Loading ...The Past and the Present Tell Us: Palestine’s Future Has To Be Different!
Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/20/2024
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Cost:
0.00 USD
Contact Person:
Steven Lapham
Email:
vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com
Website:
http://omtheholyland.org
Phone:
2404187628
Organization:
Voices From the Holy Land
“The Past and the Present Tell Us: Palestine’s Future has to be Different!” Watch two documentaries, then join discussion hosted by Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon on October 20 at 3:00pm EDT. Register at Tinyurl.com/VFHL-October2024 .
Watch the Trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHLtrailer10-2024
Abstract:
Two documentaries from the early 1980s provide visual evidence of the colonization, apartheid, and military systems Israel uses to maintain domination. Each of the scenes from 40 years ago has a corollary in the present and poses questions about the future related to dispossession, subjugation, intergenerational trauma, resistance, right of return, reparations, and self-determination.
The two films also offer first-hand testimonies, reminding us that for decades the Palestinian people have been telling the world about their plight, to little avail.
Our salon will discuss the issues that have remained consistent over time, what’s new about the present moment, and what we must do to bring about a just future.
Panel and Moderator:
Aline Batarseh has served as executive director of Visualizing Palestine since 2021. A Palestinian from East Jerusalem, Aline has more than 20 years of experience working with Palestinian and international nonprofits at the intersections of gender equality, reproductive justice, children’s rights, mental health, and social justice. Aline has a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a B.A. in communication studies from Gustavus Adolphus College. Aline is co-editor of Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation (Haymarket Books, 2024).
Salim Tamari is Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) senior fellow and the former director of the Institute of Jerusalem Studies. He is former editor of Jerusalem Quarterly and Hawliyyat al Quds. Salim is professor emeritus of sociology at Birzeit University and has authored several works on urban culture, political sociology, biography and social history, and the social history of the Eastern Mediterranean. Recent publications include: Camera Palestina: Photography and the Silenced History of Palestine (2023); The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine (2020); and Year of the Locust: Palestine and Syria during WWI (2010).
Sami Awad is co-director of Nonviolence International and founder of the Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem. Sami’s paternal family became refugees in 1948, and his mother is from the Gaza Strip. At a young age, Sami was influenced by the teaching of his uncle Mubarak Awad, the Palestinian nonviolent activist who promoted nonviolent resistance to the occupation during the 1980s. Sami holds a doctoral degree in divinity from the Chicago Theological Seminary; an M.A. in international relations from the American University in Washington, DC; and a B.A. in political science from the University of Kansas.
Mitchell Plitnick (moderator) is president of ReThinking Foreign Policy and is co-author, with Marc Lamont Hill, of Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics. Mitchell’s previous positions include vice president at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, director of the U.S. Office of B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, and co-director of Jewish Voice for Peace. His writing has appeared in Ha’aretz, The New Republic, Responsible Statecraft, Middle East Eye, The New Arab, Middle East Report, Mondoweiss, the San Francisco Chronicle, +972 Magazine, The Battleground, and other outlets.
Co-Sponsors of the October Salon:
United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network
Palestinian American Research Center
How this will work:
1 – Register here for the Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon:
Tinyurl.com/VFHL-October2024 .
2 – Once you register, you will get a confirmation email from Zoom with a link to the meeting and a link to watch the film. (Save that confirmation letter as the meeting link is unique to your email, and you must have this to participate.)
3 – Watch the film at your convenience before the event. Then join us with your thoughts and questions for our speakers at the Q&A Discussion on October 20, 2024.
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