BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32807@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240514T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240514T200000 DTSTAMP:20240507T180454Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/ilan-pappe-on-gaza-in-context-past- present-future-free-attendance-3/ SUMMARY:ILAN PAPPE on GAZA in Context: Past\, Present & Future —Free Atte ndance! DESCRIPTION:ILAN PAPPÉ on GAZA in Context: Past\, Present &\; Future\n\ nAL NADWA FREETHINKING SOCIETY\, in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Pe ace-Detroit (JVP-D)\, Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)\, and Peace Action of Michigan proudly invite you to three opportunities to hear presentati ons by Dr. Ilan Pappé. Each presentation will be unique. Book Beat will b e at all three events with Dr. Pappé's books.\n\nIn support of the Palest inian struggle for freedom in the face of the atrocities and genocide bein g committed in Gaza\, we have invited one of the world's foremost historia ns on the region to Metro-Detroit to provide his historical expertise on t he issue."Along with the late Edward Said\, Ilan Pappe is the most eloquen t writer of Palestinian history." —New Statesman\n\nOn Tuesday\, May 14 \, 2024 Please join us for the second presentation by Dr. Pappé at the Hi storic Unitarian Universalist Church\, home of the Cass Corridor Commons. This is a center that embraces gatherings of people challenging injustice and advancing progressive thinking. Along with EMEAC (Eastern Michigan Env ironmental Action Council)\, the space is shared by the Michigan Audubon S ociety\, students from U-M’s Semester In Detroit\, and the Sugar Law Cen ter for Economic and Social Justice. The Detroit Independent Freedom Schoo ls and the People’s Water Board meet at the Commons regularly. This is a perfect and magnificent space to hear Pappé's inspiring voice.\n\nIlan P appé is an internationally acclaimed expert\, considered\n\n"Israel's bra vest\, most principled\, most incisive historian." —John Pilger\, Aust ralian scholar and documentary filmmaker\n\n\nABOUT ILAN PAPPE\nIlan Papp é is the bestselling author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine: A His tory of Modern Palestine and The Israel/Palestine Question. He has co-pu blished several books with Noam Chomsky\, including On Palestine and Ga za in Crisis: Reflections on the US-Israeli War Against the Palestinians\; his most recent book is "The Biggest Prison on Earth."\n\n"…the ethnic cleansing of Palestine must become rooted in our memory and consciousness as a crime against humanity." ― Ilan Pappé\, The Ethnic Cleansing o f Palestine\n\nRead more writings by Pappé on AlJazeera.com and The Pa lestine Chronicle\n\n"Based on groundbreaking archival research\, NGO reco rds\, and eyewitness accounts\, Pappe's investigation of the 'bureaucracy of evil' explores the brutalizing effects of occupation\, from the systema tic abuse of human and civic rights\, the IDF roadblocks\, mass arrests\, and house searches to the forced population transfer\, the settlers\, and the infamous wall that is [has turned] the West Bank into an open prison. Providing a sharp contrast with life in Israel\, this is a brilliantly inc isive and moving portrait of daily life in the Occupied Territories." —M iddle East Books\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIlan Pappé is a scholar and a pro-Palestin ian political activist. He is one of the most prominent Israeli political dissidents living in exile\, having moved from the University of Haifa to the University of Exeter. He is also one of the few Israeli students of th e conflict who write about the Palestinian side with real knowledge and em pathy. Pappé places Zionism under an uncompromising lens… The Idea of I srael is not a history book but a close study of the role of Zionist ideol ogy in the making of modern Israel and of the continuing relevance of this ideology today in politics\, the education system\, the media\, the cinem a and Ashkenazi-Sephardi relations. —Avi Shlaim\, Guardian\n\nIlan Papp é (Hebrew: אילן פפה\, pronounced [iˈlan paˈpe]\; born 7 Novemb er 1954) is an Israeli historian\, political scientist and former poli tician. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and Internat ional Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom\, direct or of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies\, and co-dire ctor of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. Read more\n\nIn a 2004 interview\, Pappé said. "The aim has always been\, and it still rema ins\, to have as much of Palestine as possible with as few Palestinians  in it as possible."[8] He blames the creation of Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East\, arguing that Zionism is more dangerous than Is lamic militancy\, and has called for an international boycott of Israeli academics. Read more\n\nIlan Papp´é is presented by the ALNADWA Freeth inking Society with Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit\, Palestinian Youth Movement\, and Peace Action of Michigan. Special thanks to the Unitarian Universalist Church and First United Methodist Church.\n\nThe event will a lso be livestreamed for those who are unable to attend in person. More det ails to come.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-07-082822.png LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church 4605 Cass Ave\, 4605 Cass Ave\, Detr oit\, MI\, 48201\, United States GEO:42.35315;-83.065632 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=4605 Cass Ave\, Detroit\, M I\, 48201\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Unitarian Universalis t Church 4605 Cass Ave:geo:42.35315,-83.065632 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR