The Israel Forum at Columbia University
Presents
“An Inevitable Tragedy? Jews, Palestinians,
and the Fate of Jerusalem”
With Meron Benvenisti, Rashid Khalidi and Peter Marcuse
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Does the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have a solution? Is there real hope for peace and justice in the Middle East, or is more violence and hatred the only possible future? Scholars, politicians, and analysts from Israel, Palestine, and the U.S. agree that the answers to these difficult questions lie in the fate of Jerusalem. Is this torn, divided city, shared and fought over by Jews and Palestinians, doomed to an endless civil war? Or does its deeply troubled history suggest a way out of the quagmire?
Meron Benvenisti, author of City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem and Intimate Enemies: Jews and Arabs in a Shared Land, lifelong resident of the city, and columnist for Ha’aretz, will present his controversial views on the cyclical history of heavenly and earthly Jerusalem. Joining him for this public discussion are Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, and Peter Marcuse, Professor of Urban Planning and Theory at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture.
Wednesday, November 10 at 8:00 PM
Altschul Auditorium, 417 International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, 420 West 118th st. (off Amsterdam Ave.)
Doors open at 7:45. No reservations required.
For further information, please visit: http://www.TheIsraelForum.org
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The Israel Forum was founded with the goal of providing an open space where people can meet to discuss the politics of Israel/Palestine. The Forum is comprised of people of all ages, Israelis and Americans, including students from NYU, Columbia University and other universities in the NYC area.