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Chapel Hill, NC 27515
 



 


 

 

The Coalition for Peace with Justice invites you to three exceptional events with
 
April 13th - 15th
 

Dr. Halper is an Israeli-American peace activist, professor of anthropology, distinguished author, and internationally acclaimed speaker.  In 2006 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 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, has just been published by Pluto Press.

 

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 13

 

Education and Fundraising Reception

4:00 to 6:00 PM  

 at the home of Tema Okun and Tom Stern

204 Rigsbee Ave, #201, Durham

(Downtown Durham across the street from the Downtown Post Office, next door to Rue Cler)

 

Dr. Halper will discuss his new book An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel

and give a ground report on the ICAHD-USA & ICAHD Constructing Peace Campaign

 

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MONDAY, APRIL 14

 

Countdown to Apartheid: What Can We Do?

Current Realities and Strategies for Change

Potluck Dinner-Presentation-Discussion

 

 

6:30 PM

Church of Reconciliation

110 N Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill

 

Please plan to bring a dish to pass

 

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15

 

Reconciling Celebration and Mourning: Rethinking Israel/Palestine After 60 Years

Lecture and Fundraiser

 

7:30 PM

North Carolina State Campus
Mann 216
2501 Stinson Dr, Raleigh*
 

This May marks the 60th anniversary of the "birth of Israel."  The event is celebrated in Israel as the Israeli Day of Independence and is mourned in Palestine as the day of al-Nakba (the catastrophe).  Dr. Halper will discuss the potential for reconciliation between these peoples whose lives have been impacted in starkly opposing ways by the outcomes of the 1948 War.

 

*Parking - Yarbrough Dr. ends directly behind Mann Hall and there is adequate parking along Yarbrough Dr.  Handicapped parking is also available in front of Mann Hall on Stinson Dr.