The views presented, nevertheless, did stir debate with probing questions from the audience that were directed at various panel members all expertly handled by the moderator Dr Patrick Wolfe of La Trobe University.
Paul Heywood-Smith QC (Adelaide) began by looking at the adult discussions centred around children from the first scene on the Holocaust to the [...]
In just a few short minutes, the play which everyone had been talking about for a fortnight, was over. But the sentiments dramatically expressed by each of the actors lingered on to be thought about, challenged, debated and/or accepted. It was obvious that they had themselves thought about the impact of the words [...]
SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN – a play for Gaza
Monday 18 May 2009, 6.30pm – State Library of Victoria
Melbourne – Australia
Last week’s Nakba event was most successful in every way, despite efforts by about 35 Zionist hecklers to cause a scene outside the State Library of Victoria.
Residents of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah marched on Friday after midday prayer in the weekly protest.They were joined by international and Israelis activists.Protesters carried Palestinian flags and posters of the martyr, Bassem Abu Rahmah, a Bil’in farmer who was killed by the military last month.
They also held banners commemorating 61 [...]
Israel rejects a Vatican request to grant to Jerusalem Palestinian couple residency in the city
Israel Minister of Interior, Ely Yishai, refused a request from the Vatican to grant a Palestinian couple residency in Jerusalem, although it is their birthplace, and their residency rights were taken away by an Israeli decision.
The minister denied the couple a [...]
As Palestinians mark the Nakba, Occupation places the West Bank under siege
The Israeli Authorities imposed a strict siege on the Palestinian territories as the Palestinians are marking their 61 anniversary of Diaspora, disposition and Nakba, as they were displaced and force out of their homeland during the creation of Israel on historic Palestinian land.
The siege [...]
Due to the large amount of interest and controversy that has erupted over the advertised play, it has been decided to follow the performance with a panel discussion.
On Nakba eve, Abbas calls for a Palestinian state, right of return for refugees
As the Palestinians are marking the Nakba, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas stated that ending the Israeli occupation, establishing a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and resolving the refugee issue, are minimum conditions to begin to lift the injustice inflicted [...]