PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: A Presentation on "The Other Side of Israel’s Wars"
The Other Side of Israel’s Wars
PRESENTERS: Najib Yatim, President, Greater Philadelphia Chapter American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee from Lebanon and Dr. Geoge Zahr, born in Palestine and noted patent holder in advanced materials.
SPONSORS: The Phoenix Community in Delaware, Inc.
WHEN: Sunday, August 20, 2006, 7:00 p.m., New Ark United Church of Christ Wells Hall, 300 E. Main Street, Newark, Delaware. $5 donation requested. Coffee and dessert will be served.
Newark , August 9, 2006—A Lebanese-American just evacuated from Beirut and an American scientist born in Palestine will reflect on Israel ’s wars in both of their homelands Sunday, August 20.
Najib Yatim, President of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC) evacuated in recent weeks with his family from Lebanon , where over a thousand persons have been killed, nearly a million displaced, and billions of dollars of infrastructure have been destroyed since Israel launched its attack.
Eclipsed by the Lebanon war, a similar onslaught has continued in the Gaza strip, home to 1.5 million Palestinians, where at least 170 residents have been killed, all power generation has been disabled, and all economic activity has been crushed. Dr. George Zahr was born in Palestine and was a refugee in Jordan before immigrating to the USA and earning a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Zahr holds many patents in advanced materials and is on the Board of the Philadelphia ADC.
According to Israel, both conflicts began with the unprovoked kidnapping of Israeli soldiers by people mindlessly bent on Israel’s destruction. Phoenix Community spokesperson Phillip Bannowsky disagrees: “These conflicts are the culmination of aggressive Israeli policies that include 300,000 landmines left over from Israel’s occupation of Lebanon since 2000 and grabs for land and natural resources in Gaza, the West Bank, the Golan Heights and Lebanon. The victims of these wars are real human beings, with their own lives and their own histories and with legitimate grievances against Israel. We need to hear the views of our Arab friends before we decide whether Israel’s actions are truly necessary or in the interests of the American people, or, indeed, in the interests of the Israeli people.”
The forum will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday, August 20, 2006, at the New Ark United Church of Christ Wells Hall, 300 E. Main Street in Newark. Coffee and dessert will be served and a $5 donation is requested.
The Phoenix Community in Delaware, Inc. is an ecumenical ministry with a global perspective since 1954.
Contacts:
Phillip Bannowsky, 302-731-2622 (h); 302-981-9941 (m)
Rev. Robert W. Andrews 302-292-1406
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