JHB: Fund Raiser for Palestine, Friday 20 Nov
November 18, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
The Al Aqsa Foundation of South Africa warmly invites you to a dinner and lecture program with our visiting guests of honour from the Orphan Care Society, Bayt Laham (West Bank, Palestine):
1) Sister Muna Najajra and,
2) Dr. Nael Abdel Rahman
The program includes a three course meal along with firsthand accounts of the experiences of orphaned children growing up within an occupation and being subjected to near daily atrocities. The Orphan Care Society is one of the many independent NGO’s that works with the Al Aqsa Foundation in order to facilitate our Orphan Sponsorship Program.
Date:
Friday 20th November 2009
Venue: Karachi Restaurant Conference Hall (47 Bree Street, Fordsburg. Opposite the Oriental Plaza)
Time: 19h00
Tickets: R150 per person
Information:
· All proceeds from the evening will go towards the orphans at the Orphan Care Society.
· Fully segregated seating for males and females.
· Secure parking available at the Oriental Plaza.
· Salaah facilities available
For tickets or information please call our offices on 011 830 2671 or email us, info@aqsa.org.za
National: Keffiyeh Day [14 Aug]
August 6, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
”Wear your Keffiyah (Palestinian Scarf) in solidarity with the people of Palestine”
Host: Sakhrol Youth
For further info, see:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=124651334416&mid=e48bd6G27ffcbc6G6257a14G7
JHB/CPT/DBN: Prof. Norman Finkelstein’s visit to SA [13 - 21 Aug]
August 6, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
The organizations/bodies listed below will be hosting political science professor, Norman G. Finkelstein, during his visit to South Africa from the 12th to the 22nd August, 2009. Professor Finkelstein will be delivering a series of lectures in Johannesburg , Cape Town and Durban . He is an outspoken critic of Israels policies towards the Palestinians and has questioned the use of the Holocaust for devious purposes and the misuse of the term anti-Semitism. Both his parents are Holocaust survivors. In his book Beyond Chutzpah he exposes Professor Alan Dershowitzs book The Case for Israel, (which was relaunched in South Africa on Tuesday, July 21, 2009) as containing plagiarism and fraudulent research. Dershowitz conducted a vigorous campaign against Finkelstein which, amongst other things, resulted in DePaul University , Chicago , denying Professor Finkelstein tenure.
Afro-Middle East Centre, Centre for Study of Democracy, University of Johannesburg, Not in My Name, School of Social Sciences – Wits University, Centre for Civil Society – University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Politics - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban University of Technology - Journalism Dept, Diakonia, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, University of Western Cape.
For more information and to book media interviews kindly contact: Johannesburg: Melissa Hoole 011- 7826754, 073 9060017, mjh.rsa@gmail.com, info@amec.org.za
National: Ms Sony, cell 0735709944 email ajsoni@hotmail.com
Regards, NF Co-ordination Committee
BIOGRAPHY
Norman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at Princeton University . For many years he taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is currently an independent scholar. Finkelstein is the author of five books which have been translated into more than 40 foreign editions: Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, 2005; expanded paperback edition, 2008) The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering (Verso, 2000; expanded paperback edition, 2003) Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995; expanded paperback edition, 2003) A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and historical truth (with Ruth Bettina Birn) (Henry Holt, 1998) The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A personal account of the intifada years (University of Minnesota, 1996) He has just completed a new book entitled A Farewell to Israel: The coming break-up of American Zionism, to be published in 2009
PROGRAMME
JOHANNESBURG
Thursday 13 August
Topic: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of knowledge.
