MARCH 4th (Tuesday):

7:00pm - 8:12pm  

Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies

Room 202


Film:  "Palestine for Beginners" (72 minutes)
Synopsis:  This 2004 tutorial by activist-specialists Linda Bevis and Edward Mast presents a fast-moving guide to the tragic events which began with the spawning and growth of Zionism, the intense conflict of 1947-48, the military occupation of 22-percent "Palestine" in 1967, and the ongoing quest for equal rights, justice, and peace.

 

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MARCH 5th (Wednesday):

4:30pm – 5:20pm 

Halau o Haumea  AUDITORIUM

Film: "The Easiest Targets" (13 minutes)
Synopsis:  In exposing the Israeli policy of strip-searching women and children, this short documentary features the stories of five women -- Palestinian, American, Muslim, Christian, and Jewish -- harassed and humiliated by officials of the Israeli occupation regime.

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Film:  "End Israeli Occupation - No Apartheid In Palestine" (18 minutes)
Synopsis: In October 2007, Friends of Sabeel-North America organized a two-day conference in the UCC Old South Church in Boston.  Its purpose was to proclaim peace and to call for an end to Israel's military occupation and apartheid in Palestine.  Selected footage of the conference, including remarks by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Canon Naim Ateek, is provided in this video.

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Film: "Sacred Space Denied--Bethlehem and The Wall" (20 minutes)
Synopsis: This film explores the tragic injustice of Israel's military occupation and the devastation being wrought by its Apartheid Wall which surrounds Bethlehem.  The producer contrasts images of holiness and natural beauty with militarism and destruction.

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5:30pm - 7:00pm

Halau o Haumea AUDITORIUM

Panel discussion on "Palestine and Hawai'i: Occupied Countries" 
 
featuring UH's Dr. Ibrahim Aoude and 
Dr. Haunani K. Trask 
and moderated by Dr. Laura Lyons