"Jenin, Jenin" today, Gaza Vigil tomorrow

The film, directed and co-produced by Palestinian actor and director
Mohammed Bakri, includes testimony from Jenin residents after the
Israeli army's Defensive Wall operation, during which the city and
camp were the scenes of fierce fighting. The operation ended with
Jenin flattened and scores of Palestinians killed. Palestinians as
well as numerous human rights groups accused Israel of committing war
crimes in the April 2002 attack on the refugee camp. "Jenin, Jenin"
shows the extent to which the prolonged oppression and terror has
affected the state of mind of the Palestinian inhabitants of Jenin.

For more information on the film, please visit:
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article927.shtml

RSVP at:
http://umichigan.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9427036948

Co-sponsored by the Arab American Studies Department


For more information on the Jenin massacre:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1937048.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1937387.stm



Tomorrow:
Candlelight Vigil for Gaza Humanitarian Crisis

U of M Diag Thursday 8:30 PM
http://umichigan.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9699416699

The entire Gaza Strip has been under a total blockade for more than a week and on Sunday at 8pm, the only power plant in Gaza ran out of fuel and shut down, furthering the humanitarian crisis. 40% of Gazans lack running water, and approximately 75 Palestinians have reportedly died from the closure. A number of patients in intensive care units have died as their emergency life support equipment cannot function from electricity. These patients include people on dialysis, oxygen tanks, and babies in incubators -- either premature babies, or babies whose parents took them to the hospital to escape from their houses because of the cold weather. These are human beings treated like sub-humans and there has been almost nonexistent mainstream media coverage of this terrible situation in the American press. Come out and help raise awareness.

This is collective punishment and it is a direct violation of the Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signing party.

For more on the siege in Gaza:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/default.stm
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/947099.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01hqVzViFTw