Thursday, June 26, 2008

Palestine-Israel Issues: Greenbelt Festival 2008 Cheltenham

Greenbelt is a Christian Arts festival this August bank holiday, and includes a range of speakers, musicians, theatre, dance, art installations, worship, camping and general frivolity. Issues to do with the Occupied Territories of Palestine and Israel are consistently explored at Greenbelt. There are speakers, groups, and musicians including a headline music act who all address these issues.

Michael Franti and Spearhead,
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-- this band released 'Yell Fire' in 2006 following a visit to Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Territories of Palestine

Garth Hewitt

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-- based at All Hallows in the Wall in London, a canon at St George's Cathedral,
Jerusalem, new book 'Bethlehem Speaks' is just out

Maureen Jack
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-- a member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) who has served in Hebron & At-Tuwani in Palestine as well as Baghdad in Iraq

Jonathan Kuttab
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-- a Palestinian human rights lawyer

Stephen Sizer
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-- is a founding member of the Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism

Turning the Tide
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--is a Quaker based organization that promotes non-violent routes to social change and includes the support of unarmed accompaniers in Israel-Palestine

Pax Christi
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-- have a campaign focus on Palestine/Israel and will have a stall and speakers in the PeaceZone



2002-2007
Talks still available on CD/MP3 from previous Greenbelt festivals.


2007 Talks

Marc Ellis -- Towards a Jewish Theology of Liberation
58

Marc Ellis -- Unholy alliance: religion and atrocity in our time
59

Marc Ellis -- Is Israel Different?
60

Marc Ellis -- 3 CD set of the above talks
BOX03

Fuad Dagher & Wisam Salsaa
-- Both sides of the wall
34



2006 Talks


Husam Zomlot -- Palestine: where to?
54


2005 Talks

Eyal Weizman -- Temporary Facts; Flexible Barriers
87

Naim Ateek -- Daniel or Judah Maccabeas?
03

Naim Ateek
-- Son of David or Suffering Servant?
02

Naim Ateek
-- Whose Jerusalem?
04



2004 Talks


Garth Hewitt
-- Towards the Dawn: Interfaith peacemaking in a land once known as Holy
40

Jonathan Kuttab
-- Whose Holy Land? God's, Ours or Yours?
51

Jonathan Kuttab -- The Wall Must Fall
52

Teresa Parker
-- Human Rights in Palestine / Israel
66


2003 Talks

Nora Karmi -- A Road Map to Peace?
18


2002 Talks

Carolyn Jay (Ayres) -- Back by popular demand: a beginners guide to the Palestinian Territories and Israel
12

Jeff Halper -- Peace in the Middle East and International Civil Society
51

Jeff Halper
-- Israel's invisible occupation - "the matrix of control"
71

Bishop Riah
-- Promised Land vs Holy Land
75

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great work.