Reception with Dr. Jeff Halper

This event is part of The Attack on Gaza: Jewish ...
Jan 12, 2009 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Monday)
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Event details: Reception with Dr. Jeff Halper
Description
Committee Against House Demolitions visiting Halifax as part of his
cross-Canada tour.
Refreshments will be served
. Jeff, an Israeli Jewish author, will speak about current attack on
Gaza and non-violent strategies to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
. Jeff is a co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House
Demolitions (www.icahd.org)
o Originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of
Palestinian houses in Occupied Territories
o Oppose land expropriation, settlement expansion, by-pass road
construction, policies of "closure" and "separation," the wholesale
uprooting of fruit and olive trees and more
. Jeff was on the Free Gaza flotilla that broke the Gaza siege in
August 2008
. Jeff was nominated, along with Ghassan Andoni, for the Nobel Peace
Prize by the American Friends Service Committee
. A main purpose of this reception is to raise funds for ICAHD through
the Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation (NECEF); all donations
from individuals made to NECEF for ICAHD will be tax-deductible (please
bring your cheque book)
Canadians, Arabs and Jews for a Just Peace (www.forjustpeace.org)
For additional information please contact Lawrence Roche at 462-3010 or via email at lawrence.roche_AT_rcrca.ca
Cost
This is a fundraiser for the ICAHD, but admission is free.More about these performers
Jeff Halper
Jeff Halper (born 1946 in Hibbing,Minnesota) is an Israeli-American Anthropologist, author, lecturer, political activist, and co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). In 1997, Halper co-founded ICAHD to challenge and resist the Israeli policy of demolishing Palestinian homes, and to organize Israelis, Palestinians and international volunteers to jointly rebuild demolished Palestinian homes. He has created a new mode of Israeli peace activity based on nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience to the Israeli Occupation authorities.[1] Dr. Halper was nominated by the American Friends Service...More about Saint Mary's University
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