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PITTSBURGH: WOMEN UNDER OCCUPATION: FROM PALESTINE TO IRAQ
by vincent / blast furnace radio
Monday, Mar. 01, 2004 at 1:36 AM
eirene@lm.com
thanx to O.P.T.I.C.S and the gang for bringing kate to town Bay Area activist Kate Raphael will speak on February 23 about her work in Palestine, and the recent women's delegation to Iraq.
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Bay Area activist Kate Raphael will speak on February 23 about her work in Palestine, and the recent women's delegation to Iraq. As a member of the International Women's Peace Service (IWPS) Kate spent six months supporting Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation and the construction of the apartheid wall. She also created the "Neighbor to Neighbor (Mikarov)" project, that brough Israelis into Palestinian villages to document the effects of the occupation with a commitment to educate their own communities.
While she was videotaping Israeli soldiers attacking a non-violent demonstration against the wall in Budrus, Kate was arrested and ordered deported. She was held in prison for 8 days,and upon release was required to leave the country within a week. She went to Jordan, and joined a women's delegation that spent 7 days in Iraq, investigating the effects of the U.S. occupation on women and children.
On February 23, Kate will talk about her work, and about the effects of occupation on the peoples in the region, with a particular focus on Palestinian and Iraqi women. Kate is a Jewish lesbian, and is a member of several Bay Area groups, including Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!), San Francisco Women in Black, LAGAI -- Queer Insurrection and Direct Action to Stop the War.
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