Schedule for the 4 sessions:
NOVEMBER 28, 2010
- Introduction to the sessions – Leo and/or Fr. Bill (5 min)
- Introduction of booklet and DVD Mohyeddin (2 min)
- Watch DVD intro chapter, “A Tale of Two Peoples” and Ch. 1 “The Big Picture” (22 minutes)
- Palestinians & Israelis: our experience, our vision. Israeli and Palestinian Americans discuss the conflict
- Your questions for upcoming sessions?
- Homework – read “Creeping Apartheid” in Israel –Palestine by Oren Yiftachel
DECEMBER 5, 2010: OCCUPATION AND RESISTANCE
- DVD "Can We Call This Apartheid?" and “Non-Violent Resistance” (8 minutes) (17 minute total)
- Discussion: Dispute or occupation? The Wall, settlements and life under occupation. Israeli & Palestinian Resistance to the occupation – is it all violent?
- Your questions for next week
- Homework – Read “Made in the U.S.A.: American Military Aid to Israel” by Frida Berrigan (Journal of Palestine Studies (151)
- DVD – Ch. 4 “Who Profits” and Ch. 5 “Telling the story”
- Discussion – Is the U.S. responsible for continuing the occupation?
- “Homework" Think about: Did the international community have a role in ending apartheid in South Africa? Do you have a role in bringing peace and justice to Israel/Palestine?
DECEMBER 19, 2010
- DVD "Hardships and Hope?" (15 minutes) and “Transformation” – 4 minutes
- Discussion: What can we do?
- Concluding Remarks
Speakers include: Dina Afek, Rula Khalidi, Laurie Melrood, Betts Putnam-Higaldo, Margie Ford, Racheli Gai and Mohyeddin Abdulaziz
