ISM 2007 USA Speaking Tour
January 28, 2007
Grassroots, Nonviolent Resistance to Israeli Apartheid
Source : ISM
Feryal Abu Haikal from Tel Rumeida, Hebron & Mohammed Khatib from Bil’in
US Speaking Tour: February 1 - March 7, 2007 : Maine – Vermont – New York State – Michigan – Indiana – Chicago – Milwaukee – San Fransisco/Bay Area – Los Angeles – Arizona – Portland
Mohammed Khatib and Feryal Abu Haikal both live in West Bank communities that are immediately threatened with destruction due to actions of the Israeli military and settlers. From February 1 – March 7, they will be speaking in 23 cities around the US about their personal experiences with Israeli efforts to seize Palestinian land and violently expel Palestinians from their homes and communities, as well as Palestinian efforts to mobilize to nonviolently resist those measures. Largely unreported by the media, thousands of Palestinians and hundreds of Israelis are waging a grassroots, nonviolent campaign of resistance to Israel’s apartheid system of military occupation and discrimination against Palestinians.
Mohammed Khatib is a leading member of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and the Secretary of Bil’in’s Village Council. He has been a principle organizer of Bil’in’s two year long, creative, nonviolent struggle to prevent the construction of Israel’s Wall on Bil’in’s land and to block the expansion of neighboring illegal Israeli settlements. Mr. Khatib has frequently been arrested and injured by the Israeli military for participating in nonviolent protests. He is quoted frequently in the Palestinian, Israeli and international media.
Published articles:
Feryal Abu Haikal, an educator and 60 year old mother of 11 children, recently retired after 11 years as the headmistress at the Qurtuba School in the heart of Hebron’s old city. The Qurtuba school serves 100 Palestinian children in grades 1- 10. Some of the most extreme Israeli settlers have taken up residence in Hebron’s old city. They regularly attack Palestinian residents, including children, in an effort to expel them from their community. By continuing to function despite Israeli attacks on students and staff, the Qurtuba School has served as a model of nonviolent resistance. Feryal Abu Haikal and her family also remain in their home in nearby Tel Rumeida despite continual Israeli attacks.
Schedule
February 1: Lewiston (Maine)
February 2: Portland (Maine)
February 3: Montpelier (Vermont)
February 4: Burlington (Vermont)
February 5: Syracuse (NY)
February 6: Ithaca (NY)
February 8: Binghamton (NY)
February 9: New Paltz (NY)
February 10: New York City
February 11: Lansing (Michigan)
February 12: Lansing (Michigan)
February 14: Michigan
February 15: Michigan
February 16: Indianapolis
February 17: Indiana
February 18: Villa Park (Illinois)
February 21: Chicago
February 22: Chicago
February 23: Milwaukee
February 24: San Francisco Bay Area
February 26: San Francisco Bay Area
February 27: San Francisco Bay Area
February 28: San Francisco Bay Area
March 1: Los Angeles
March 2: Arizona
March 3: Arizona
March 5: Washington
March 6: Washington
March 7: Portland (Oregon)
