[Indigsol] REMINDER: Jeff Halper from Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions in Ottawa January 18 & 19

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***Please circulate widely***
 
Israel has committed a new massacre against the besieged people of the Gaza strip. 360 Palestinians were killed and many more injured during the first three days of bombing. In the wake of this unprecedented violence, the Israeli government has mounted an "emergency PR campaign" to legitimize these war crimes. The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs has described this wanton killing as "Israel's right to defend itself." Concerned Canadians need the information to cut through the spin and learn what is really happening on the ground in Israel/Palestine... 
 
Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) is pleased to present a pan-Canadian speaking tour this January 2009 featuring Jeff Halper, Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). Don't miss these two free events!
 
Event #1: Jeff Halper: "Israel/Palestine: Towards Peace or Apartheid?"
When: Sunday January 18, 7PM
Where: Marion Hall Auditorium, University of Ottawa
Halper will present the political situation and look at various options for resolving the conflict; two states, one state--bi-national or democratic, or a regional confederation.

Event #2: Jeff Halper: "Palestine: From Apartheid to Warehousing"
When: Monday January 19, 8PM
Where: Kailash Mital Theatre (Formerly Alumni theatre) Southam Hall, Carleton University 
Israel is attempting to formally impose an apartheid regime over Palestine in the guise of a two-state solution, which is the thrust of the so-called "Annapolis Peace Process." But if it can't succeed with that, then it will simply continue to strengthen the de facto apartheid regime that exists today, by turning it into a permanent state of warehousing. Taking a cue from Naomi Klein and others, Halper will show how the Palestinians are the first entire people to be classified as "surplus humanity," and that Israel is exporting this model internationally.

Background:

Israeli author and anthropologist Jeff Halper has been one of the leaders of Israeli peace activism based on non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to the Israeli occupation. He is the co-founder and coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions http://www.icahd.org/eng/. He took part in the Free Gaza flotilla which broke the Israeli siege of Gaza. He was nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee, together with Palestinian intellectual Ghassan Andoni, for his work "to liberate both the Palestinian and Israeli people from the yoke of structural violence."

PLEASE NOTE BOTH EVENTS ARE FREE, BUT DONATIONS ARE WELCOME!

Sponsored by:
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV Canada)Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA-Carleton)Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR-Ottawa)Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies: Human Rights Program (Carleton University)Not In Our Name: Jewish Voices Opposing Zionism (NION)United Jewish People's Order Canadian Union of Postal WorkersCanadian Arab FederationNear East Cultural and Educational FoundationCanadian Auto Workers Canadian Friends of Sabeel Canadian Friends Service Committee KAIROS: Canadian Ecumencial Justice Initatives For more information please contact: ijv at magma.cawww.independentjewsishvoices.ca 
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