Sunday October 20, 3:00 PM EDT - Zoom
Invitation to an Online Film Salon
The Past and the Present Tell Us: Palestine’s Future has to be Different!
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, inter-generational 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.
Watch the curated videos for free at your convenience. | Join the Q&A discussion with:
Aline Batarseh: executive director, Visualizing Palestine; co-editor, Visualizing Palestine
Salim Tamari: senior fellow, Institute for Policy Studies; former director, Institute of Jerusalem Studies
Sami Awad: co-director of Nonviolence International, founder of Holy Land Trust
Mitchell Plitnick (moderator): president, ReThinking Foreign Policy; co-author, Except for Palestine
You must register to join the discussion & receive links to the videos:
Tinyurl.com/VFHL-October2024
Watch the Trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHLtrailer10-2024
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 with to watch the film. (Save this 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 Sunday October 20, 2024 at 3 pm ET/ 12 noon PT.
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Don't forget to watch recordings of previous Online Film Salon recordings in their entirety here, including for the July 21, 2024 Online Film Salon In Conversation: Humanity in Gaza, Revisted. An article in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on the April Salon on Repairing Gaza’s Disintegrated Mental Health System can be found here. Read about Looking Beyond the Headlines, our May Salon here.
Co-Sponsors Palestinian American Research Center / United Church of Christ - Palestine Israel Network
SUPPORTER Organizations:: Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ♦ Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace ♦ Quaker Palestine Israel Network ♦ Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East ♦ Indiana Center for Middle East Peace ♦ Disciples of Christ Palestine-Israel Network ♦ Virginia Coalition for Human Rights ♦ Mennonite Palestine Israel Network ♦ Friends of Sabeel North America ♦ Center for Jewish Nonviolence ♦ Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network ♦ Northern New Jersey Jewish Voice for Peace ♦ United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network ♦ Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service ♦ Churches for Middle East Peace ♦ Kairos Puget Sound Coalition ♦ Pax Christi USA ♦ Jewish Voice for Peace – San Diego ♦ Gaza in Context ♦
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