Elik Elhanan im Gespräch
Zoom Meeting, Sunday, August 18, 2024 -Time: 7:00 PM Jerusalem time, 5:00 PM London time,
18:00 Uhr Berlin
The Israeli-Palestinian Confederation Committee: We are conducting, collaborative, interactive and thought-provoking Zoom events to explore peace between Israelis Palestinians.
„Since the beginning of Israel’s attacks on Gaza over 10 months ago to the present, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have unleashed violence against unarmed Palestinians in Gaza. Below is a description of and link to a Zoom event on Sunday, August 18, 2024 featuring a former IDF soldier who is now a professor at City College of New York, teaching Yiddish and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We encourage you to register. In Solidarity | Beyt Tikkun Israel/Palestine committee„
Elik Elhanan served in a special forces unit in the Israel Defense Forces from 1995 to 1998, operating extensively in south Lebanon and the West Bank. In 1997, his 14-year-old sister was killed by a suicide bomber in Jerusalem. Elik is also a military refusenik. He joined Courage to Refuse in 2002 and co-founded the Israeli-Palestinian group Combatants for Peace in 2005, becoming its Israeli director in 2006-2007. He has been a long-time member of the Parents Circle-Families Forum. In 2012, he participated in a mission with the Swedish boat S/V Estelle to challenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Elik earned his PhD in Middle East studies from Columbia University and currently works as a professor teaching Yiddish and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at City College of New York.
Date: Sunday, August 18, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM Jerusalem time, 5:00 PM London time,
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtd-6qqjgsGdUlG1igmuBfHVGANtcaobyt
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting
