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June 21 - Holocaust Survivor on Flotilla Attack - "I'm a Terrorist. Arrest Me."
Report on visit with Senator Claire McCaskill:
This is a second report on a state-wide Missouri teleconference with Senator Claire McCaskill
April 5 - Sprouts radio program spends "Easter in Israeli-Occupied Jerusalem"
Sprouts, a weekly radio program on KKFI-FM 90.1 in Kansas City, will feature a discussion on current events in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict this Monday, April 5 at 9:30 am.
The Two-Sided Coin: An Analysis of the Economic Conditions in Gaza & Israel
Written By: Mohamed El-Housiny
Edited By: Fatima Mohammadi
"Tonight We Are All Gaza" - Report on Feb. 7 Gaza Event
Eyewitness Report to Gaza Destruction
When four Kansas City area residents traveled to Gaza to deliver medical aid to Palestinians in January, they planned to lift the spirits of Gazans in the besieged land. In turn they were consoled by Palestinians after hearing traumatic stories, like the one where a girl was telling a story of her father being shot in the forehead after surrendering to Israeli military forces. Or the story of the Samouni family, who lost 29 members – a family of farmers with no political ties, mostly women and children.
Two KC area events mark one year since attacks on Palestinians in Gaza
Events on Feb. 7 & 15 include internationally-known Mideast academic scholar, KC speakers, and Palestinian folkloreFeb. |
New Video on "One Year Later: Besieged Gaza - Still Standing Tall"; Eyewitness Report on Gaza in KC on February 7
Fundraising Amount for Hope Flowers Reaches $1200 since November 2009
Your chance to contribute to strengthen "peace & democracy" school
Citizens for Justice in the Middle East advocate for a more just U.S. foreign policy. When U.S. foreign policy fails to bring about peace between Israel and Palestinians, we can develop “citizen diplomacy” by building people-to-people ties. [photo: Picture of students in the 8th grade meditating before and after the school day.]
Former KC resident planning to join "Gaza Freedom March"
Help "Break the Siege": Support March for Palestinians in Gaza
November 1: Peace “warrior” talks up chances for Mideast peace in KC
Podcast recording of radio interview with Israeli peace activist
Gershon Baskin with the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) spoke recently at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas on the topic "Is Peace in the Middle East Possible?" Founded in Jerusalem in 1988, IPCRI is the only joint Israeli-Palestinian public policy think-tank in the world, and is devoted to developing practical solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
