Come out to Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) in New York City between Feb. 4th and 10th, 2008. IAW will be a weeklong series of events held concurrently in many cities around the world to raise awareness of Israel Apartheid and gather support for the international boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign called for by more than 170 Palestinian civil society organizations in July, 2005. To contact the organizers of IAW in NYC, email: israeliapartheidweek@yahoo.com
ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK OPENING PANEL: 60 YEARS OF EXILE
Monday, February 4th
7:00 PM, Church of the Village, 201 West 13th St. at 7th Avenue
Enter via doors on 7th Avenue
(1, 2 or 3 train to 14th Street)
Azmi Bishara (by video ), head of the Tajamu’ party, exiled member of Israeli Parliament
Jamil Dakwar, former Senior Attorney for Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Musa Al-Hindi, Al-Awda
Organized by Israeli Apartheid Week NY Organizing Committee
CHALLENGING ISRAELI APARTHEID IN NEW YORK:
BDS AND THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST LEV LEVIEV
Tuesday, February 5th
7:00 PM, LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street.
Room 310 (between 7th Ave & Greenwich Ave.)
Members of Adalah-NY, who are leading the New York-based boycott campaign aimed at Lev Leviev and Shaya Boymelgreen, land developers who build Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, and have been criticized for their development practices here in NYC, will discuss their campaign in the context of the global movement of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions to end Israeli apartheid.
Organized by Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East
www.mideastjustice.org, JusticeME@gmail.com
AZMI BISHARA ON ISRAELI APARTHEID FROM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Wednesday, February 6th
7:00 PM, Church Center for the United Nations, 777 UN Plaza, 2nd floor
44th St., near 1st Avenue
(4, 5, 6, 7, S train to 42nd Street)
Speech by Azmi Bishara on Israel Apartheid (on video from South Africa). Bishara is head of the Tajamu’ party, exiled member of the Israeli Parliament
Organized by Israeli Apartheid Week in NY Organizing Committee
PALESTINE, THE MEDIA, AND YOU
(Click here for the flyer)
Thursday, February 7th
7:00 PM, Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Room 914
Featuring the film: Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2004). With discussion and workshop facilitated by members of the Palestine/Israel Education Project
Organized by NYU Students for Justice in Palestine & Arab Students United at NYU
ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK CLOSING PANEL:
BOYCOTTING APARTHEID – THE ROLE OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT
Friday, February 8th
7:00 PM, St. Mary’s Church – 521 West 126th St.
Between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.
(#1 to 125th ST)
Labor organizers from Canada, South Africa and the US will talk about labor initiatives to boycott Israeli Apartheid
Salim Vally, Palestine Solidarity Committee of South Africa
Katherine Nastovski, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Ontario)-International Solidarity Committee
Romeo Ramirez and Melody Gonzalez from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Moderated by Riham Barghouthi of Adalah-NY
Organized by Israeli Apartheid Week in NY Organizing Committee
SLINGSHOT HIP HOP RELEASE PARTY AND LIVE CONCERT
Friday, February 8th
11:00 PM – 3:00 AM, Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St.
Between B’way & Church St.,
(1 to Franklin St., A, C, E, N, R to Canal)
Featuring DJ Kayper with live performances by GC & The Soul Mafia and Erika Rose
with JAX, Sarah White, and S.O.U.L Purpose opening
and a sneak preview of the 2008 Sundance Selection Slingshot Hip Hop (www.slingshothiphop.com)
Tickets:
$10 advance/$12 at door, advanced ticket sales at www.knittingfactory.com
HAVE A HEART LEVIEV: A VALENTINES CABARET & DEMONSTRATION
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Saturday, February 9th
12:00-2:00 PM, In front of Leviev NYC, 700 Madison Ave.
(Between 62nd and 63rd St. N,R,W, to 5th Ave, [at 59th St.] )
Join Adalah-NY to bring a justice Valentine to Lev Leviev and to tell all the shoppers for that special something for their sweethearts — Lev’s diamonds are a crime’s best friend.
Organized by Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East
www.mideastjustice.org, JusticeME@gmail.com
SCREENING OF THE FILM “NOUR’S DREAM” WITH THE DIRECTOR
Saturday, February 9th
7:00 PM, Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen Street
(Between Stanton and Rivington, F, V to 2nd Ave)
The Film “Nour’s Dream” takes viewers on a cultural, political and historical journey of Palestine and her people in the cities of Akka, Nablus and Sebastia. We will be joined by the director of the
film, Abu Hakim, for an engaging eye-opening discussion.
ISRAEL AND APARTHEID, A TEACH-IN AND DISCUSSION
(Click here for the flyer) (Click here for a printable pdf)
Sunday, February 10th
11:00 AM, Memorial United Methodist Church, White Plains, NY
250 Bryant Ave. White Plains, NY 10605
Lead by Noura Erakat, Former National Organizer for the US Campaign to End the Occupation
Organized by WESPAC Foundation, Middle East Committee
www.wespac.org, info@wespac.org,
PICK UP THE MIC, BREAK DOWN THE WALLS!
An Evening of Hip Hop and Poetry
(Click here for the flyer) (Click here for a printable pdf)
Sunday, February 10th
8:00 PM, Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St.
Between B’way & Church St.
(1 to Franklin St., A, C, E, N, R to Canal)
Closing event of Israeli Apartheid Week
8:30 Poetry–Remi Kanazi and more
9:30 Live Hip Hop
Sabreena Da Witch (Abeer) http://www.myspace.com/sdawitch
Invincible http://www.myspace.com/invincilana
Rebel Diaz http://www.rebeldiaz.com
With DJ OJA spinning against apartheid all night!
Tickets: $10 at door
Organized By Israeli Apartheid Week in NY Organizing Committee
The organizers of Israeli Apartheid Week in New York City are a coalition of student and community groups who have come together to promote critical, strategic discussion on this issue, while also strengthening the ties between various student and community groups. The organizers include: NYU Students for Justice in Palestine; Falasteen and the Arab Students Association at Columbia University; Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East; Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition – NY; Arab Students United at NYU; New Jersey Solidarity – Activists for the Liberation of Palestine; the Palestine/Israel Education Project, and WESPAC Foundation.
