FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The 3rd annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will take place in New York City from February 10-17 2007. It will be a week-long series of events organized by a coalition of different groups in the city and will feature lectures, film screenings, and cultural activities. Concurrent events are being held in Canada and the United Kingdom.
“This week of events, being held in New York for the first time, adds to the growing international chorus of opposition to Israeli apartheid that includes voices of Palestinians, Israelis, South Africans, and many others who stand for justice,” says Ryvka Bar Zohar, an organizer of the week.
The aim of IAW is to push forward the analysis of Israel as an apartheid state and to gather support for the international boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign called for by over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations in 2005. The events of the week are organized around the three demands outlined in this call: full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, an end to the occupation and colonization of the West Bank and Gaza, and the implementation of the right of return and compensation for Palestinian refugees pursuant to UN resolution 194.
“Israeli apartheid has created a system where Palestinians live either as second-class citizens in Israel, as occupied subjects in the West Bank or as refugees denied the right to return to their homes” said Ahmad Shokr, another organizer of IAW. Shokr adds that “by supporting the boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign the international community can isolate the apartheid regime and work toward a future where all inhabitants of the land can live in dignity as equals.”
Below is a full schedule of events for the week. For more details please go to http://www.endisraeliapartheid.net/
ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK 2007
New York City Schedule:
GRASSROOTS, NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE TO ISRAELI APARTHEID IN PALESTINE
Mohammed Khatib
Feryal Abu Haikal
Saturday, February 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue
Hunter West, HW415
ISRAEL AND THE APARTHEID ANALOGY
Saree Makdisi
Basheer Abu-Manneh
Robert Robideau
Yifat Susskind
Monday, February 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
DIGITAL RESISTANCE: PALESTINIAN YOUTH MEDIA
Tuesday, February 13 at 7:00pm
Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St, Rm. 214
CONTESTING ISRAELI APARTHEID: BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS IN CONTEXT
Sami Hermez
Riham Barghouti
Issa Mikel
Tuesday, February 13 at 7:00 p.m.
WESPAC Foundation, 255 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., White Plains
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Thursday, February 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Judson Memorial Church
239 Thompson St.
LOVE UNDER APARTHEID: PALESTINIANS AND ISRAEL’S DISCRIMINATORY MARRIAGE LAWS
Jamil Dakwar
Film Screening of “Just Married,” directed by Ayelet Bechar.
Wednesday, February 14 at 7:30p.m
Brecht Forum, 451 West Street
APARTHEID THROUGH THE LENS
A Fundraising Evening for the Young Photographers of Balata Refugee Camp
Thursday, February 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Alwan, 16 Beaver St.
$10 suggested donation at the door
CHALLENGING ISRAELI APARTHEID
Joseph Massad
Tanya Reinhart
Friday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
521 W. 126th St.
EXPOSING ISRAELI APARTHEID – SUPPORTING PALESTINIAN LIBERATION: A Teach-In
Sunday, February 18, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Pope Hall, St. Peter’s College
2641 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ
NYC-area sponsors of IAW are: NYU Students for Justice in Palestine; Falasteen and the Arab Students Association at Columbia University; Action Wednesdays Against the War; Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East; Palestine Education Project; Al-Awda New York; NJ Solidarity Activists for the Liberation of Palestine; ISM-NYC; and WESPAC.
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