NORTH SHORE GROUPS HOST EVENT WITH DR. ALICE ROTHCHILD:
EYEWITNESS GAZA: FROM DISASTER TO RESILIENCE
On Sunday, October 25, the North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice (NSCPJ) together with the Cape Ann Forum, will present Eyewitness Gaza: From Disaster to Resilience with Alice Rothchild, at Gloucester City Hall, 9 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, from 3-5 pm.
Alice Rothchild is a physician, activist, filmmaker, author of “Broken Promises, Broken Dreams,” and producer of the documentary film, “Voices Across the Divide.”
Dr. Rothchild visited the Gaza Strip in March 2015 with a medical delegation as part of broader Israel/Palestine visits. She will share information, images, and impressions of the destruction caused by the Israeli invasion of 2014 and the extraordinary resilience that she encountered, as well as the ongoing siege conditions.
Learn how people currently confined in the Gaza Strip – from farmers to psychiatrists – try to rebuild their lives amidst such extreme devastation and political challenges.
Explore the question: Can the root causes of the conflict be addressed, or is the next deadly outbreak of violence only a matter of time?
The North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice is a coalition of groups and individuals from the communities of the North Shore of Massachusetts. The coalition came together in the winter-spring of 2001 to support activities of North Shore groups working for peace and justice and to initiate North Shore-wide peace actions.
The Cape Ann Forum is an independent, non-partisan community organization, founded in 2001 to increase public understanding of national and international issues and their connection to people at the local level. Speakers act as catalysts to foster free-wheeling dialogue and debate.
This event is also co-sponsored by the First Universalist Church of Essex, Jewish Voice for Peace, Boston, Merrimack Valley People for Peace, Salem Peace Committee, Unitarian Universalist Society of Rockport, and Veterans for Peace Samantha Smith Chapter 45.
The event is free and open to the public. Please join us. For more information, call 978-283-5030.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Some years back the Gloucester Forum, for what must have been for the sake of even-handedness, teamed an anti-Zionist Palestinian with an anti-Zionist Jew to enlighten our community about the Israel/Palestine conflict. It appears to be slighting the Palestinian side this time though I suspect Dr Rothschild will have no trouble representing all varieties of anti-Zionism. Nevertheless, it may be helpful to get a Palestinian perspective. Those who actually care to participate with an open mind may want to look at the opinion of a Palestinian intellectual and how he sees the conflict between the two sides. http://www.standwithus.com/news/article.asp?id=4257
LikeLike