Information: 312.427.2533 x18 or email justpeace1@aol.com

With the election of Hamas to the Palestinian Parliament bringing the issue of Right of Return into sharp focus, Nadia Hijab will provide a timely overview of the history and legal framework relating to the situation of Palestinian refugees today. She’ll address key questions: What are the financial as well the political implications of the Right of Return for the state of Israel? How does the Right of Return relate to the nature of the state and the Israeli Law of Return? Hijab will also discuss positions of Palestinian and Israeli political negotiators and contrast this with the evolution of movements among Palestinian refugees and exiles to press for their rights, as well as the positions of Israeli human rights advocates. Hijab will conclude by focusing on strategies for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that fulfil human rights.

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.

Chicago event:
Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 2:00pm. Lincoln Park Branch, Chicago Public Library, 1150 W. Fullerton, Chicago.
Sponsored by Not In My Name. Information: 312/409-4845 or info@nimn.org.

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 Palestine/Israel. The 2005-06 Community Education and Dialog Series, running September 2005 through May 2006, will bring distinguished speakers and cultural events to Chicago-area audiences, including Yigal Bronner, Michael Tarazi, Joel Beinin, Lisa Hajjar, Kathleen & Bill Christison, and Nadia Hijab, and several multimedia events. See all planned events in this series. Series presenters will appear in Oak Park and elsewhere throughout the Chicago and suburban areas. Events are subject to change. Speakers do not necessarily represent the views of CJPIP.

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