Monday

November 18

Tuesday

November 19

Wednesday

November 20

Thursday

November 21

Human Rights Student Lecture Series:

The Conscientious Objectors movement in Israel- An Activist's Perspective"

presented by Yishai Rozen-Tzvi.

12:45 · Room 13 · Boalt Hall · Lunch Provided

A lunchtime talk at the law school:

Yishai is a guest lecturer of Talmud at the near-eastern studies department. He is part of an Israeli grass-roots movement that provides a community and platform for Israelis who have served in the army to refuse to serve in the occupied territories. 

Yishai spent 14 days in jail for his refusal.

Yishai will speak about his role in the movement, why he participates in this movement, and about his sense as an Israeli Jew about the situation in Israel and Palestine.

Protest the Peace-Faking Policies of Ehud Barak.

Stop by for a teach-in scheduled to precede the talk and stay for a protest scheduled to coincide with the talk.

Endorsed by (partial list) Berkeley Stop the War Coalition, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee SF, Cal Muslim Student Association, Students For Justice in Palestine.

5 PM · Come to Lower Sproul Plaza on UC Berkeley Campus

Ehud Barak, Israel's most decorated military officer, is coming to speak at UC Berkeley this Tuesday, November 19th. The campus is promoting former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s speech as “Peacemaking in  the Middle East”.

In reality, Barak is anything but a man of peace. Ehud Barak is actually coming to campus as part of a nationwide tour to promote the US war with Iraq and to reiterate the Israeli government’s contention that the Palestinians are to blame for the failure of the Camp David negotiations and therefore the Israeli government should be allowed to continue violating Palestinians’ human rights. 

First Wheeler 32 Hearing Finally Opened to the Public

UC Berkeley’s Administration continues its crackdown on divestment protesters.  Roberto’s hearing has been opened after much public outcry and continues at:

1 PM · Clark Kerr Campus

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Report Back from the West Bank with Jewish and Palestinian members of the International Solidarity Movement

Sponsors: Tzedek and Students for Justice in Palestine

7:30 pm · Room 254 · Dwinelle Hall

The International Solidarity Movement is a Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and International activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation. They utilize nonviolent, direct-action methods of resistance to confront and challenge illegal Israeli occupation forces and policies.

ISM on the web: www.palsolidarity.org

Contact: caltzedek@hotmail.com

Screening of “The Gaza Strip”

7 PM · Room 166 · Barrows Hall

The documentary often sees the world through the eyes of young people. The central character is Mohammed Hejazi, a 13-year-old paperboy in Gaza City, one of the young “stone-throwers” who risk their lives throwing rocks at Israeli tanks across the barbwire fences. As the newspapers arrive announcing Ariel Sharon’s victory in the Israeli elections, Mohammed offers up tirades against Arafat and Sharon alike. We also catch glimpses of his inner world: his sense of hopelessness, his sorrow at the IDF killing of his best friend, his conception of death.

The eye of the film is usually passive and watchful, sometimes almost invisible, even in the most intimate settings. When a Palestinian child is blown up in Rafah, we see the entire process of his internment, from morgue to mosque to grave, unblinkingly. The camera moves slowly over a Palestinian neighborhood being strafed by Israeli machine-gun fire, schoolchildren scattering.  “Gaza Strip” culminates in a nighttime raid in April, when Israeli bulldozers stormed into the Khan Younis refugee camp under the cover of tank and helicopter fire, and destroyed the homes of 450 Palestinians – the first of many such armed incursions into “Area A” by the IDF.

Movie runs 74 Minutes.  Short discussion to follow.