Tue., Feb. 5: Dir. Tom Hayes Discusses _People and the Land_

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

Progressive Film Series:
Critical Perspectives on Wars, Classes, & Empires

Screening: _People and the Land_
Dir. Tom Hayes, 1997

* Director Tom Hayes will lead discussion and answer questions after
the screening of his documentary _People and the Land_.

Date: Tuesday, February 5
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: 264 MacQuigg Lab, OSU
105 W. Woodruff Ave., Columbus, OH

_People and the Land_ takes viewers into the universe of the occupied
people of Palestine, unreeling images of a new form of apartheid
based on ethnicity.  Challenging US foreign policy, this film
examines the concrete realities of Israel's conduct in the West Bank
and Gaza, the level of US support for that conduct through foreign
aid, and the human cost of that aid in Palestine and the US.*  The
result is a powerful and compelling portrayal of the situation that
highlights the human rights violations against the Palestinian
community.

* Since 1976, Israel has been the leading recipient of foreign
assistance from the United States.  From 1949 through fiscal year
2000, the United States has given Israel over 81 billion dollars in
foreign aid, making Israel the largest cumulative recipient of U.S.
foreign assistance since World War II.  It is important to note,
however, that $81 billion is a conservative number for U.S. foreign
assistance to Israel.  The figure, $81 billion, does not include
Department of Defense allocations for joint defense projects such as,
for example, the $200 million allocated in past years for Israel's
development of the Merkava tank.  Moreover, the figure does not
reflect imputed interest Israel receives from early disbursement of
U.S. foreign assistance.  U.S. foreign assistance to Israel is unique
because repayment on loans to Israel is waived and the United States
has pledged in the Cranston Amendment to provide Israel with economic
assistance not less than the amount Israel owes the United States for
previous loans.  A more accurate total of cumulative U.S. foreign
assistance to Israel may be closer to $91 billion.  (Source: Report
of the National Lawyers Guild Delegation to the Occupied Palestinian
Territories and Israel, "The Al Aqsa Intifada and Israel's Apartheid:
The U.S. Military and Economic Role in the Violation of Palestinian
Human Rights," January 2001, <www.nlg.org/NLG_MidEastReport.pdf>)

Sponsored by the Student International Forum and Social Welfare
Action Alliance.  OSU campus map:
<www.osu.edu/map/linkbuildings/macquigglab.html>.  For more info,
contact Yoshie Furuhashi at <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx> or 614-668-6554;
and Keith Kilty at <kilty.1@xxxxxxx> or 614-292-7181.

The flyer for the above event is available at
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/hayes.doc>.  The flyer for other
upcoming SIF/SWAA events is available at
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar5.doc>.  Please spread the
word.
--
Yoshie

* Calendar of Events in Columbus:
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
* Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>