Leeds Israeli Apartheid Week

Leeds Palestine Solidarity Group presents
Leeds Israeli Apartheid Week, 20-23 February 2012

All events open to the public.

Monday, February 20th
Apartheid on Campus: How does Israeli apartheid impact Palestinian students' university experience? Watch for signs of this around Leeds University campus.

Tuesday, February 21st
Ben White talk on Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy. 7:30pm Yorkshire Bank Lecture Theatre. Co-sponsored by the Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Ben White will talk about his new book 'Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy'', which considers a key issue ignored by the official 'peace process' and most mainstream commentators: that of the growing Palestinian minority within Israel itself. What the Israeli right-wing calls 'the demographic problem' Ben White identifies as 'the democratic problem' which goes to the heart of the conflict. Israel defines itself not as a state of it's citizens, but as a Jewish state, despite the substantial and increasing Palestinian population. White demonstrates how the consistent emphasis on privileging one ethno-religious group over another cannot not be seen as compatible with democratic values and that, unless addressed, will undermine any attempts to find a lasting peace. Individual case studies are used to complement this deeply informed study into the great, unspoken contradiction of Israeli democracy. It is a pioneering contribution which will spark debate amongst all those concerned with a resolution to the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/368229529859625/.

Wednesday, February 22nd
Yara Sadi (Who Profits and Coalition of Women for Peace) and University of Leeds student Leen Barghouti talk  on Universities of Apartheid. 6:30pm Baines Wing 2.34 (Miall Lecture Theatre). Originally from Haifa and now a student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Yara Sadi will talk about the nature of apartheid at Israeli universities, as well as the campaigns of two organizations she's active within:  the Coalition of Women for Peace and the Who Profits from the Occupation project, which investigates corporate complicity with the Israeli occupation. Leeds student Leen Barghouti will serve as discussant for this event and relate Sadi's talk to organizing happening within the U.K.

Thursday, February 23rd 
Film Screening: 4pm Michael Sadler Room LG15: YIZKOR: Slaves of Memory Director: Eyal Sivan, 1991. YIZKOR, is a portrait of the Israeli society that has never been shown before, thirty days in the life of a state that lives to the rhythm of its memory. This award-winning film puts forward a passionate and severe analysis of the Hebrew state. “IZKOR,” means "remember" in Hebrew and this film looks in depth at this imperative that is imposed on the children of Israel. In Israel during the month of April feast days and celebrations take place one after another. School children of all ages prepare to pay tribute to their country’s past. The collective memory becomes a terribly efficient tool for the training of young minds. The author of the film is an Israeli. By going to rediscover the myths and symbols that have contributed to the making of his own identity, as well as that of every Israeli, he is bringing into play his own personal experience.

Friday, February 24th
Israeli and South African Apartheid Photo Exhibition. All day in the Leeds University Students' Union Building Foyer.