Why is the term “apartheid” used by observers such as Nelson Mandela, President Jimmy Carter and Ha'aretz publisher Danny Rubinstein to describe the separation policy enforced by Israel in the Occupied Territories? What are the parallels between Palestinian life under Israeli occupation and apartheid in South Africa?

Legal and ethical issues surrounding Israeli policy will be analyzed by Canadian-Palestinian attorney Diana Buttu, a former legal advisor to the Negotiations Support Unit of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and Rev. Eddie Makue, South African veteran anti-apartheid activist and advocate of democratic reform.

This event is a part of the “Separate Is Never Equal” national tour, sponsored by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and endorsed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Sponsored by the Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine (CJPIP).