Review of October 10 lecture by Phyllis Bennis

| Submitted by admin on October 13, 2006 - 10:21pm.

CPJ member Nancy Stock attended the October 10 Phyllis Bennis lecture co-sponsored by the Western New York Peace Center held at the University of Buffalo.  (See the "Previous Events" section of the DFCPJ website for more information.)  Nancy wrote the following after hearing Ms. Bennis:

Phyllis Bennis was an excellent speaker last night. She was well worth the drive into Buffalo. She was very knowledgeable about the Mideast and she was able to present the material in an easily understood manner. She emphasized that we must demand that our government follow International Law and expect that Israel  does the same. We must and demand that they end the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Even though they claim they have pulled out of Gaza, they have completely surrounded it, controlling all of its borders, making it, in effect, still "occupied."  She said that change in the Mideast will only come when the United States government demands it, and its up to peace groups like ours to keep writing to our elected officials, writing letters to the editor, supporting public activates and linking local organizations with national coalitions to keep the issue in the eyes of the public and the media. 
The WNY Peace Center has a Taskforce for a Peaceful Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and they were Co-Sponsors of this Event.