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Group urges peace in Israeli conflict
TIFFANY STEVENS
Issue date: 4/16/09 Section: News
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"We chose [April 15] because it's a little before Israeli Independence Day, and it's also before the day that Palestinians [call] Nakba," said Aliya Naim, secretary for AJP. "Nakba is the day Palestinian's mourn what they call the catastrophe."
Nakba is held to remember Palestine's defeat in the 1948 Palestinian war and the territory that Palestine lost during the conflict, she said.
AJP displayed posters in Tate Plaza detailing arguments against apartheid in Palestine. Several posters cited a decision made by the International Court of Justice in 2004, which said the construction of a dividing wall in the West Bank was against international law and that Israel was required to cease construction and dismantle it.
Construction on the wall began in 2003. The group displayed current pictures of the wall and construction that has taken place since the ruling.
"It's a very destructive wall. It separates people from their jobs and from their families," Naim said.
Sherry Lowrance, assistant professor of international affairs, said the apartheid in Palestine was a result of a distinction made in Palestinian and Israeli territories.
"What has been happening is sort of a class system in which the jobs, if [Palestinians] can get jobs, are sort of low quality," Lowrance said. "The wall has been making it so some Palestinians can't get to their jobs, or are cut off completely, so they can't have jobs at all. Or they haven't been able to get to their fields, or get to their education, so they're sort of separated from themselves in some cases."
AJP also displayed quotes from anti-apartheid leaders who have spoken out against apartheid in Palestine, such as Jimmy Carter and Nelson Mandela.
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neither jew nor palestinian
posted 4/16/09 @ 9:11 AM EST
Thank you, AJP, for raising awareness for a problem that is just not being talked about in the mainstream media. When Jimmy Carter went on his last book tour, he was labeled as "anti-semitic" by people who had not even read the book. (Continued…)
casual observer
posted 4/16/09 @ 10:46 AM EST
This article serves as a reminder of how propagandists have infiltrated the university to spread lies and promote a destructive agenda.
J
posted 4/16/09 @ 2:50 PM EST
Wow. Is this Al Jazeera? This article doesn't even attempt to be balanced.
Frannie
posted 4/16/09 @ 5:49 PM EST
What Zaid said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/. Check it out.
Lynn
posted 4/16/09 @ 6:53 PM EST
Interesting insight from Fouad Ajami on aljazeera:
http://www.tbsjournal.com/Archives/Spring02/ajami.html
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