Recommended Reading:
Ilan Pappe: "State of Denial: Israel, 1948-2008" 
Ilan Pappe's "State of Denial: Israel, 1948-2008" is the feature article in this months The Link  produced by Americans for Middle East Understanding.  Pappe discusses the chapters of Israeli history that have been "erased" from the social collective conscience, focusing on the reality that the Birth of Israel was based on the forced expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians and the destruction of 423 villages. 

RECENT CPWJ ACTIVITY
CPWJ and ICAHD-USA welcomed author and peace activist Jeff Halper to the Triangle with a series of events April 13-15.  Dr. Halper was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 by the American Friends Service Committee. He is the author of Obstacles to Peace: A Reframing of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, a widely used resource manual of articles and maps.  His new book, An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel, was just published by Pluto Press.

Take Action:
Speak Out About the Siege of Gaza

Collective Punishment is a Violation of International Law