Tues. Jan 13 - Panel Discussion on Gaza

[PhillyActivists]

WAR ON GAZA – MADE IN THE U.S.

TUESDAY – JANUARY 13 - 7pm
Location: Calvary Church, 48th & Baltimore – on #34 
Subway-Surface Line


PANEL DISCUSSION FEATURING:

• Susie Abulhawa - author Scar of David & founder of 
Playgrounds for Palestine
• Sonia Rosen – Eye witness account from Palestine
• Eman Hamad – Network of Arab American Professionals
• Betsey Piette – Philadelphia International Action Center


The entire world is watching with horror and outrage as 
Israel, with full U.S. backing, and flouting international 
law, has unleashed a full-scale invasion of blockaded 
Gaza, with thousands of troops, tanks, and artillery, 
while continuing its horrific bombings via air, sea, and 
land. There is no end in sight to this criminal, inhuman 
all-out assault on the 1.5 million Palestinians living in 
Gaza, the most densely populated area in the Middle East, 
where the vast majority are refugees, and most people live 
in desperate poverty.
With $23 million in military support from the U.S., Israel 
broke the cease fire in early November when it bombed 
supply tunnels from Gaza to Egypt. The Bush Administration 
gave the green light for Israel’s war and has long 
supported the occupation of Palestine, allowing Israel to 
ignore over 78 UN resolutions aimed at curbing their 
expansion into Palestinian lands. It remains to be seen if 
a new administration will change these policies.
Unfortunately, people in the U.S. only get Israel’s side 
of the conflict, even though our tax dollars are paying 
for the devastation. Libraries close in Philadelphia for 
lack of funds while U.S. tax dollars pay for Israeli bombs 
that kill children in Gaza schools.

Take time to learn more about this conflict and what we 
can do in the U.S.


Sponsored by Philadelphia International Action Center
For more information call 215-724-1618; email 
PhillyIAC at action-mail.org
Visit the IAC website at www.IACenter.org