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Susy Mordechay was born in Austria to parents who were refugees during WWII and who had lost family in the Holocaust. She was raised and educated in Israel, where she finished her studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Later, she did graduate work in Linguistics at UCLA. She has worked with Various Israeli groups, in particular the Committee against Home Demolitions, the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace, and Ta’ayush, an Arab-Jewish partnership.
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2/1/03
Workmen’s Circle, West Los Angeles
Susy Mordechay gave an address on the topic, “The Assault on Palestinian Life, 2001 – 2002.
-road closures
-endless curfews
-the destruction and confiscation of Palestinian property.
-illegal settlements
-the realities of transfer, also considered ethnic cleansing.
-the emergence of Israeli as the new Apartheid State.
-extrajudicial assassinations…….
Israel, “Allies in the War Against Terrorism?”
Or
Land Grabbing Colonialist.
event co-sponsors included:
Women’s Ad Hoc Committee for Middle East Justice and Peace.
Women in Black - Los Angeles.
UP COMING EVENT
NATIONAL LAWYER'S GUILD, LOYOLA CHAPTER PRESENTS:
REALITIES OF OCCUPATION AND
VISIONS OF A JUST PEACE
Jeff Halper will talk about Israel's ?Matrix of Control? in the Occupied Territories and participatein a panel discussion on the possibilities of a just peace.
Jeff Halper, an Israeli Professor of Anthropology, is the Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions and founder of the Global Campaign to Rebuild PalestinianHomes.
Panelists
Mahmood Ibrahim Professor and Chair of the HistoryDepartment, Cal State Pomona
Michel Shehadeh Co-Founder and Member of theNational Steering Committee of the Free Palestine Alliance
Sabrina Brahms Ph.D. Candidate, OrganizationalSystems, Saybrook Graduate School
Hagit Borer,Moderator Professor and Chair of theLinguistics Department, University of Southern California
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2003, 2 P.M. to 5 P.M.
LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL, MERRIFIELD HALL,
1441 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA
(Between Alvarado & Figueroa, Enter Parking from South Albany St.)
Call (323) 993-3322 for more information
Co-sponsored by American Friends Service Committee
Women's Ad Hoc Committee for Middle East Justice and Peace and
Women in Black-Los Angeles