“Gaza: Against the Wall”
by www.kevinneish.ca
Victoria human rights activist Kevin Neish presents a slide show and discussion of his recent 5 week tour of Gaza. Amidst the Israeli forces’ rockets, hijackings, kidnappings, shootings and blackouts, the Palestinian people of Gaza carry on with their lives.
Public presentation and slide show
8 pm Friday April 26
8 pm Friday April 26
Fernwood Community Association,
1923 Fernwood Rd.
Admission by donation.
In Arabic they are called “sumud”, in English it's steadfast and unyielding. Mr. Neish volunteered as a human shield and human rights observer with farmers in their fields and with fishers at sea, along the Israeli border’s “shoot-to-kill buffer zone”. He documented his trip with photographs and essays at www.kevinneish.ca
Since 1989, Mr. Neish has volunteered as a human shield and human rights observer in Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia and Palestine in the West Bank and now Gaza. He survived the Israeli assault on the Mavi Marmara in May 2010.
For immediate release
Contact: Kevin Neish 250-595-3991
neish@victoria.tc.ca
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