NEWS RELEASE
Citizens For Justice In The Middle East
6100 W. 52nd Street,
Kansas City, Missouri

For: Immediate Release
Contact: Matt Quinn
 

Leading Israeli Peace Activist To Visit The Area

Dr. Neve Gordon, Professor of political science at Ben Gurion University in Israel, will speak in Kansas City on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at 8:00 p.m. at Unity Temple On The Plaza, 707 W. 47^th Street.  In his address titled, “Israel In Dark Times”, Dr. Gordon will share a critical view of the Israeli government’s policies toward the Palestinians and the threat that these policies pose to Israeli democracy.

Dr. Gordon teaches in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben Gurion University, Beer Shiva, Israel.  He received his PhD in Government at the University of Notre Dame and his B.A. in Philosophy from the Hebrew University.  From 1992-1994 he was the director of Physicians for Human Rights in Israel and is now active in Ta’yush, an Arab-Jewish partnership.  In addition to his scholarly work in human rights and political theory, Dr. Gordon is a frequent contributor to The Nation, In These Times, The Humanist, the National Catholic Reporter and publishes a monthly column distributed by Knight-Ridder.

The above event is free to the public and is sponsored by the National Catholic Reporter, Citizens for Justice in the Middle East ( a newly formed local group dedicated to ending U.S. support for the Occupation), the Kansas Committee for a Just Peace in the Middle East and the UMKC Muslim Student Association.

Dr. Gordon will also speak on the K.U. campus in Lawrence, Kansas on Wednesday, April 9^th at 4:00 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union and on Thursday, April 10^th at 4:00 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium, also in the Kansas Union.  These events are also free to the public.

Information about Citizens for Justice in the Middle East

Kansas City-based Citizens for Justice in the Middle East 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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