[Grad_history_students] March 11: Brit Tzedek v'Shalom Speaking Tour

[Judy Ossello]

12-City Tour with Yonatan Shapira=20
 http://www.btvshalom.org/

Brit Tzedek v'Shalom is pleased to announce that our 12-city speaking tour =
with Yonatan Shapira will launch at our national confernce in New York =
City on February 20, 2005. The tour will then proceed to Philadelphia, =
Washington DC, Berkeley, Seattle, Olympia, Portland, Madison, Indianapolis,=
 Bloomington, St. Louis, and finally, Chicago. The national tour is =
co-sponsored by Brit Tzedek v'Shalom and the Refuser Solidarity Network.=20=


Israeli Air Force Pilot Yonatan Shapira served as a senior officer in the =
elite "Black Hawk" helicopter squadron for 11 years. In October 2003, he =
authored the "Pilots' Letter" which declared his refusal to participate in =
aerial attacks on populated areas in the Palestinian territories. The =
letter has since been signed by 26 other pilots. Shapira will discuss his =
courageous decision to refuse, as well as his perspective on how the =
occupation is hurting Israel's security and democracy.

March 11, 2005*CHICAGO, IL=20
DePaul University Human Rights Law Center, 1:00pm
25 E. Jackson Boulevard, room number will be posted in the lobby.
Chicago, IL
This event is free and open to the public.=20

Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, is a =
national organization of American Jews deeply committed to Israel's =
well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the =
long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We are guided by the mitzvah, =
or obligation, to pursue peace and justice that is rooted in both secular =
and religious Jewish traditions. We believe the vast majority of Israelis =
and Palestinians long for an enduring peace and that security for Israel =
can only be achieved through the establishment of an economically and =
politically viable Palestinian state, necessitating an end to Israel's =
occupation of land acquired during the 1967 war and an end to Palestinian =
terrorism. .