Yigal Bronner
Ta’ayush: Building an Arab-Jewish Partnership
2:00pm, Saturday
September 17, 2005
Veterans Room, Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL

Israeli professor Yigal Bronner teaches South Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University and the University of Chicago. He is also an activist in Ta’ayush (Arab-Jewish Partnership) and a conscientious objector who sat in military prison last year for refusing to serve in the occupied territories. Bronner has been one of the leading voices in the campaign against the Israeli “Separation Wall.” [more details]

Michael Tarazi
The Way Forward: Prospects for a Just Settlement
7:00pm, Wednesday
October 5, 2005
Veterans Room, Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL

Michael Tarazi, a Palestinian-American lawyer, is a legal advisor to the Palestinian Authority Ministry of State for Jerusalem Affairs. He provides legal advice on a wide array of issues facing Jerusalem, including Israeli settlements and refugees. Prior to taking his current position, he was a legal advisor to the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department. [more details]

Photo exhibition: “Opening of the Heart”
October 24–27, 2005
Opening reception: 7:30pm, Monday, October 24
Dole Library
255 Augusta Street, Oak Park, IL

Sensitively photographed by Beverly Duperly Boos, the exhibit transports the viewer into the reality of the Middle East, allowing us to walk alongside Israelis and Palestinians in their day-to-day lives.
[The exhibition at Dole Branch Library will be a satellite exhibition in support of a larger exhibition occuring Oct. 28–Dec. 27, 2005 at Gallery 37, 66 Randolph Street, Chicago.] [more details]

Joel Beinin & Lisa Hajjar
The Attack on Middle East Studies: A New McCarthyism?
2:00pm, Sunday
January 29, 2006
Veterans Room, Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL
Co-sponsored by St. Giles Family Mass—Action for Justice Committee

Joel Beinin has taught Middle East history at Stanford University since 1983. His research and writing focuses on workers, peasants, and minorities in the modern Middle East and on Israel, Palestine, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Lisa Hajjar, a sociologist, is an associate professor in the Law and Society Program at the University of California-Santa Barbara. She is author of the 2005 book, Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza. [more details]

Kathleen & Bill Christison
Former CIA Analysts: What’s Really Happening in Israel/Palestine
2:00pm, Sunday
February 5, 2006
Veterans Room, Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL

Kathleen Christison worked as a political analyst with the CIA for 16 years, dealing with the Middle East for eight years. Since resigning from the CIA in 1979, she has been a freelance writer specializing in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Bill Christison served as a National Intelligence Officer and as director of the CIA’s Office of Regional and Political Analysis before retiring in 1979. He writes regularly for CounterPunch.org on issues of U.S. foreign policy and was a contributor to The Politics of Anti-Semitism. [more details]

Nadia Hijab
Palestinian Refugees: Rights vs. Realities in Today’s Middle East
2:00pm, Sunday
March 5, 2006
Veterans Room, Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL

Nadia Hijab is an author and expert on the Middle East and Senior Fellow at the DC-based Institute for Palestine Studies. She also serves as co-chair of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. She co-authored Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel. Hijab worked with the United Nations from 1989 to 1999. [more details]

Arna’s Children
A film screening
2:00pm, Sunday
April 9, 2006
Veterans Room, Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL

A documentary film screening, co-sponsored by Chicago Palestine Film Festival (www.palestinefilmfest.com). Arna Mer Khamis was a legendary Israeli anti-occupation activist. Born into an Israeli Jewish family, she married a Palestinian Arab. Arna founded a children’s a theatre group in the Jenin refugee camp. Five years after Arna's death from cancer in 1995, her son returned to the camp to discover what had happened to “Arna’s Children,” to find they had become militants and martyrs. [more details]

Fifth Annual Walk for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
Sunday
May 7, 2006
Location TBA
We invite co-sponsors for the Walk—please contact CJPIP.

Join with Muslims, Jews, Christians, and secular persons in this powerful joint call for peace and justice for Palestinians and Israelis. This annual event features stimulating speakers, music, and a one-mile solidarity walk on a route through downtown Oak Park. [See our 2005 Walk]

About us

The Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine (CJPIP) is a community-based organization founded to develop and support activities that further the cause of peace and justice in Israel and Palestine. Community education and dialog events featuring a broad range of perspectives are a vital part of our mission. CJPIP was a 2005 recipient of the World Council of Churches “Blessed Are the Peacemakers” award.

Support our work! As we begin this ambitious program year, your financial support is critical to our success: your generous donation will enhance our ability to reach a broad public with these events. Tax-deductible contributions may be made payable to Illinois Justice Foundation/CJPIP.

Series presenters will appear in Oak Park and elsewhere throughout the Chicago and suburban area; check this website for the latest details. All events are subject to change. Speakers do not necessarily represent the views of CJPIP.

Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
P.O. Box 3667
Oak Park, Illinois 60303
Web: www.cjpip.org
E-mail: justpeace1@aol.com
Phone: 312.427.2533 x18