FEBRUARY 26th (Tuesday):
6:00pm - 8:00pm
WARMER AUDITORIUM, LB Building Penthouse
Synopsis: In this three part series, Charles Smith, professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona gives an account of the history of Palestine and Israel. In the first part Smith describes the period from the first wave of Zionist immigrants up to the end of the British mandate in 1948. The second part takes us from the foundation of the State of Israel to the 1967 war and the occupation of the West Bank. In the third segment, Smith covers the 1967 and 1973 wars, the land-for-peace agreement with Egypt up to the Olso Accords and the first and second intifadas. Producer: John Odam (2006)
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FEBRUARY 28th (Thursday):
4:00pm – 6:00pm
WARMER AUDITORIUM, LB Building Penthouse
Synopsis: This short film contains historical footage of the ethnic cleansing of the native Palestinians and the creation of a vast refugee problem which persists today. Despite the governing UN Resolution 194 of 1948 which established the right of return for refugees, no Palestinian refugee has ever been repatriated. Dr. Jess Ghannem provides articulate and valuable insight.
Followed By Panel discussion...
with
featuring HPU's Dr. Primm
and Al-Awda’s Dr. Zahi Damuni
and moderated by HPU's Dr. Chris Fung.
