Israel and Palestine
A Symposium on the Obstacles to Peace
November 18, 2009
Villanova University
Connelly Center Cinema
A Symposium on the Obstacles to Peace
November 18, 2009
Villanova University
Connelly Center Cinema
Welcome: Bishop Allen Bartlett, Episcopal Church
Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos
Anna Baltzer, author of Witness in Palestine: Journal of a Jewish-American Woman in the Occupied Territories
Panel 1: Settlements, Violence and Security
Dr. Sayed Omran, moderator
Geoffrey Aronson, editor of the Settlement Report for the Foundation for Middle East Peace
Daoud Nassar, Palestinian farmer from the Tent of Nations
Panel 2: Jerusalem and Refugees
Dr. Hasan Shahpari, moderator
Lawrence Davidson, professor, Middle East history, West Chester University
Susan Abulhawa, scientist, founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, and author of the novel Mornings in Jenin
Experiencing Palestine: You are welcome!
Rev. Sunny Hallanan and son Payne present their summer experience in Palestine.
Naziha Mustafa, Palestinian activist and Temple graduate student, talks about her family's life in the West Bank.
What can churches do for Middle East peace?
Ambassador Warren Clark, director of Churches for Middle East Peace; Foreign Service career in Africa and the Middle East
Sponsors: Ecumenical Working Group for Middle East Peace, Villanova Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Justice and Peace Office for the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, Villanova Center for Peace and Justice Education, and Catholic Peace Fellowship.
Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos
Anna Baltzer, author of Witness in Palestine: Journal of a Jewish-American Woman in the Occupied Territories
Panel 1: Settlements, Violence and Security
Dr. Sayed Omran, moderator
Geoffrey Aronson, editor of the Settlement Report for the Foundation for Middle East Peace
Daoud Nassar, Palestinian farmer from the Tent of Nations
Panel 2: Jerusalem and Refugees
Dr. Hasan Shahpari, moderator
Lawrence Davidson, professor, Middle East history, West Chester University
Susan Abulhawa, scientist, founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, and author of the novel Mornings in Jenin
Experiencing Palestine: You are welcome!
Rev. Sunny Hallanan and son Payne present their summer experience in Palestine.
Naziha Mustafa, Palestinian activist and Temple graduate student, talks about her family's life in the West Bank.
What can churches do for Middle East peace?
Ambassador Warren Clark, director of Churches for Middle East Peace; Foreign Service career in Africa and the Middle East
Sponsors: Ecumenical Working Group for Middle East Peace, Villanova Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Justice and Peace Office for the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, Villanova Center for Peace and Justice Education, and Catholic Peace Fellowship.
