October 24, 2005
Peace on the Ground in Israel-Palestine
A Personal Account
Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium
UW Library Mall
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Dr. David Shulman, Professor of Indian Studies and Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, will speak on “Peace on the Ground in Israel-Palestine: A Personal Account”.
Although the very existence of an active Israeli peace movement is perhaps not well known abroad, Israeli activists, together with their Palestinian counterparts, have in fact had a real impact on conditions in the Palestinian territories still occupied by Israel.
Dr. Shulman is an activist in Ta’ayush (Jewish-Arab Partnership) which engages in direct political and humanitarian action in the West Bank. This has included bringing food and medical supplies to Palestinian villages under siege, standing up to the settlers who have been trying to drive the cave-dwellers of the south Hebron hills from their homes, and spearheading the struggle against the proposed route of the Separation Barrier that Israel is building, largely on Palestinian lands.
On another level, Ta’ayush is one of several groups working continuously toward renewing final-status peace negotiations in
Israel-Palestine and building a durable infrastructure for an eventual peace agreement.
David will speak of his own experiences on the ground and show video of the protest demonstrations in Palestinian villages hit hard by the Separation Barrier around Jerusalem.
The talk is free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, the Middle East Studies Program, and the Center for South Asia at UW-Madison. For more information call Rachel Weiss at 262 9224 or visit www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu.
