Yonatan Shapiro - Israeli peace activist in Victoria on Nov. 5/ 2015

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Published on Sunday, 18 October 2015 09:30
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A talk will be given by Yonatan Shapira here in Victoria on Nov. 5. He is co-founder of Combatants for Peace (CFPeace.org) and one of the 27 Israeli Air Force pilots who sent a letter to the Israeli minister of defense in the fall of 2003 stating that they would no longer fly missions over Gaza, as they considered the policy of targeted assassinations of Hamas leaders to be a war crime. He will be speaking in Victoria on Thursday, November 5, 2015.
Yonatan is a dynamic and empathic speaker with international recognition, who appeals to many on the spectrum of opinions on Israel/Palestine. He was prominently featured in the film "Little Town of Bethlehem" about nonviolent struggle to bring peace to Israel/Palestine. Younatn has been to jail over his involvement with trying to sail into Gaza and is a member of "Boycott Within" as a form of nonviolent... action.
Yonatan Shapiro is sponsored by Independent Jewish Voices, Kairos, and the Social Justice Studies at UVic.




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