Christians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East Plan Spring Event
“Israel and Palestine: Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace” is the theme for the eighth annual spring conference of Christians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East. The event, free and open to the public, will be held at North United Methodist Church in Indianapolis on Palm Sunday, April 5. The keynote speaker will be Norman G. Finkelstein, an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust.
“Israel and Palestine: Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace” is the theme for the eighth annual spring conference of Christians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East. The event, free and open to the public, will be held at North United Methodist Church in Indianapolis on Palm Sunday, April 5. The keynote speaker will be Norman G. Finkelstein, an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust.
Dr. Finkelstein, whose parents were Holocaust survivors, received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at Princeton University. He is a world-renowned and critical expert on Israeli-Palestinian issues. As the author of five books translated into more than 40 foreign editions, he notes that “it is possible to unite exacting scholarly rigor with scathing moral outrage.” Finkelstein’s work has attracted a number of supporters as well as detractors across the political spectrum.
Registration will begin at 1:30 PM with the keynote address at 2:30, followed by observations and a question and answer session with the event ending at 4:30.
Contact Dotti Gerner, chairperson of CPJME (317-283-7175) for further information.
Dr. Finkelstein will also be speaking at the “Midwest Peace and Justice Summit” on Saturday, April 4, on the IUPUI Campus at 4:30 PM – Informatics Building, 535 W. Michigan, SW Corner of West and Michigan Streets. This event, free and open to the public, is jointly sponsored by “Christians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East,” the “Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center,” and the “IUPUI Peace and Justice Group.” Contact John R. Kaufman-McKivigan at 317-274-5860 for further information.