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2004-05 Community Education and Dialog Series Building a Just Peace: Important Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
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Ali Abunimah & Will Bush's second-term commitment to establish a Palestinian state bring progress toward Palestinian-Israeli peace? What changes will result from the Palestinian presidential elections? What are the ramifications of Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan? What will be the impact of the growing movement in Israel to refuse military service directed toward settlement evacuation? What is the status of construction of the separation barrier? Why the recent upsurge in discussion among analysts, activists, and diplomats about future political outcomes, including "one-state" and "two-state" solutions? Who better to discuss the situation than Ali Abunimah and Norman Finkelstein, two of the most popular and engaging speakers from our past seasons. This event is co-sponsored by Not In My Name (www.nimn.org).
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 Well-known media analyist Ali Abunimah is co-founder of the Electronic Intifada (www.electronicintifada.net) and vice-president of the Arab-American Action Network. An articulate and much-sought public speaker with a comprehensive understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Abunimah regularly appears in national and international broadcast and print media. Abunimahıs many broadcast news invitations have included CSPAN, BBC, CNN, NPR, and MSNBC. Abunimah's op-ed pieces have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Salon.com, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Village Voice. Abunimah holds a bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton University and a master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago. He is currently working toward a doctorate in political science. Abunimah was a contributor to The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid (2001). Norman Finkelstein's groundbreaking book Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict is considered essential reading for students of the conflict. Widely respected for his fearless, provocative reappraisals of received assumptions, Finkelstein fuses his personal experiences as a visitor to the region with his critical analysis as a scholar of political, science. Other books by Finkelstein include: The Rise and Fall of Palestine, A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen Thesis and Historical Truth, and The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering. He received his doctorate from Princeton University for a thesis on the theory of Zionism. His writings have appeared in the London Review of Books, Journal of Palestine Studies, New Left Review, Middle East Report, the Christian Science Monitor, and Al Ahram Weekly. Currently he teaches political science at DePaul University in Chicago. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he is the son of Holocaust survivors. |
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About the 2004-05 Community Education and Dialog Series
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