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Email report - 11/12/03
Report Contents -
1) November 17 - IN THE NAME OF SECURITY - Documentary on the April 2002
invasion of West Bank cities and refugee camps
2) November 17 - Joe Carr speaks about his experience with ISM in Rafah, Gaza
Strip
3) Commentary on Separation Wall by Dr. Neve Gordon
4) November 24 - CJME Monthly Meeting
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1) November 17 - IN THE NAME OF SECURITY - Documentary on the April 2002
invasion of West Bank cities and refugee camps
This week's destruction in Rafah, the southernmost camp in Gaza, has resulted in
23 demolished homes and 5 stores leaving 250 people homeless. These acts
followed similar destruction at the Israelis hands in mid-October when 250 homes
were destroyed leaving nearly 2000 Palestinians homeless. Scores of Palestinians
have been wounded or killed during these two incursions.
The destruction in Gaza recalls a similar invasion of West Bank towns and cities
in April 2002 by the Israeli military. The April 2002 invasion is documented by
a delegation from the National Lawyers Guild, which traveled throughout the West
Bank to investigate allegations of war crimes by the Israeli military.
What the delegation found was a state-sponsored campaign aimed at destroying the
identity and culture of the Palestinian people. This 27-minute video documents
what they saw. Through interviews with Israelis and Palestinians and
documentation of destroyed cities and impassable checkpoints, the video
describes a brutal occupation.
CJME, UMKC Chapter of National Lawyers Guild and Campus Greens invite you to an
evening to view and discuss IN THE NAME OF SECURITY.
After the video KC area resident Barbara Leclerq will discuss her observations
of conditions in Bethlehem during her September 2003 trip. Anthony Badgerow with
the UMKC Chapter of National Lawyers Guild will moderate this event.
--Full-page event flyer - print & distribute (Adobe PDF) -
http://www.cjme.org/flyers/flyer-nlgfilm.pdf
--Half-page event flyer - print & distribute (Adobe PDF) -
http://www.cjme.org/flyers/flyer-nlgfilm2.pdf
2) November 17 - Joe Carr speaks about his experience with ISM in Rafah, Gaza
Strip
Hear Joe Carr speak at Avila University about major stories and events he
witnessed while working with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in
Rafah, the southern-most city of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, from January to
April 2003.
When: November 17, 5:00 pm
Where: Avila University, Marian Centre Alumni Lounge, 11901 Wornall Road, Kansas
City, MO
3) Commentary on Separation Wall by Dr. Neve Gordon
JERUSALEM / November 6, 2003: As the government of the Jewish state forces the
Palestinians in ghettos, history must be turning in its grave. Qalqiliya, a city
of 45,000, has been surrounded by a concrete wall and only those who are granted
permits by the Civil Administration can enter and exit the city's single gate.
Along the West Bank's north western border, an additional 12,000 people are now
living in enclaves between the wall and the pre-1967 border. They too have
become captives; yet the so-called security wall does not separate these
Palestinian residents from Jewish Israelis, but rather from their brethren in
the West Bank.
After placing them on small "islands," Israel is now "encouraging" them to leave
their ancestral homes by undermining their infrastructure of existence. The
goal, so it seems, is to annex the land uninhabited.
> Read the full report -
http://www.cjme.org/gordonneve.htm
> Neve Gordon teaches politics and human rights at Ben-Gurion University. He
spoke in KC and Lawrence in April 2003.
4) November 24 -- Planning Meeting: Citizens for Justice in the Middle East --
You are cordially invited to this meeting to learn about CJME and work towards
peace between Palestinians and Israelis. NOTE: The meeting was originally
scheduled for November 17.
> Where: Village Presbyterian Church, Room Y125, 67th & Mission Road, Mission,
KS
> When: 7:00-8:30 p.m.
> Directions: Park in south parking lot, meeting room is first room on the right
> For more information: mailto:info@cjme.org
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For more information about CJME
call - 816-333-0928 or 816-524-3905
write - mailto:info@cjme.org
web - http://www.cjme.org
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About us: Kansas City-based Citizens for Justice in the Middle East (CJME) seeks
to educate the American public about the issues involved in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to end U.S. support for the Israeli occupation
of the Palestinian territories.
Composed of Kansas City area citizens concerned about the direction of U.S.
policy in the Middle East, Citizens for Justice in the Middle East urges
ordinary American citizens to speak out in favor of an even-handed U.S. policy
in the Middle East that recognizes the rights and aspirations of both Israelis
and Palestinians. Only by respecting the need to provide both parties in the
conflict with security and self-determination can a viable and just peace be
assured.
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