Palstine Solidarity events in Cambridge
relayed by Manos | 18.01.2005 14:23 | Social Struggles | Cambridge
Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine - Israel (29 Jan),
EYE WITNESS REPORTS from PALESTINE (26 Jan)
EYE WITNESS REPORTS from PALESTINE (26 Jan)
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PALESTINE SOCIETY present
EYE WITNESS REPORTS from PALESTINE
Speakers to include:
Averil Parkinson ~V Cambridge resident, went on study tour to Bethlehem and Jerusalem in early October 2004.
Jonathan MacDonald ~V APU student, recently returned from 10 weeks in the West Bank with the International Solidarity Movement
Sheridan James ~V took part in the Peace Cycle from England to Jerusalem, Aug-Sept 04 and is now involved in setting up an employment ~Vbased pilot project in Al-Far~Raa refugee Camp in the West Bank. She is the logistics co-ordinator for this year~Rs Peace Cycle.
Ben White - Ben White has spent two consecutive summers in Palestine, mainly volunteering with Christian organisations in the Bethlehem area. He is currently serving as President of the Cambridge University Palestine Society and is looking forward to a return to Palestine when he has completed his finals!
8 PM - WEDNESDAY 26 JANUARY
FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE - JESUS LANE, CAMBRIDGE
ALL WELCOME
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PALESTINE SOCIETY present
Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine - Israel
Saturday 29th January
Centre at St Paul~Rs, Hills Road
Cambridge
Part 1: 2.30pm
Part 2: 7 pm
Discussion to follow at 9 pm - Light refreshments
A documentary by film makers Eyan Sivan (Israeli) and Michel
Khleifi (Palestinian) ~V interviews with Israelis and Palestinians
about the complexity of life for the people who live along the line
of a border that never existed ~V that of UN Resolution 181.
Special Guest: Omar Al Qattan, Sindibad Films
"The film makes the conflicting parties perceptible to each other
and to us." - Suddeutsche Zeitung
"After [seeing the film], spectators will realise that the
Israeli-Palestinian problem will not be resolved from above nor by
using force. The solution~E..has to do with a reconciliation of two
societies, a reconciliation that needs to take place close to two
societies, a reconciliation that needs to take place close to home,
on the ground. It needs to happen urgently" - Le Nouvel Observateur.
Each showing £3, or £5 for both
EYE WITNESS REPORTS from PALESTINE
Speakers to include:
Averil Parkinson ~V Cambridge resident, went on study tour to Bethlehem and Jerusalem in early October 2004.
Jonathan MacDonald ~V APU student, recently returned from 10 weeks in the West Bank with the International Solidarity Movement
Sheridan James ~V took part in the Peace Cycle from England to Jerusalem, Aug-Sept 04 and is now involved in setting up an employment ~Vbased pilot project in Al-Far~Raa refugee Camp in the West Bank. She is the logistics co-ordinator for this year~Rs Peace Cycle.
Ben White - Ben White has spent two consecutive summers in Palestine, mainly volunteering with Christian organisations in the Bethlehem area. He is currently serving as President of the Cambridge University Palestine Society and is looking forward to a return to Palestine when he has completed his finals!
8 PM - WEDNESDAY 26 JANUARY
FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE - JESUS LANE, CAMBRIDGE
ALL WELCOME
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PALESTINE SOCIETY present
Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine - Israel
Saturday 29th January
Centre at St Paul~Rs, Hills Road
Cambridge
Part 1: 2.30pm
Part 2: 7 pm
Discussion to follow at 9 pm - Light refreshments
A documentary by film makers Eyan Sivan (Israeli) and Michel
Khleifi (Palestinian) ~V interviews with Israelis and Palestinians
about the complexity of life for the people who live along the line
of a border that never existed ~V that of UN Resolution 181.
Special Guest: Omar Al Qattan, Sindibad Films
"The film makes the conflicting parties perceptible to each other
and to us." - Suddeutsche Zeitung
"After [seeing the film], spectators will realise that the
Israeli-Palestinian problem will not be resolved from above nor by
using force. The solution~E..has to do with a reconciliation of two
societies, a reconciliation that needs to take place close to two
societies, a reconciliation that needs to take place close to home,
on the ground. It needs to happen urgently" - Le Nouvel Observateur.
Each showing £3, or £5 for both
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