Students for Justice in Palestine at University of Maryland

Radical Rush Week: Faces of Occupation Looking at the Human Impact of the Conflicts in Israel/Palestine, Afghanistan, and Iraq Host: UMD Students for Justice in Palestine Type: Education - Workshop Network: Global Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Jimenez 0105 Description How many Palestinian civilians were killed in the recent Israeli offensive, Operation Cast Lead, against Gaza in January? How many Iraqi civilians have been killed since the Iraq War started in 2003? What types of roles, if any, does civilian suffering and humanitarian suffering play in these types of conflicts? Is this imperialism? Is this colonialism? Come out for an event with Students for Justice in Palestine and Students for a Democratic Society that will look at how civilian populations, especially women and children, suffer the greatest from these brutal conflicts. Ongoing offensives in countries like Israel, Palestine, Afghanistan, and Iraq will be presented a...

Human Rights Watch called on Israel on Thursday to investigate seven incidents in which it said Israeli troops shot and killed Palestinian civilians who were flying white flags during the war in the Gaza Strip in January. Expressing disappointment with Israel's response so far to a range of allegations of war crimes made by international bodies, the New York-based lobby group said governments should press for prosecutions under international law if Israel and its enemies in Gaza's Islamist authorities did not act themselves. "These casualties comprise a small fraction of the Palestinian civilians wounded and killed," Human Rights Watch said. "But they stand out because, in each case, the victims were standing, walking or in slowly moving vehicles with other unarmed civilians, and were trying to convey their non-combatant status by waving a white flag." "All available evidence indicates that Israeli forces were in control of the areas in question, no fig...