Amnesty Report Forum March 24 Albuquerque & Zoom
FORUM ON AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S REPORT ON ISRAEL’S APARTHEID AGAINST PALESTINIANS
WHEN: Thursday, March 24, 5:15 -7:15 pm WHERE: Mennonite Church, 1300 Girard NE, Albuquerque
MODERATOR: Samia Assed, Southwest Coalition for Palestine
SPEAKER: Maen Hammad, researcher, Amnesty International
RESPONDENTS: Jeff Haas, Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine; Dina Afek, Jewish Voice for Peace; Justine Teba, The Red Nation; Alejandria Lyons, SWOP; Sayrah Namaste, American Friends Service Committee
CO-SPONSORS: Southwest Coalition for Palestine;
Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine; Jewish Voice
for Peace ABQ; Progressive Democrats of America Central NM Chapter; American Friends Service Committee NM; Veterans for Peace ABQ; White Coats for Black and Indigenous Lives; Southwest Organizing Project; The Red Nation
Come in person or join by zoom.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86936783764?pwd=dWIvTmxSL1dlZTB1OUVVTDJHSDJpZz09
Food and snacks served. Masks and covid safe practices encouraged. Registration at 5:15, followed by food and drink. Short film starts at 5:30, followed by speakers. Donations welcome.
For years, supporters of Israel have denied the “A” word in describing that nation’s policies of privileging Jews over Palestinians. But in recent weeks Amnesty International, one of the most respected human rights groups in the world, issued a comprehensive report documenting and analyzing “Israel’s institutionalized and systematic discrimination against Palestinians within the framework of the definition of apartheid under international law.” AI joins Human Rights Watch and B’Tselem (an Israeli human rights NGO), in concluding that Israeli laws, policies and practices against Palestinians amount to apartheid as a violation of public international law.
Join us in a discussion of the reports findings, parallels in other colonial systems, reaction from US policy makers and ways of advocating for the human rights of the Palestinian people.
Read the summary and full report at
See the accompanying film at