence Services and highest serving Jewish South African. 
Vancouver Public Library, Main Branch, Alice Mackay Room, 7pm - Sunday, March 8th 
suggested donation $20
 
For directions to the building and the nearest parking space, please visit: http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=vancouver%20public%20library%20alice%20mackay%20room&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
 
Ronald Kasrils (commonly known as Ronnie Kasrils) is a South African politician. He was the minister of Intelligence from 27 April 2004 to 25 September 2008. He has been a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) since 1987 as well as a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) since December 1986. After the first fully democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, Kasrils became a member of the Transitional Executive Council's (TEC) Sub-Council on Defence. He was appointed as Deputy Minister of Defence on 24 June 1994, a post which he held until 16 June 1999. He was also the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry from 1999 to 2004 and was appointed as Minister of Intelligence Services in 2004.
 
Kasrils’ views on the Israeli-Palestinian issue:
 
Kasrils is known for his strong criticisms of the government of Israel and for his sympathies towards Palestinian political struggles. He rose to international prominence after penning a "Declaration of Conscience by South Africans of Jewish Descent" in 2001 against Israeli policies in the occupied territories. He has participated in events in the Palestinian Territories with all elected Palestinian parties and endorses a two-state solution premised on the 1967 borders.
 
For further information, please visit SPHR-UBC tables outside the SUB building from March 2nd-6th, Mon-Fri from 9am-5pm
OR
For more information on these events, please contact 604.780.8463 or email sphr.ubc at gmail.com


 
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