|
Running the Blockade and Harvesting the Olives – a public forum |
|
Dec 04, 2011 at 04:17 PM |
|
Saturday, December 10, 7:30 pm Hewett Centre, Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 West 49 Ave, Vancouver
Vancouverites Karen DeVito and John 'Max' Soos last month experienced two very different aspects of Israel's control over Palestine.
Karen was one of 27 people on two boats of the Freedom Waves, the Canadian Tahrir and the Irish Saoirse, who were forcefully taken from international waters to an Israeli prison for attempting to break the blockade of Gaza.
John was a volunteer harvesting olives in the West Bank and observed first-hand the abusive treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli military. As a mental health care professional he heard from colleagues about the toll this abuse takes on ordinary Palestinians, including children.
Come hear their stories on International Human Rights Day, December 10. Refreshments. Free admission. We will invite donations to help the Unitarian Church of Vancouver’s Refugee Committee sponsor a Palestinian couple from Cypress.
Organized by Vancouver Committee of the Canadian Boat to Gaza and the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Vancouver. |
|
Read more...
|
|
