We are a community educational, advocacy and organizing project. We provide grassroots education and generate political pressure needed to re-orient US policy toward a just peace. Read our full unity statement.
A project of the Syracuse Peace Council, CNY Working includes people active in the local United Methodist Task Force for Peace With Justice in Palestine/Israel, the Islamic Society of Central New York, Syracuse Jews for Peace and other concerned Central New Yorkers.
UPCOMING
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3rd
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featuring a skype conversation with Palestinian activist and intellectual Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh.Free and Open to the Public. Organized by CNY Working for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel, a project of the Syracuse Peace Council. (315) 472-5478, www.peacecouncil.net/pal-is |
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PAST
EVENTS
Justice for the Palestinians
Protest
in Support of Land Day
Friday, March 30, 2:30 pm
Intersection
of Erie Blvd. E. and East Genesee St., Dewitt
See the Photo
Gallery on Flickr
Video from Move Over AIPAC Demonstrations
by Ava and Keren Carmeli
Commemorating
the Nakba (Catastrophe)
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Ahmed al Hindi, Shaw Dallal and Dana Olwen shared stories of their families connection to the Nakba, the uprooting and displacement of 750,000 Palestinians as the state of Israel was created in 1947-48, and their thoughts on the current state of the conflict.
Check out
the Youtube
Video
See the Photo
Gallery (photos by Ava Carmeli)
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Standing
with February 4, 2011 About 100 people came out on very short notice to stand (and march) in solidarity with the people of Egypt's courageous resistance to the Mubarak dictatorship. The Peace Council calls for the US government to cease all funding to the Mubarak regime and use its full diplomatic and political pressure to push for Mubarak's immediate resignation and the beginning of a true transition to democracy. video to the left from Syracuse.com |
Continuing Hope - Overcoming Obstacles:
Daoud Nassar, Palestinian farmer & nonviolent resister
Check out the video of Daoud's talk at SU, November 5, 2010
Protests the Israeli Attack on Humanitarian Flotilla for Gaza
Al-Nakba Commemoration
Dr.
A.G. Musa speaks at the first public Nakba commemoration
in Syracuse, NY on May 16, 2010.
Nakba in Arabic means "catastrophe." When capitalized Nakba
refers particularly to the events of 1947/48 when over 650,000 Palestinians
were driven from their cities, towns and villages in what then became
the State of Israel. CNY Working for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
recently organized Syracuse's first public commemoration of the Nakba.
On May 14 ArtRage showed the 200-minute long documentary, "Al Nakba."
On May 16, also at ArtRage, over 40 of us heard four local Palestinians
share their own and their families' painful and fateful Nakba experiences.
It was important yet painful to hear the stories from Dr. A.G. Musa, Dr.
Yousef Abu-Sbaih, Rev. Hani Khoury, and Najah Zaaeed. Let's make the commemoration
a "first annual."
.Read our Unity Statement
Check out our suggested books and website links (pdf format)
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer by Phyllis Bennis
Contact Us: Email
c/o
Syracuse Peace Council,
2013 East Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13210
(315)
472-5478
Report on the Children of Gaza are our Children demonstration 6/5/09
Contact us about getting involved or providing a speaker for your organization
Lots of video links from Vermonters for a Just Peace in Israel-Palestine
Important Websites for Updates and Background Information
Alternative Information Center-Israeli group publishing valuable information
Electronic Intifada-Palestinian perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Gush Shalom-Important Israeli peace group
Jewish Voice for Peace-US group of Jews working for a just peace
MIFTAH-The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue & Democracy
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation-a diverse coalition working for freedom from occupation and equal rights for all by challenging U.S. policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
News Coverage of Syracuse Area Efforts
to End the Siege of Gaza
Post-Standard
article, Dec. 31, 2008
News
10 Coverage of Dec. 30, 2008 Protest
Post-Standard
article, Jan. 10, 2009
Peace Council Statements on Israel and
Palestine
Bombing People Creates
More Terrorism, August 18, 2006
Violence Begets Violence: Israel-Lebanon
War, August 7, 2006
SPC Statement on Israel-Palestine,
April 7, 2002