The Sabeel Conference in Cleveland, Ohio was a great success. Kudos to the
organizers and the speakers. Excellent speakers on issues of Palestine,
Islam, Christianity, peace making, liberation theology, and the heresy of
Christian Zionism. Next Conference being planned for Boston in October (for
more info, visit http://www.fosna.org ).
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Citizens for fair legistlation alert:
ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT PEACE FOR PALESTINE BY NOT BOYCOTTING
THE UNITY GOVERNMENT
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/CFLWeb/campaign.jsp?campai\
gn_KEY=6781
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The real significance of the AJC attack on "progressive" Jews
http://www.southend.org/tiki-index.php?page=The%20AJC%20Attacks
or http://tinyurl.com/yrltfb
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From Ron:
When MK Dr. Jamal Zahalka spoke at the Israeli Apartheid Week event at
Concordia Univeristy in Montreal last week, he pointed out that the core of
the illegal Zionist ethnic cleansing project and so-called Israeli
"Democracy" is maximum land with minimum Arabs. This reminded me of the
lyrics from the following excellent anti-Israeli Apartheid music video
produced by the group Dam from the slums of Lod in Israel. The video is in
Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. Please watch, post and ciculate
the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIo6lyP9tTE
For more info about Dam plus some tracks from their latest album, visit:
http://www.dampalestine.com/main.html

Mazin adds: There are many Palestinian hip-hop artist in the US. My
favorite is Arabesque: see http://www.myspace.com/besque
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The Palestinian Summer Celebration 2007 update and news from Siraj Center

The preparation for the Palestinian Summer Celebration 2007 have just been
finalized. Siraj Center and Bethlehem University are ready for you now,
participants now are able to register online through Siraj Center Website
http://www.sirajcenter.org/courses.htm

The Palestinian summer celebration 2007
June 20 - August 18th 2007

Come and celebrate Palestine, learn Arabic, study history, know the people
and their culture, share some time with local families and volunteer with a
local community organization

The Palestinian summer celebration is a unique annual program that gives
people from all over the world the chance to encounter the life and culture
in Palestine in addition to donating some of their time to a local community
organization through voluntary work and internships. The Palestinian summer
celebration 2007 will take place in the Bethlehem area in Palestine, between
Wednesday June 20th and August 18th 2007. the annual celebration is
organized by Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies www.sirajcenter.org in
partnership with Bethlehem University www.bethlehem.edu and the US based
Society for Biblical Studies, www.sbsedu.org.
Participants will also have the opportunity to listen and question high
level speakers of various positions and expertise.

Educational opportunity:
An Arabic language Course and a Modern Palestine Course are offered by
Bethlehem U as apart of the program. Three credits hours will be given for
each course, upon the participant’s request.
Courses out line

For further information please visit:
http://www.sirajcenter.org/courses.htm

The Palestinian Cyclists Club

As the news about initiating the Palestinian Cyclists Club PCC Siraj Center
has been receiving with Joy messages from many young Palestinians both males
and females requesting to join the PCC from all over Palestine. Many
international friends of Palestine have been also expressing willingness to
participate in delivering the PCC to the state or readiness by participating
with their expertise in their training Palestinian Cyclists and by providing
the material needs for the Club. Some have been designing logos other have
been busy thinking about the suitable name for the newly emerging youth
organization. The dream is becoming a reality. More members are welcomed
and further support is needed.

For further information about the PCC please visit:
http://www.sirajcenter.org/cycle.htm
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Mazin
http://qumsiyeh.org

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