The dominant unresolved conflict and hot spot in the world is the Middle East. 

The heart of instability and conflict is the unresolved and longstanding Israeli occupation
of Palestine. 

No change in this situation is likely as long as there are large oil reserves in the region,
US addiction to oil, enormous US military aid to Israel, and single-minded US involvement
in support of Israel. 

One way to focus the energy of the PCMC is to concentrate on the Israel-Palestine dilemma. 

UNLESS there is greater understanding of both sides of the current conflict, nothing will
change.  The word “both,” as used here, is pejorative.  There are many ‘sides’ here, with deep
emotional differences and positions.  Without a way for the affected people to interact and
vent grievances, the deep divisions separating them will forbid progress. 

Can the PCMC address this personal, political, international impasse?  We think so.  

It is the goal of the PCMC to work toward greater local community understanding of the many
issues underlying the continued Israel-Palestine conflict, and to seek common ground for
moving toward peace and stability.

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Local Contacts


Global Majority

Monterey County Citizens for Middle East Peace (meeting schedule)

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On Friday, October 19, take part in a national day of action against Caterpillar to demand that
it stop profiting from Israel’s human rights violations of Palestinians.

STOP CATERPILLAR
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
IN PALESTINE

uscampaign@mail.democracyinaction.org
www.endtheoccupation.org

 

 

 

 

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES
Committee for an Open Discussion of Zionism   www.CODZ.org 
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions  www.icahd.org/eng/
The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between Peoples  www.rapprochement.org
Holy Land Trust  www.holylandtrust.org
Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling (Palestinian)  www.wclac.org
New Profile (working to end Israeli militarization)  www.newprofile.org
Rabbis for Human Rights  www.rhr.israel.net/overview.shtml
Jerusalem Center for Women (Palestinian part of Jerusalem Link)  www.j-c-w.org
Bat Shalom (Israeli part of Jerusalem Link )  www.batshalom.org/english/batshalom/index.html
Stop the Apartheid Wall Campaign (Palestinian)  www.stopthewall.org 
Windows (joint Palestinian/Israeli youth magazine)  www.win-peace.org 
Neve Shalom/Wahat as-Salam  (Israeli/Palestinian community)  www.nswas.com/sfp 
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme  www.gcmhp.net 
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (Gaza)  www.pchrgaza.org
Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace  www.theparentscircle.com/parents/ 
Yesh Gvul (Refuseniks)  www.yesh-gvul.org/english/  


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RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

 

Monopoly Power
Pakistan and the Israel Lobby
By Badruddin Khan
http://www.counterpunch.com/khan11092007.html

"It is time for supporters of the Israel Lobby to face up to the fact that what is good for Israel is not necessarily
good for the United States.  The Middle East is not best viewed through Israeli interests, and there is much more
at stake than Israel's welfare."

Realizing God's Dream for the Holy Land
by Desmond Tutu
Boston Globe, Oct. 26, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/10/26/realizing_go ds_dream_for_the_holy_land/
"Hope persists in the face of evidence to the contrary, undeterred by setbacks and disappointment."

Hamas optimism vs. Fatah despair
   In Hamas-controlled Gaza, Palestinian militants express a new enthusiasm for the coastal strip,
   while their Fatah counterparts face growing disillusionment
   http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0814/p06s02-wome.html

Boycott movement targets Israel
   by George Bisharat
   San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, August 15, 2007
   http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/15/EDASRIF3U.DTL

Good news from Gaza via Time Magazine!‏ 
   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1649291%2C00.html

Justice Forgotten
Whatever Happened to Palestine?
   By Kathleen Christison
   Counterpunch, September 20, 2007
   http://www.counterpunch.com/christison09202007.html

 Israel shaken by troops' tales of brutality against Palestinians
  by Conal Urquhart in Jerusalem
  Observer (UK) - Sunday October 21, 2007
  http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,331025465-119093,00.html

    A psychologist blames assaults on civilians in  the 1990s on soldiers' bad training, boredom
    and poor supervision
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RECOMMENDED PERIODICALS

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
PO Box 53062, Washington DC 20009. Phone: (202) 939-6050, Fax: (202) 265-4574, Toll Free: (800) 368-5788, www.wrmea.com
Published by the American Educational Trust, a non-profit foundation incorporated in Washington, DC to provide the American public
with balanced and accurate information concerning U.S. relations with Middle Eastern states. Material from the Washington Report on
Middle East Affairs may be printed with out charge with attribution to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.


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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
some of these titles may be available from the Monterey Peace and Justice Center

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
www.middleeastbooks.com


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RECOMMENDED  FILMS
some of these films may be available from the Monterey Peace and Justice Center

Following titles available from Global Information Services 336 Bon Air Center #441, Greenbrae, CA 94904
415-459-8738 email: altencon@aol.com website: http://www.palkqed.com/ Staged website: http://www.pbsguide.org/

Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land   
Palestine Is Still The Issue  
The Loss of Liberty (Israel's attack of the USS Liberty ship in 1967)   
Hijacking Catastrophe,
This Is Not Your War   
Right of Return   
Ilan Pappe  
Wall of Shame   
Ghassan Andoni   
The Wall of Hate  
Global Warning: An Interview with Mordechai Vanunu
Edward Said On Orientalism   
Born in the USA: Muslim Americans  
Refuseniks, Azmi Bashira   
until when   
The Killing Zone   
Afif Safieh   
The Pro-Israel Lobby Debate (in San Francisco with Dr. Hatem Bazian and Jeffrey Blankfort vs. Dr. Steve Niva and Dr. Stephen Zunes with Khalil Bendib as Moderator)

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RECOMMENDED  SPEAKERS




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Try this and tell us what you think:

PeaceMaker
Role-playing computer game deals with the challenge of creating peace in the Middle East.
http://www.fileplanet.com/fileblog/archives/2007/06/entry_293.shtml
 

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