SA SPEAKING TOUR: Israeli Professor, Historian & Activist Ilan Pappe on Israeli Apartheid, Academic Boycott & History of Palestine

World renown Israeli academic, historian and activist, Professor Ilan Pappe will be on a South African speaking tour between the 31st of July and the 8th of August. Professor Pappe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Pappé) is an Israeli academic and historian that is in effective exile due to his academic work, support of the Palestinian struggle and in particular for his championing of the academic boycott of Israel. Pappe is currently a Professor of History at the at Exeter University in the UK as well as the Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies (http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/staff/pappe/).

Pappe’s books include: "The Boycott Will Work: An Israeli Perspective" in Audrea Lim (ed.) The Case for Sanctions Against Israel (London & Brooklyn, NY: Verso. 2012); "Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians" (with Noam Chomsky, 2010); "Out of Frame: The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel." (London: Pluto Press. 2010); "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" (London and New York: Oneworld, 2006); "The Israel-Palestine Question" (London and New York: Routledge, 1999; 2006). Some articles by Ilan Pappe include: “Interview with Ilan Pappe on academic freedom in Israel and BDS” (click here); "The boycott will work, an Israeli perspective” (click here); Guardian Newspaper profile on Ilan Pappe (click here); "Back the Boycott" (click here).

Given the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, this is a highly relevant speaking tour for any member of the public or media wanting to learn more about the history of Palestine-Israel, the situation in Gaza, the BDS boycott of Israel and to get a progressive Jewish perspective on the issue. Professor Ilan Pappe is being hosted in South Africa by the Muslim Views Newspaper in association with BDS South Africa with events across the country at various universities and community centres. At the University of Johannesburg Professor Pappe will be a co-panelist with South Africa's Minister of Higher Education and General Secretary of SACP, Blade Nzimande.

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FULL SOUTH AFRICAN SPEAKING SCHEDULE FOR ISRAELI ACADEMIC, PROFESSOR ILAN PAPPE
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STELLENBOSCH
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DATE: Thursday, 31 July at 17h30 for 18h00
VENUE: Rm 222, 2nd Floor, Arts Building, Corner Merriman & Ryneveldt Street, Stellenbosch
TOPIC: "Courageous Jewish Voices on Israel/Palestine - Deconstructing Myths and Truths About the Land of Israel, Palestine and Gaza”
CONTACT: 0832907742
HOSTS: Kairos Christian Ecumenical Organization, Stellenbosch PSF

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CAPE TOWN
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DATE: Friday 01 August, at 13:30
TOPIC: Jumuah Talk on "Whether Israel is an Apartheid State?"
VENUE: Masjidul Quds Mosque, Gatesville, Cape Town
CONTACT: 0827052223

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DATE: Friday 01 August, at 18:00 for 18:30
VENUE: Community House, Salt River Road, Salt River, Cape Town
TOPIC: "The Myths of Zionism and Israel"
CONTACT: 0828702025
HOSTS: Cape Town Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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DATE: Saturday, 02 August at 20:00
Live Debate on iTV to be broadcast on DSTV Channel 347

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DATE: Sunday, 03 August at 15h00
MASS MEETING: Islamia College Hall, 409 Imam Haron Road, Lansdowne, Cape Town
TOPIC: "Brand Israel: How Zionism was Marketed Over the Years"
CONTACT: 0827052223

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DATE: Monday, 04 August at 13h00
VENUE: L20, Old Arts Building, University of Western Cape, Cape Town
TOPIC: "The Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine: The Past and the Present"
HOSTS: University of Western Cape PSA
CONTACT: 0729192751

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DATE: Monday, 04 August at 18h00
VENUE: Kramer Lecture Theatre 1, University of Cape Town, Cape Town
TOPIC: "The False Paradigm of Peace: One-State or Two-States Solution For Palestine-Israel"
HOSTS: University of Cape Town PSF
CONTACT: 0820619674

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PIETERMARTIZBURG
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DATE: Tuesday, 05 August at 13h00
VENUE: Room 107, New Arts Bldg, Golf Road, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermartizburg
TOPIC: "Israel and the Arab Spring”
CONTACT: 0824231348

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DURBAN
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DATE: Tuesday, 05 August at 18h30
VENUE: Howard College Auditorium, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban
TOPIC: "The Forgotten Palestinians: the Palestinian minority inside Israel
CONTACT: 0837864918

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JOHANNESBURG
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DATE: Wednesday, 06 August at 18:30 for 19h00
VENUE: Protea Auditorium, STH Building, Bunting Road Campus (off Annet Road), University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg
TOPIC: "Academic freedom in higher education: Apartheid South Africa and current day Israel as case studies, with a particular focus on the academic boycott"
CONTACT: 0842119988

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DATE: Thursday, 07 August at 13h00
CONTACT: 0715028674
VENUE: Humanities Graduate Centre Seminar Room, East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg
HOST: Wits University PSC

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DATE: Thursday, 07 August at 15h00
TOPIC: “Gaza in Context - The Continued Israel Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine”
VENUE: Origin Centre, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg
CONTACT: (082) 6524844
HOST: Jewish Voices for Just Peace and signatories of “SA Jews Against Israeli Attacks on Gaza"

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