Munir’s Story 28 years after the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila Franklin Lamb Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp Beirut This wall, adjacent to Abu Yassir’s shelter is used by Shatila refugee camp tykes for playing ball and other games, unaware that some of...
The WESPAC Committee for Justice & Peace in the Middle East is a group of concerned people from the Westchester County area formed to educate the general community, promote open discussion and dialogue and advocate for just solutions to the current destructive situations in the Middle East, particularly in Palestine/Israel. WESPAC supports the call by over 200 Palestinian civil society organizations for punitive measures including boycotts, divestment, and sanctions to be maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian People’s inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law. We call for an end to all occupations in the region. The committee meets regularly and invites participation from the public. Please contact the office at 914.449.6514 or email [email protected] for more information.
900 Academics write letter to Obama
Dear President-elect Obama The Daily Star (Beyrouth) / January 12, 2009 Open Letter Editor's note: The following is a letter addressed to US President-elect Barack Obama calling for the United States to change its policies vis-à-vis the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,...
East Timor on Gaza
Charlie Scheiner has been instrumental in building the East Timor solidarity with the Palestinian struggle with regard to the catastrophe in Gaza. Her below is the result of his work. Andrew The following is an English translation of a statement issued by an...
Gerald Kaufman, UK Jewish MP
Subject: A ecouter sans faute ! UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza Un homme courageux et conséquent avec lui-même. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGuYjt6CP8
Enthusiasm for Fayyad not shared
"Enthusiasm for Palestinian prime minister isn't shared by Palestinians" By Ali Abunimah Rabbi Kenneth Chasen is the latest to offer a glowing report of the Palestinian-state-in-the-making supposedly being built by Salam Fayyad, a political unknown until...
Neve Gordon
How to sell 'ethical warfare' Claim moral superiority, intimidate enemies and crush dissent – Israel's media management is not just impressive, it's terrifying Neve Gordon The Guardian January 16, 2009 One of my students was arrested yesterday and spent the night in a...
The Battle for Legitimacy
The Battle for Legitimacy Patrick Seale Agence Global January 16, 2009 One of Israel’s sternest critics, Professor Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, said this week that Israel was losing...
John Mearsheimer
Another War, Another Defeat The Gaza offensive has succeeded in punishing the Palestinians but not in making Israel more secure. John J. Mearsheimer, The American Conservative January 26, 2009 Issue Israelis and their American supporters claim that Israel learned...
Mahmoud Abbas: Double Agent
From counterpunch, "America's Best Political Newsletter" Out of Bounds Magazine The Washington Farce Mahmoud Abbas: Double Agent By JEFFREY BLANKFORT This coming week we will witness the latest challenge for the man who is arguably the most extraordinary...
Association of Raza Educators
Association of Raza Educators - Los Angeles January 14th, 2009 As educators, we are horrified at Israel's war on Gaza in which, as of today, the UN reports 1,000 Gazans have been killed, including at least 300 children, as well as 4,800 wounded of whom one-third are...
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WESPAC Foundation has secured the screening rights to make the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? available to our community for one day. This film is deeply personal to me. I was a high school student here in Westchester County at Horace Greeley when Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was assassinated by a bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California, on October 11, 1985. I remember how deeply disturbing it was to learn of his murder, and I remain profoundly shaken by the fact that, more than four decades later, no one has been brought to justice. Even more troubling is the history of suspects who were able to leave the United States without facing prosecution. For me, Alex Odeh’s murder came to symbolize something that Palestinians have experienced for generations: a devastating sense that those who take Palestinian lives can do so with impunity. That failure of accountability has continued to haunt our people, culminating in the mass killing and destruction we have witnessed in Gaza over these past several years. When violence against Palestinians goes unpunished, it sends a dangerous message that Palestinian lives are somehow less worthy of protection, dignity, and justice. I hope our WESPAC community will take the time to watch this important film with me on December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC, reflect on the decades of injustice it exposes, and recommit ourselves to the principle that every human life is sacred and that justice must never depend on one’s nationality, ethnicity, or identity.Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607
Come out on Sunday and support the Yonkers Sanctuary Movement!
Celebrating Community, Art, Music & Our Shared Commitment to JusticeThursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PMWESPAC Foundation77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607Dear WESPAC Friends, Members, and Community Partners,We warmly invite you to join us for WESPAC’s Annual Meeting of Members, an evening of community, reflection, inspiring art, live music, and renewed commitment to building a more just, peaceful, and compassionate world.At a time when our collective voices, creativity, and solidarity matter so deeply, we look forward to gathering with old friends and new, sharing a meal, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities before us, and celebrating the extraordinary power of ordinary people to shape history. Full details at www.wespac.org