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Friday, August 15, 2014

Hi Kevin, Although we have let you know about some of these opportunities before, we trust a reminder is okay. As always, we edit for brevity.
- JVP Boston

As the cease-fire breaks down and the bombings resume, Boston continues to stand in solidarity with Gaza. See below for upcoming events.
	Sunday, August 17 Special Report from the Occupied Territories 6 PM - Potluck 7 PM - Presentation Newton, MA Call Joan Ecklein at 617 244 8054 for directions(leave message.)

Dear Kevin,
Please join Jewish Voice for Peace - Boston at the upcoming events listed below.
Note the Mass March for Gaza this coming Monday as well as the August 17th talk in Newton. Please let people you know in Newton and Brookline about this opportunity.
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Mass March for Gaza
Monday, August 11 at 5:30pm
City Hall Plaza, Boston
a growing list of co-sponsors
With over 1900 Palestinians killed already in the Israeli assault on Gaza, please join us in a march of solidarity with the Palestinian people to demonstrate against the US government's enabling role in the massacre, including the $3 billion in aid every year as well as its unconditional political support for the land siege and naval blockade that renders Gaza as the world's largest "open air prison."
The march will also target Hewlett Packard (HP), one of the companies complicit in the occupation and colonization of Palestinian lands, and hence a target for the Palestinian called - and led - Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Besides providing numerous services to the IDF, HP developed and maintains the automated biometric access management system that controls the movement of Palestinians and specifically Palestinian workers through checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more about HP at http://wedivest.org/c/57/hp#.U-I9UfldXGA.
We will be gathering at City Hall Plaza. We will then move to the JFK Federal Building, from where the rally and march begins around 5:30pm.
https://www.facebook.com/events/812176275483913/
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Special Report from the Occupied Territories
Sunday, August 17, 6:00 Potluck; presentation at 7:00.
Newton. Call Joan Ecklein at 617 244 8054 for directions(leave message.)
Cosponsored by: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Newton Dialogues on Peace and War, UJP Palestine Task Force, Massachusetts Peace Action
"The Gaza Crisis and Growing Palestinian Resistance: a First-hand view from the West Bank," A talk by Nora Murad. Nora has lived in the Occupied Territories for more than ten years and has close contacts with youth in Gaza. She was in Ramallah this July during the Israeli attack. She is a co-founder of the Dalia Association on the West Bank; Dalia provides material aid directly to community projects formulated and organized by local people. She has extensive first hand knowledge of the impact of the Occupation and grass roots resistance to it. She is also well connected to Gaza residents struggling to survive under horrific conditions.
Nora is a writer and mother living in Palestine. Her blog: "The View From My Window in Palestine" (www.noralestermurad.com) addresses issues of development, international aid, and daily life under military occupation. Before she moved to Palestine in 2004, Nora was assistant professor of cross-cultural understanding at Bentley College.
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Jewish Voice for Peace Boston: Gathering
Sunday, August 17th, 6-8 PM
Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave
Sad and angry about the news from Gaza? Looking for ways to respond? In this time of mourning, action, and solidarity, join with JVP Boston to hear updates and plug into our work for Gaza in the short and long term. Pizza will be provided, and we’ll end in a community mourning ritual. Both new and longtime activists welcome.
Please RSVP Here
With Sorrow and Resolve,

Jewish Voice for Peace - Boston