DIGGING DEEPER LXXI: Image & reality of the Israel-Palestine conflict -- Mon., Feb. 2 @ 7pm

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On Mon., Feb. 2, at 7:00 p.m., UFPPC's study circle, Digging Deeper, will examine Norman G. Finkelstein's Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, 2nd ed. (Verso, 2003).  Book description:  "First published in 1995, this highly acclaimed study scrutinizes popular and scholarly representations of the Israel-Palestine conflict.  It begins with a novel theoretical interpretation of Zionism, and then moves on to critically engage the influential studies of Joan Peters, Benny Morris, and Anita Shapira.  Carefully rehearsing the documentary record, Finkelstein also challenges the dominant images of the June 1967 and October 1973 Arab-Israeli wars.  In a comprehensive new introduction, he provides the most succinct overview available in the English language of the Israel-Palestine conflict, while in several new chapters he juxtaposes Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories against South African apartheid, and demolishes the scholarly pretensions of Michael Oren's recent bestseller on the June 1967 war."  The volume has been praised by Avi Shlaim, Charles Glass, William Quandt, and Noam Chomsky....

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WHAT:  Digging Deeper LXXI: Image and reality of the Israel-Palestine conflict
WHO:  Led by Mark Jensen
WHEN:  Monday, February 2, 2009 -- 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
WHERE:  Mandolin Café, 3923 South 12th St., Tacoma, WA 98405

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United for Peace
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Study Circle:
February 2, 2009
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UFPPC study circle

DIGGING DEEPER LXXI: Image and reality of the Israel-Palestine conflict

On Mon., Feb. 2, Digging Deeper will examine Norman G. Finkelstein's Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, 2nd ed. (Verso, 2003).  Book description:  "First published in 1995, this highly acclaimed study scrutinizes popular and scholarly representations of the Israel-Palestine conflict.  It begins with a novel theoretical interpretation of Zionism, and then moves on to critically engage the influential studies of Joan Peters, Benny Morris, and Anita Shapira.  Carefuly rehearsing the documentary record, Finkelstein also challenges the dominant images of the June 1967 and October 1973 Arab-Israeli wars.  In a comprehensive new introduction, he provides the most succinct overview available in the English language of the Israel-Palestine conflict, while in several new chapters he juxtaposes Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories against South African apartheid, and demolishes the scholarly pretensions of Michael Oren's recent bestseller on the June 1967 war."  The volume has been praised by Avi Shlaim, Charles Glass, William Quandt, and Noam Chomsky.

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Since July 2004, United for Peace of Pierce County has been conducting “Digging Deeper,” a Monday-evening book discussion group, often in the form of a study circle.  Topics have included peak oil, climate change, the corporation, torture, Iran, U.S.-Iran relations, the writings of Robert Baer, Islam, American immigration policy, Barack Obama and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Saul Alinsky’s life and writings, war and human nature, parallels between the U.S. and ancient Rome, the sustainability revolution, resource issues, and the debt crisis, as well as abiding themes of war, peace, politics, and social change.  Occasionally, the group has spent several weeks reading longer works, like Daniel Yergin’s The Prize or Robert Fisk’s The Great War for Civilisation.

DIGGING DEEPER meets every Monday from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café, 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma, WA.

Participation is free and all who are interested are welcome.  For more information contact Mark Jensen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).