Sunday, November 17, 3:00 PM EST - Zoom

Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon: Silencing Student Voices

Israel’s war on Palestine, following the October 7 attack by Hamas, has driven an ongoing student protest movement on the nation’s university campuses. These protests have adopted similar calls for divestment from the war industries supplying the advanced weapons systems the US government is sending to Israel. Common protest tactics include encampments, banner drops, leafleting, and self-education.
As the US continues its unqualified support for Israel, how do we assess the successes of these movements? How have universities framed these protests? What has prompted Higher Ed's extreme responses involving the deployment of urban police forces? How have definitions of constitutionally guaranteed free speech been redrawn by Higher Ed? What has been the impact of the “Palestine exception”? What if any are the limits of non-violent protest, and according to whose interests?

Watch the selected videos at your convenience. | Join the Q&A discussion with:

Ilan Cohen:  Jewish American student activist, Columbia University
Max Flynt:  Activist; member,General Union of Palestine Students, San Francisco State University
Maryam Alwan:  Palestinian American student activist, Columbia University
Natasha Lennard (Moderator):  Author and journalist; Assoc. Director, Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism program, New School for Social Research

You must register to join the discussion & receive access to the film: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-November2024

Watch the Trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-TrailerNovember2024 

How this will work:

1 - Register here for the Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon: :Tinyurl.com/VFHL-November2024

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 November 17, 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 September 15, 2024 Online Film Salon ISRAEL, PALESTINE, BDS, AND BOYCOTTING IN THE US .  An article in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on the April Salon on Freedoms' Battleground is the Boycott can be found here.  Read about Looking Beyond the Headlines, our May Salon here.

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 ♦