Venue: Wits University
Time: 14h00
Topic: Whats wrong with Zionism: A Jewish Perspective
Venue: University of Johannesburg
Time: 18h00
Friday 14 August
Topic: Israel/Palestine: Roots of the conflict, Prospects for peace [Academic seminar]
Venue: University of Johannesburg
Time: 14h00
Saturday 15 August
Topic: The Israeli lobby and the misuse of anti-Semitism [Seminar]
Venue: Amec
Time: 14h30
_________________________________________________________________
CAPE TOWN
Monday 17 August
Topic: On the Place of Civility in Academic Life
Venue: University of Cape Town
Time: Lunch Time
Evening Lecture organised by PSC
Tuesday 18 August
Topic: Israel and Palestine : Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace
Venue: Stellenbosch University
Time: Lunch Time
Evening Dinner for invited guests or event at Book Centre
Wednesday 19 August
Topic: The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Venue: University of Western Cape
Time: Lunch Time
________________________________________________________
DURBAN
Thursday 20 August
Topic: Media coverage of oppressive state regimes: The case of Israel
Venue: Durban University of Technology
Time: 12.00 pm
Topic: Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict: What we can learn from Gandhi
Venue: University of Kwa-Zulu Natal : Howard College Auditorium [Wolpe Lecture]
Time: 5 7 pm
Friday 21 August
Visit to Gandhi / Phoenix Settlement
Time: 08h30 12h00
Topic: Palestinians and Israelis co-existing in the Middle East
Venue: Diakonia
Time: 13h30
Please also see:
The case for Norman Finkelstein (The Guardian, UK )
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jun/14/abattleforacademicfreedom
Video: Israel and Palestine : Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace. Lecture December 2008
For all his debates on YouTube click here:
Dershowitz v. Finkelstein: Whos Right and Whos Wrong?
http://www.counterpunch.org/menetrez04302007.html
A Conversation with Professor Norman Finkelstein
http://www.counterpunch.org/finkelstein1.html
Website of Norman G. Finkelstein
www.normanfinkelstein.com/
Wikipedia on Finkelstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein
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Norman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at Princeton University . For many years he taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is currently an independent scholar. Finkelstein is the author of five books which have been translated into more than 40 foreign editions: Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, 2005; expanded paperback edition, 2008) The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering (Verso, 2000; expanded paperback edition, 2003) Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995; expanded paperback edition, 2003) A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and historical truth (with Ruth Bettina Birn) (Henry Holt, 1998) The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A personal account of the intifada years (University of Minnesota, 1996) He has just completed a new book entitled A Farewell to Israel: The coming break-up of American Zionism, to be published in 2009
PROGRAMME
JOHANNESBURG
Thursday 13 August
Topic: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of knowledge.
Venue: Wits University
Time: 14h00
Topic: Whats wrong with Zionism: A Jewish Perspective
Venue: University of Johannesburg
Time: 18h00
Friday 14 August
Topic: Israel/Palestine: Roots of the conflict, Prospects for peace [Academic seminar]
Venue: University of Johannesburg
Time: 14h00
Saturday 15 August
Topic: The Israeli lobby and the misuse of anti-Semitism [Seminar]
Venue: Amec
Time: 14h30
_________________________________________________________________
CAPE TOWN
Monday 17 August
Topic: On the Place of Civility in Academic Life
Venue: University of Cape Town
Time: Lunch Time
Evening Lecture organised by PSC
Tuesday 18 August
Topic: Israel and Palestine : Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace
Venue: Stellenbosch University
Time: Lunch Time
Evening Dinner for invited guests or event at Book Centre
Wednesday 19 August
Topic: The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Venue: University of Western Cape
Time: Lunch Time
________________________________________________________
DURBAN
Thursday 20 August
Topic: Media coverage of oppressive state regimes: The case of Israel
Venue: Durban University of Technology
Time: 12.00 pm
Topic: Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict: What we can learn from Gandhi
Venue: University of Kwa-Zulu Natal : Howard College Auditorium [Wolpe Lecture]
Time: 5 7 pm
Friday 21 August
Visit to Gandhi / Phoenix Settlement
Time: 08h30 12h00
Topic: Palestinians and Israelis co-existing in the Middle East
Venue: Diakonia
Time: 13h30
Please also see:
The case for Norman Finkelstein (The Guardian, UK )
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jun/14/abattleforacademicfreedom
Video: Israel and Palestine : Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace. Lecture December 2008
For all his debates on YouTube click here:
Dershowitz v. Finkelstein: Whos Right and Whos Wrong?
