SLU Solidarity with Palestine would like to invite you to the very first annual Palestine Awareness Week. All events are free and will be open to the public. Come and join us to help us kick off the semester with a bang.

Palestine Awareness Week
Jan. 29 – Feb. 2 2007

THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE is a cornerstone conflict in the Middle East. It affects the lives of U.S. citizens every day. This week, find out what the media aren't telling you and get your questions answered through eye Witness accounts, noted scholars, and original theater.

Come. Listen. Question. Criticize.

Monday 29th 7:00 pm Palestine is Still the Issue

Documentary by award-winning journalist and film-maker, John Pilger that examines the story of how almost a million Palestinians had been forced off their land in 1948, and again in 1967. The film includes first hand accounts by Palestinians caught in a terrible limbo -- refugees in their own land, controlled by Israel in the longest military occupation in modern times.
Davis-Shaughnessy Hall 173

Tuesday 30th 7:00 pm

Norman Finklestein - Israel and Palestine: roots of conflict, prospects for peace
Bringing to bear the latest findings on the conflict and recasting the scholarly debate, Finkelstein points to a consensus among historians and human rights organizations on the factual record. Why, then, does so much controversy swirl around the conflict? Finkelstein's answer, copiously documented, is that apologists for Israel contrive controversy. Whenever Israel comes under international pressure, another media campaign alleging a global outbreak of anti-Semitism is mounted.
Anheuser Busch Auditorium, Cook Hall

Wednesday 31st 7:00 pm Palestine 101: A crash course

All the basics on the conflict in 60 minutes. Topics include history, international law, US involvement, and pictures and stories from ordinary Palestinians currently living under occupation.
Davis-Shaughnessy Hall 173

Thursday 1st 7:00 pm Jennifer Presson: Witness to Occupation

Jennifer is a 2004 graduate of Saint Louis University School of Nursing. In her junior year she co-founded SLU Solidarity with Palestine. Jennifer traveled to Palestine in 2004 where she lived with families in Balata Refugee Camp, while working with the International Soladarity Movement (ISM). Through ISM, she spent her time harvesting olives with Palestinian farmers and joining in nonviolent acts of resistance against the Israeli occupation. In 2006 Jennifer returned, this time to the southern part of the West Bank, where she joined a group of internationals and Palestinians to establish the Palestine Solidarity Project. www.palestinesolidarityproject.org. She will be sharing her experience through photos and testimony and also discussing recent and current events.
Davis-Shaughnessy Hall 173

Friday 2nd 7:00 pm

beautiful resistance: confessions of a human rights
hoosier in palestine

"beautiful resistance" is an interactive, multi-media theatrical presentation that uses photos, video, animation, theatre, and music to tell the story of the Occupation of Palestine as well as the story of a hoosier from Ohio who decided to take peace into her own hands.
Carlo Auditorium, Tegler Hall

* Location: St. Louis University