Film and Discussion: Palestine Is Still the Issue
Screening of the 2002 film Palestine Is Still the Issue by the award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist John Pilger. Followed by a discussion led by Alisa Klein, a veteran of the IDF and current peace activist.
About the Film:
"In a series of extraordinary interviews with both Palestinians and Israelis, John Pilger [renowned British journalist] weaves together the issue of Palestine. He speaks to the families of suicide bombers and their victims; he sees the humiliation of Palestinians imposed on them at myriad checkpoints and with a permit system not dissimilar to apartheid South Africa's infamous pass laws. He goes into the refugee camps and meets children who, he says, 'no longer dream like other children, or if they do, it is about death.'" (Bullfrog Films)
About Alisa Klein:
Alisa Klein, a resident of Western MA, is a dual citizen of Israel and the United States, a veteran of the Israeli army, and an anti-Zionist Palestine solidarity activist. Decades of personal exploration, academic study, and experience living, working and studying in the Arab world brought about a shift for Alisa from a deep commitment to Zionism to a radical critique of Israel's policies and actions. Alisa served for two years as the editor of The Other Front, an online journal of alternative analysis of the war on Palestine, has worked with the International Women's Peace Service on the West Bank, and co-produces and co-DJs two shows about Israel and Palestine on Northampton's WXOJ-LP - Valley Free Radio. Alisa founded and co-organized the Western Massachusetts Palestinian Film Festival and also served as a facilitator for Kopkind, an educational summer retreat for journalists to learn more about Palestine and Israel.
