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Tuesday, August 3, 7:00pm
Black Sheep Books, 5 State Street, Montpelier, VT - A thought-provoking and powerful film, Occupation 101: Voices Of The Silenced Majority examines the current and historical causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and dispels many long-perceived myths and misconceptions. Produced and directed by Libyan brothers Sufyan and Abdallah Omeish, the film combines contemporary and archival video footage with commentaries from leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers. It is one of the finest documentaries on the question of Palestine.
8/4 & 8/6: Inner Fire District klezmer band
August 4, 7pm and August 6, 8:30pm
8/4 at 7pm: Bigtown Gallery, 99 North Main St, Rochester, VT (802) 767-9670 --- 8/6 at 8:30pm: Parima Restaurant, 185 Pearl St, Burlington, VT (802) 864-7917. Inner Fire District plays "East-European/Yiddish Chamber Folk Cabaret" and "was founded by accordionist/composer David Symons (also a founder of the influential Vermont band, Black Sea Quartet, and an original member of Berlin's The Painted Bird) and guitarist/accordionist/pianist Tim Lang (who has since left the group)." Inner Fire District is featured with 13 other bands on the pathbreaking album, Klezmer Against the Wall.
8/9: VTJP Meeting
Monday, August 9, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Monthly meeting of Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel at the Peace & Justice Center's new location, 60 Lake Street, Burlington, VT.
FILM 8/17: Palestine Is Still The Issue
Tuesday, August 17, 7:00pm
Black Sheep Books, 5 State Street, Montpelier, VT - In 1977, the award-winning journalist and filmmaker, John Pilger, made a documentary film called Palestine Is Still the Issue. It told the story of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 and the conquest of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967. 25 years later, he returned to the Occupied Territories to ask why Palestinians are still living under a brutal, settler-colonial occupation. In this second film with the same title, Pilger interviews Israelis and Palestinians, documents the humiliation and dangers of life under military occupation, and explores why “the fate and struggle of the Palestinians are not just critical to the overdue recognition of their basic human rights, but also central to whether the region, and the wider world, are plunged into war.”
FILM 9/7: The Iron Wall
Tuesday, September 7, 7:00pm
Black Sheep Books, 5 State Street, Montpelier, VT - Mohammed Alatar’s The Iron Wall takes its name from a 1923 essay by the revisionist Zionist leader Vladimir Jabotinsky, who counseled that the European Jewish colonial project in Palestine could succeed “only under the protection of a power that is independent of the native population—behind an IRON WALL, which the native population cannot breach.” The film documents the history and growth of Israel’s illegal colonies in the Occupied Territories, and reveals how Israel’s construction of its Separation Wall helps secure the settlements as permanent and irreversible facts on the ground. The film warns of the effect of these settlements on the possibility of peace and the future of the region.
Television: Salaam/Shalom, A Report On Palestine/Israel
Weekly
VTJP produces this weekly Adelphia cable-access show to bring you news from alternative sources, documentary films, interviews with activists, human rights workers, Middle East experts and Vermonters with ties to Palestine/Israel and its people. Check here for scheduled airings of Salaam/Shalom and other shows on Vermont public access channels.
Vigil Against War Group in Burlington
Every Weekday, 5:00 - 5:30pm
Gather at the top of Church St., Burlington, VT
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