Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) cordially invites you to hear renowned Israeli journalist, Gideon Levy, in Victoria, on Sat., March 28, at 7:00pm.
=0D=0A=Mr. Levy, a journalist with the Israeli daily newspaper Ha'aretz since 1982, & currently on its editorial board, will be arriving in Canada just days after the March 17 Israeli elections. He will talk about the Palestine-Israel conflict in light of these elections, in a lecture entitled "Israeli Elections: What next for Israel-Palestine?" A Q&A period will immediately follow the lecture.
=0D=0A=Mr. Levy will also discuss his experiences of government pressure on Israeli media, including his detention by Israeli security forces in December of last year; his perspective on how mainstream Israeli media deal with the nuances of internationally controversial Israeli policy; and his perspective on the role & responsibility of Israeli media to inform the Israeli public.
=0D=0A=Levy has earned the ire of the Israeli public for his damning reports on Israel's occupation of Palestine and its attendant horrors. His goal has been to record the increasing & evermore rapid accumulation of Israeli war crimes & human rights abuses in the illegally occupied Palestinian territories. Levy is a strong critic of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians & a strong supporter of the boycott of Israel. Levy has also questioned the viability of the “two-state solution".
=0D=0A=In a 2008 interview with the British newspaper The Independent, Levy was positioned as “the most hated man in Israel”, a charge which Levy himself considered inaccurate at the time. However, after reporting on Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, Occupied Palestine, in July-August 2014, Levy has conceded that this title may now be apt.
=0D=0A=Please examine a recent article by Gideon Levy: "Jerusalem, the capital of apartheid, awaits the uprising". http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.622206
=0D=0A=Mr. Levy's talk in Victoria is co-sponsored by the Department of Writing, University of Victoria.
=0D=0A=Venue and ticket details are as follows:
=0D=0A=Saturday, March 28, 2015
7:00pm
David Lam Auditorium
Room A144, MacLaurin Building
University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria, BC V8P 5C2
Closest parking lots "E" & "6", 2.50$ flat rate, ticket dispensers in both lots
Advance tickets: $10student, $15regular
Tickets at the door: $12student, $20regular
Advance tickets available:
(1) Locally at Munro's Books, 1108 Government Street, Victoria: Mon-Wed 9-6, Thurs-Fri 9-9; Sat 9-6; Sun 9:30-6 - cash or cheque
(2) Online at http://cjpme.nationbuilder.com/levy_vic_2015#buy_ticket
(3) By calling CJPME National Office at 438.380.5410
Local CJPME Victoria contact: Frances Everett, 778.679.2943, frances.everett@cjpme.org
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