http://www.counterpunch.org/menetrez04302007.html
A Conversation with Professor Norman Finkelstein
http://www.counterpunch.org/finkelstein1.html
Website of Norman G. Finkelstein
www.normanfinkelstein.com/
Wikipedia on Finkelstein
JHB: Media Review Network
August 5, 2009 by muslimadmin · 1 Comment
MEDIA ALERT: URGENT PRESS CONFERENCE (5 Aug. 11am).
In an unprecedented move, South African based NGO’s will announce a groundbreaking application to the National Prosecuting Authority and Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation for prosecution in South Africa of individuals responsible for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity committed in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. Included in the 3500-page supporting evidence are complaints that the crimes have been committed within the wider context of Israel’s continuing policies of colonialism and apartheid. Due to legal sensitivities, an embargo that had been placed on details up to this point will be lifted at the conference. Professor John Dugard SC and Professor Max du Plessis, two of South Africa’s leading international lawyers, are the lead counsel for the complainants.
VENUE: CIVICUS HOUSE, CNR GWIGWI MWEBE & QUINN STREETS, NEWTOWN [Close to Market Theatre - Take Carr St/ Newtown Off ramp]
DATE: Wednesday, 5th August 2009
TIME: 11am
Issued By:
Dr. Firoz Osman, Secretary General Media Review Network.
Nazim Adam, Secretary General, Palestine Solidarity Alliance.
JHB: Exhibition – Act of State. A photographed history of the occupation.
July 13, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
July 9 – July 18, Old Fort, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg
NATIONAL: Report Back on Gaza – Al Imdaad Foundation
May 30, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
May/June 2009. Report Back on Gaza by Dr Zakaria Al Sheikh and Director of the Al Imdaad Foundation: Jordan.
Event takes place in multiple locations in May and June. See website for further info.
CPT: Looking at Gaza – A photo-journalist’s journey to Gaza
April 30, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
19:00 – 20:30, on 13 May, University of Cape Town, Upper campus.
iNCUDISA is hosting a seminar to showcase the photographs taken by Yazeed. He will also discuss some of the content of his interviews and what it was like to be in Gaza at the beginning of 2009.
JHB: Events to launch a cultural boycott of Apartheid Israel
April 28, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
Concert on 9 May at the Lenasia Gandhi Hall at 7.30 pm, and 16 May at the House of Nsako, in Brixton at 5.pm. These are charity event and proceeds will be used to build and strengthen the cultural boycott of Israel campaign in South Africa.
In 2005, over 150 Palestinian civil society organizations called for a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” (BDS) campaign against Israel. This campaign has successfully taken root all around the world and continues to grow rapidly. The Palestine Solidarity Committee in SA is currently mobilising communities to support the BDS campaign. Under this broad umbrella, Cosatu together with civil society organisation have launched a campaign to boycott goods and services from Apartheid Israel. Wits PSC, students and universities are engaged in a debate about the launch of a campaign against any educational and academic engagement with the Apartheid Israeli state.
The PSC has already engaged South African artists and cultural workers who support this campaign and are currently planning a series of events to launch a Cultural boycott of Apartheid Israel:
1. An album called “Amandla Intifada” was released in February 2009
2. A music concert is to be held on 9 May at the Lenasia Gandhi Hall at 7.30 pm.
3. A music concert is to be held on 16 May at the House of Nsako, in Brixton at 5.pm
Some of the artists that will be performing are:
· Gordon Jackson Project
· Sikki and Robert
· Man of the Past
· What if’
· The Mavrix
· Deep Fried Man
Tickets will be available at the door. If you want to buy the tickets before the events call 083 453 8745 or 07….
We hope to see you all there for a pleasant evening of good music, good old activist camaraderie and a reminder of where the world is right now.
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