The Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine and 1for3.org are organizing a webinar as a lead up to World Water Day.
Parched in Palestine: Resisting Water Apartheid
Saturday, March 19, 1:00 – 2:30 PM (Eastern Time in USA & Canada)
The webinar will focus on Israel’s water apartheid policies and how the effort to drive Palestinians from the land is being resisted.
Speakers include:
Jehad Abusalim, Gaza-born Education & Policy Coordinator at American Friends Service Committee
Nidal Al-Azraq, a Palestinian refugee who is Executive Director of US-based 1for3.org
Shatha Al-Azzeh, Director of the Environment Unit at Lajee Center, Aida Refugee Camp
Mohammed Obidallah, water and environmental management expert in Battir Municipality
Lubnah Shomali, human rights defender and advocacy manager at Badil Resource Center
Also featured: short videos highlighting new forms of resistance that are taking shape.
To Register: https://bit.ly/3M69wOo
You can watch the recording of ‘Parched in Palestine’ here
Co-sponsors: Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia, Black and Pink - MA, American Friends Service Committee – New England, Cambridge/Bethlehem People-to-People Project, City Life/Vida Urbana, Deeper than Water Coalition, Dorchester People for Peace, Eyewitness Palestine, Grassroots International, Green Roots, Jewish Voice for Peace – Boston, Human Rights Awareness: Palestine Israel, Massachusetts Peace Action, North American Indian Center of Boston, Peace & Social Justice Committee of Friends Meeting Cambridge, Social Justice Group - UU Church in Harvard, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, United American Indians of New England, Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice & the Environment.
