[WCUSP] 40/60

[yvonne simmons]

this event was a great success with emphasis on
Palestinian history, politics and culture with an
exhibit of UN photos and films and sale of Palestinian
handicraftsans trade goods (organic olive oil,
embroidery and olive wood carving) to support
Palestinian craft persons and farmers.
   The keynote speaker was Professor Rashid Khalidi
who spoke to the situation presently in Palestine. He
did not tell us what we could do but informed us with
about many not spoken about facts. One thing I found
interesting was that Palestine does not have a
government but a Palestinian authority that is
beholden to Israel in as much that Israel controls the
Palestinians in every way by the occupation. For
example, Palestinians can only go to hospitals,
schools, travel in and out of the occupied
territories, trade goods, farm their land, have
running water, electricity etc. at the whim of the
Isreli government, generals and military. Professor
Khalidi gave me much to think about.
 Palestine - 40 Years of Occupation, 60 Years of
Dispossession:
A Day of Education and Solidarity

Sponsored by: PSU Arab Persian Student Organization
(APSO), Friends of Sabeel North America, Americans
United for Palestinian Human Rights (AUPHR), KBOO
Community Radio,WCUSP,Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

Join us June 23, 10 am - 5 pm, Hoffmann Hall, Portland
State University, to mark the onset of Israeli
occupation of Palestinian Territories -- Gaza and the
West Bank.

• Keynote address, (2 pm) "The Palestinian Struggle
for Statehood," PROFESSOR RASHID KHALIDI, Edward Said
Professor of Arab Studies and Director, Middle East
Institute, Columbia University, expert on the Middle
East and the Palestinian- Israeli conflict, and author
of:
 
The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle
for Statehood, Beacon Press, 2006. Resurrecting
Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path
in the Middle East, Beacon Press, 2004. Palestinian
Identity: The Construction of Modern National
Consciousness, Columbia University Press, 1997. The
Origins of Arab Nationalism (Co-editor), Columbia
University Press, 1991. Under Siege: PLO
Decision-making during the 1982 War. Columbia
University Press, 1986. Palestine and the Gulf
(Co-editor), Institute for Palestine Studies, 1982.
British Policy towards Syria and Palestine, 1906-1914.
Ithaca Press for St. Antony's College, 1980. Â 
• Book signing, Professor Khalidi, author of
recently released The Iron Cage (following lecture)
• Exhibit of historic UN photos (10 am - 5 pm)
• Sale of Palestinian handicrafts and fair trade
goods (organic olive oil, embroidery, olive wood
carving) to support Palestinian crafts persons and
farmers (10 am -2 pm and 3-5 pm)
• Documentary films

• 10 am  If Americans Knew (5 mins) and Palestine
is Waiting (10 mins)
• 10:45 am  Realities on the Ground (56 mins)
• 12 noon  De Facto State of Lawlessness (45 mins)
• 4 pm  Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land
(56 mins)





       
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