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Kansas City fundraising event supports Palestinian peace school

 10/4/07
Anna Baltzer Reports on the Israeli Occupation - Sept. 21-24, 2007 9/9/07

Middle East Film Series Features Films on Israel-Palestinian Conflict

 8/8/07

CJME launches $10,000 fundraising campaign for Mideast peace and democracy

 7/5/07

Israeli Uri Davis Speaks in Kansas City on "Palestinian Rights in Israel and Under Occupation"

 4/20/07

Kansas City Peace Conference Focuses on Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

 8/30/06

Kansas City joins nationwide protests in response to incursion of Gaza and Lebanon; Urge Immediate Ceasefire on All Sides

8/10/06
Kansas City Residents Call for Immediate Mideast Ceasefire 7/30/06

Jewish-American Woman reports on West Bank violence and occupation - Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American, Columbia University graduate, Fulbright scholar, and volunteer with the International Women’s Peace Service, will be in Kansas City on May 4 with a presentation and book describing her experiences documenting human rights abuses in the West Bank.

 4/17/06

Joe Carr and Shannon Heffernan Document Israeli Settlement Growth in the West Bank - Two Kansas City residents are currently working with non-governmental groups to document the Israeli settlement expansion and activity in two separate areas of the West Bank.

 8/30/05
Palestinian-American Mubarak Awad to talk on Gaza disengagement and Mideast peace prospects 8/14/05

Beyond Revenge: Supporting Peace, Tolerance, & Reconciliation - Speaking tour with Robi Damelin (Israel) and Nawda Sarandah (Palestine) of Parents Circle-Families Forum

 5/2/05
Action at local Caterpillar dealership highlights bulldozers used to destroy Palestinian homes 4/7/05

CJME and Village Church Offer "Voices of New Hope"

 1/11/05
"Christmas in Bethlehem" focuses on plight of Palestinian Christians 11/26/04
Kansas Citians Andrea Whitmore and Joe Carr Work for Peace in Israel and Palestine 11/22/04
“Stop the Wall” Tour Comes to Kansas City 7/14/04
Area Holocaust survivor speaks on peace prospects for Israelis and Palestinians 7/13/04
“Vigil for Peace” Adds to Israel Ambassador’s Visit to Kansas City 5/22/04
"Is Peace Possible Between Palestinians and Israelis?" Event Featuring Salim Shawamreh and Jeff Halper 4/30/04
Seeking Peace in a Troubled Land: Eyewitness Accounts of Israeli Occupation 3/23/04
Event in Kansas City to "Remember Rachel Corrie" on the first anniversary of her death on March 16 3/9/04
Israeli citizen Fred Schlomka talks about housing policy in Israel and steps to peace 6/30/03
Israeli peace activist Neve Gordon discusses threats to Israeli democracy - from within 4/10/03
 
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Kansas City Star: "Olathe site of fundraiser for children’s school in Bethlehem" 10/9/07

Hilltop Monitor: Human Rights activist and author Baltzar speaks to College audience about Palestine | Also in PDF format

 9/28/07
Kansas City Star: "Israel wages a policy of deliberate destruction" by Andrea Whitmore 2/20/07

Johnson County Sun:  "Sabeel conference focuses on peace"

 10/12/06
Lawrence Journal-World: "Conference honors late KU professor" 10/7/06

Kansas City Star:  "Remembering a visit to a vibrant, diverse Lebanon" by Janet Baker | Republished on CommonDreams.org (7/29/06)

 7/29/06
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle: Crowd protests Israel's military action in Lebanon 7/27/06
Johnson County Sun: Give Hamas Slack 2/13/06

Kansas City Jewish Chronicle:  "Palestinian American seeks change non-violently" (report on Dr. Mubarak Awad)

 10/21/05
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle: Mideast peace group brings duo to Midwest 5/13/05

Kansas City Jewish Chronicle:  "Group rips CAT sales to Israel"

 4/15/05
Kansas City Star: "Don't sell to Israel, protesters say" 4/14/05

Kansas City Star - Giving peace a real chance - Joe Carr & Andrea Whitmore

 1/19/05
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle: 'End the Occupation' conference in KC next weekend 11/5/04
Kansas City Star: "Holocaust survivor finds West Bank barrier ‘deeply, deeply troubling" (report on Hedy Epstein's talk at UMKC on 7/25/04) 7/26/04
Kansas City Star: "Holocaust survivor to speak at Village Church" 7/24/04
Kansas City Star: "Activist proposes integrated communities for Israelis, Palestinians" (report on Fred Schlomka's talk) 7/23/03
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle: "Israeli academic to bring criticism of Jewish state to KC" 4/4/03