FILM: Eyewitness Gaza: Life After the 2014 Israeli Invasion

When: Friday, May 22, 7:30 pm

Where: Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge - (a 10 minute walk from Harvard Square)

With

ALICE ROTHCHILD

Physician, activist, filmmaker, author of ‘Broken Promises, Broken Dreams’ and ‘On the Brink;’ documentary film: ‘Voices Across the Divide.’

 

BILL SLAUGHTER Physician and activist who works with the Greater Boston Muslim Health Initiative; President, Gaza Mental Health Foundation.

 

Alice Rothchild and Bill Slaughter visited the Gaza Strip in March 2015 with a medical delegation, as part of broader Israel/Palestine visits. They will share images and impressions of the destruction and extraordinary resilience that they encountered and the ongoing siege conditions. What is life like after an invasion that killed 2,200 people (582 of them children, according to UN figures) and destroyed nearly 100,000 homes? Explore how people currently confined in the Gaza Strip - from farmers to psychiatrists - rebuild their lives amidst the devastation and political challenges.

 

Sponsored by:

The Peace & Social Concerns Committee of Friends Meeting at Cambridge,

Gaza Mental Health Foundation,

Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights,

Jewish Voice for Peace - Boston,

United for Justice with Peace.