Israeli Apartheid Week 2012
Event Details
Time: February 26, 2012 at 12am to March 3, 2012 at 11:45pm
Location: University of Pittsburgh
City/Town: Pittsburgh, PA
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Phone: 724-504-7703
Event Type: week, of, action, and, events
Organized By: Pitt SJP
Latest Activity: Feb 23
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Event Description
Join Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine for the Pittsburgh debut of Israeli Apartheid Week! Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual international series of events held in cities and campuses across the globe. The aim of IAW is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement.
The past few years have seen a sharp increase of literature and analysis that has sought to document and challenge Israeli apartheid, including reports issued by major international bodies and human rights organizations and findings published by political leaders, thinkers, academics, and activists. Many of these efforts have highlighted the role that could be played by people and governments across the world in providing solidarity with the Palestinian struggle by exerting urgent pressure on Israel to alter its current structure and practices as an apartheid state. Prominent Palestinians, Jewish anti-Zionists, and South Africans have been at the forefront of this struggle. The aim of IAW is to contribute to this chorus of international opposition to Israeli apartheid and to bolster support for the BDS campaign in accordance with the demands outlined in the July 2005 Statement: full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, an end to the occupation and colonization of all Arab lands – including the Golan Heights, the Occupied West Bank with East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip – and dismantling the Wall, and the protection of Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in U.N. resolution 194. In previous years IAW has played an important role in raising awareness and disseminating information about Zionism, the Palestinian liberation struggle and its similarities with the indigenous sovereignty struggle in North America and the South African anti-apartheid movement. Join us in making this a year of struggle against apartheid and for justice, equality, and peace. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement Teach-In MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH 6-8PM O'HARA DINING ROOM Film Screening: Elle Flander's Zero Degrees of Separation (2005) THURSDAY, MARCH 1ST 8:30-10PM 1501 POSVAR HALL For more go to http://apartheidweek.org/ or e-mail Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine at sjp.pitt@gmail.com. |
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