[Peace-discuss] "Origin of the Arab-Israel Conflict"

[John W.]

At 06:28 PM 10/21/2007, David Green wrote:

>Israeli historian Yosef Gorny will give two lectures on "The Origin of the 
>Arab-Israel Conflict." They will take place on Tuesdays, Oct. 23 and 30, 
>at 7:30 p.m. in the Reading Room of Leavis Center.

I hope the speaker will address the his/herstory of Abraham and his family 
- of Sarah and Hagar, and shortly thereafter of Jacob and Esau.  An 
understanding of the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict is quite 
incomplete without such a foundation.



>These lectures are sponsored by the Program for Jewish Culture and 
>Society. If those who care about Palestinian rights do not attend in a 
>significant number, it will become an intra-Jewish discourse among 
>Zionists of various persuasions, all of whom support racism, apartheid and 
>occupation in various degrees from the implicit to the explicit. It will 
>not give voice to the Palestinian human rights perspective, or to a 
>perspective critical of American support for Israel and American 
>imperialism in the Middle East.
>
>I would encourage those who are able to attend and who support peace with 
>justice in Israel and Palestine, as well as those who oppose U.S. 
>imperialism in the Middle East, make their presence felt and their voices 
>heard in a respectul but critical manner.
>
>David Green