Amen, Forest. Ideological diversity is well and good, but let's please keep LT apolitical and free from this sort of low-grade propaganda. ᐧ
On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 11:47 AM Forest Brown <forestbrow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I appreciate your wanting dialogue on this issue, but advertising speakers > who are sharing false claims of genocide and apartheid is dangerous and > this isn’t the platform for that. > > On Nov 27, 2024, at 9:07 AM, Stephen R. Low <steve....@gordianconcepts.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Regards, > Steve Low > > > > *From:* Stephen R. Low <steve....@gordianconcepts.com> > *Sent:* November 27, 2024 9:07 AM > *Subject:* Exploring the Holy Land Problem: Friday, Dec 6 and Saturday, > Dec 7 > > > > *Palestinians, Israeli Jews, and those of us who care about them have > never faced challenges greater than today’s.* > > > > *Contributing to this mess has been the Biden administration’s Holy Land > policies, which have been—shall I be polite and say, “awkward?”* > > > > *Now, we await a Trump administration, whose 2016–2020 Israel policies > were so ill-considered and unbalanced, that many believe they helped to > incite Hamas’s murderous attack on October 7, 2023.* > > > > *These “realities” pose major challenges for all of us seeking peace, > equality, and justice in the Holy Land.* > > > > *Rather than wring our hands in despair, the GRALTA Foundation has > organized two events to help us shape constructive, outside-the-box > thinking about how to refine the American people’s understanding of the > Holy Land Problem and how to advocate for new U.S. Mideast policies that > will improve conditions and achieve security for all who live there.* > > > > *Here are two (free) opportunities to hear two internationally-known > speakers—two experts on the Holy Land’s human rights problem—who can help > us to answer the question, “Where can we go from here?* > > > > *Friday, Dec. 6 @ 7:30 PMCommunity Church of Boston565 Boylston St., > Boston* > > *accessible via* > * the T, between Dartmouth & Clarendon ordiscount vouchers available for > Back Bay Parking Garage, 199 Clarendon Street.* > > > > *Saturday, Dec. 7 @ 2:00 PM* > > > *Bemis Hall 15 Bedford Rd., Lincoln, MA* > > *park across the street at the “Stone Church”* > > > > *Please join us for one of these events.* > > > > *Our speakers:* > > > > <image002.jpg> > *Mazin Qumsiyeh **Human Rights Activist, Professor**, Bethlehem & > Birzeit Universities* > > Prof. Qumsiyeh was born and raised in Beit Sahour on the outskirts of > Bethlehem. His evolving world views have been shaped by living under > Israeli occupation, the education he received at universities in the Middle > East and the U.S., and on years of extensive travel throughout the world. > After obtaining a doctorate in Zoology and Genetics from Texas Tech, Mazin > trained at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and taught at the > University of Tennessee, Duke, and then at Yale. He is author of 190 > scientific papers, hundreds of articles, and several books on topics > ranging from cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation > to cancer. > > After returning to Palestine in 2008, Mazin and his wife Jessie Chang > founded and run (as volunteers) the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & > Sustainability and the Palestine Museum of Natural History—both situated on > the Bethlehem University campus. > > > > <image004.jpg> > *Mark Braverman **Executive Director, **Kairos, USA* > > Dr. Mark Braverman is a retired clinical psychologist and trauma > consultant. Raised in a traditional Jewish family, he was steeped in Jewish > religious observance, Bible study, the Hebrew language, and the Zionist > narrative. Confronted by the reality of ethnic cleansing and ongoing > colonial settlement of Palestine, Mark has devoted himself since 2006 to > working for a future of dignity and peace for all the people living between > the River and the Sea. > > Mark has been closely involved in the international church movement for > Palestinian rights. He spoke at the launch of the Kairos Palestine document > in Bethlehem in 2009 and served on the Palestine Ecumenical Forum of the > World Council of Churches. He is the author of two books and numerous > journal articles and book chapters on the Kairos movement, ecumenism, > post-holocaust theology, Jewish and Christian Zionism, and Christian-Jewish > relations. > > > > Regards, > Steve Low > > > <002 v-1 Qumsiyeh-Braverman Poster.pdf> > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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