[act-ma] 03/01-08: Combatants for Peace, Israeli & Palestinian

[Sofia JarrinT]

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From: Abby Yanow <abbyyanow at hotmail.com>
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Subject: [SMUJP] Combatants for Peace, Israeli & Palestinian,  March 7


SMUJP is co-sponsoring the March 7 event in Cambridge:

Courage of Conscience Speaking Tour Combatants for Peace
Former Soldier, Former Fighter Yaniv Reshef and Bassam Aramin
Show a Way to Stop Brutality in Israel  and Palestine
 
Israeli Yaniv Rashef, whose home is in range of Gaza missiles, was a foot soldier in a sabotage unit of the Israeli Army – and chose to fight no more.  Palestinian Bassam Aramin served seven years in jail for planning an attack against Israeli soldiers – and chose no more violence.  Just two years ago, Bassam lost his daughter to an Israeli soldier’s rubber-coated bullet.  They are Combatants for Peace, now over 600 former Israeli soldiers and former Palestinian fighters, working together without revenge to justice, peace – and playgrounds.
 
Tour Sponsors:   September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows,  The Peace Abbey, and the Rebuilding Alliance .

Public events:
Sun, March 1, 12:30-2:30pm    Boston : Arlington
St. Church, 351 Boylston St
 
Sat,  March 7, 2-4pm   Cambridge :
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St. Harvard Sq.
Sponsored by Cambridge UJP
and Somerville / Medford 
UJP, Cambridge 
Peace Commission, Amnesty International
 
Sun., March 8, 4-6 pm   Watertown :
The Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave
Sponsored by Watertown 
Citizens for Environmental Safety‏