Palestine: It’s Hell
The Environmental Impacts of Occupation 5/14/03
Come See a Presentation on What is Going on in Palestine Unlike Any You've Ever Seen Before!
NAAP-NY & Seattle CAN
Present
Palestine: It’s Hell
The Environmental Impacts of Occupation
A Slide Presentation by Human Rights and Environmental Activist, John Reese
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
7:30 pm
At Bluestockings Bookstore (172 Allen St)
(Between Stanton & Rivington - F Train, 1st Ave stop)
Suggested donation $5-$10 (NO ONE TURNED AWAY)
The environmental impacts of the war and occupation are rarely covered in the media. And yet, land and water rights are at the very heart of the decades-long conflict in Palestine and Israel. John Reese presents his findings from research and fieldwork in Palestine. From the mapping of wells and aquifers to the documentation of polluting industrial zones and settlements, his work fills an important gap in the debate over this disputed land. John also shows slides and tells stories about people living under occupation – and about the Palestinian and international nonviolent resistance movement that is growing in the West Bank and Gaza. John was in Palestine for seven months working with the Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG: www.phg.org) and with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM: www.palsolidarity.org) John was a coordinator for ISM actions including the ISM fall Olive Harvest Campaign. He also co-authored and co-edited the first report on the Israeli Apartheid Wall put together by the Palestinian Environmental NGO’s Network (www.pengon.org)
John was in Palestine until Dec 18, 2002. On Jan 6, 2003, he began a 50 city tour of the US and Ireland. He returns to Palestine for 6-9 months in mid-May.
For pictures from Palestine and tour schedule, see: www.seattlecan.org
John’s tour is dedicated to the memory of international human rights worker, Rachel Corrie, a student from Olympia who was killed by US-built (& paid for?!) Caterpillar bulldozer on March 16, 2003 while trying to halt the demolition of a Palestinian doctor’s home in Gaza.
The real threat comes not from the bullets of the occupying force,but from those who do not want the truth to be told.
Learn more about the event's co-sponsor, the Network of Arab American Professionals (NAAP-NY) by visiting their website @ www.naaponline.org/ny.
For more information: email naap_ny@naaponline.org or Community Action Network at 206-568-7110