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Wednesday, Sept. 24
Calendar
What: Generational Differences in the Workplace
When: 9-11 a.m.
Where: 204 Joseph R. Pearson Hall
About: A workshop addressing how workplace communication and management has changed.
What: Walking Group
When: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center
About: A 10 to 20 minute walk around campus.
Thursday, Sept.25
What: SeptemberFest
When: Noon to 3 p.m.
Where: Fourth level of Kansas Union
About: Enjoy free food and live Argentine music. Learn about internships, service learning, study abroad and research.
What: Marwa Africana Lecture
When: 7-9 p.m.
Where: Alderson Auditorium, Kansas
Union
About: A lecture by Fred Harris from Columbia University about the future of black politics.
Friday, Sept. 26
What: Golf Tournament
When: All day
Where: Lawrence Country Club
About: The 10th annual tournament celebrating the Applied Portfolio Management class.
What: Startup Weekend
When: All day
Where: Lawrence Public Library
About: Learn the basics of founding startups from entrepreneurs. Also happening Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday, Sept. 27
What: Chinese Language Day
When: 9-11 a.m.
Where: KU Edwards Campus, BEST Building
About: An outdoor calligraphy event along with traditional Chinese music and folk dances.
What: Latin America Cinema Festival of Kansas City
When: 11 a.m.
Where: Rio Theatre, Overland Park
About: The film "La distancia mas larga" will be presented by Tamara Falicov, associate professor of film studies
CONFLICT CONTINUES
ALLISON KITE
@Allie_Kite
Students engage in conversations about Israel, Gaza tensions
BETH FENTRESS @ElizaFentress
The conflict between Israel and the State of Palestine that escalated this summer marked another period of violence in a long history of tension between the two.
Operation Protective Edge, the name given to Israel's military operations, began July 8, and by the end, the death toll rose to more than 2,200. Though many of the bombing victims in Gaza were civilians, pro-Israeli students such as Evan Rakoover and Becca Levine say the conflict is between Israel and Hamas, not Israel and the Palestinians. Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist organization and the central governing body of the Palestinian people, is considered a terrorist organization by pro-Israeli students, as well as the United Kingdom and the United States.
Evan Rakoover, a junior from Austin, Texas, said Israel cannot work with Hamas because Hamas calls for the destruction of Israel.
every day during the conflict.
Levine: From what I understand, it was both an Israeli and Palestinian thing happening — the blockade. The Palestinian government Hamas was telling civilians that they were not allowed to leave and there would be repercussions if they did cross over into Israel, which many of them needed to do in order to get food, water and medical care that they needed. They were trapped within their own country and were not receiving supplies because all the money that was being funded from the U.S. and from Israel — Israel gave so much money to Palestine — was being used for those terror tunnels, so there were not those resources that they needed. Israelis every single day were trying to bring resources to the Palestinian civilians and were blocked out, so Israelis were risking their lives to go save the Palestinian civilian lives and were blocked out by Hamas groups telling them they couldn't go in and help their people.
Becca Levine, a junior from St. Louis and president of Jayhawks for Israel, agreed the conflict was not with Palestinian civilians. She said Israelis tried to help Palestinian civilians and get them the resources they needed
every day during the conflict
Kansan: What do you think about the blockade of Gaza?
Kansan: What should Americans know that they don't know about the conflict?
Levine: They need to educate themselves more than photos and articles on Facebook because
Salman Husain, a senior from Wichita and president of KU Students for justice in the Middle East, said he believes the injustice must be stopped. The student organization stands for justice which includes freedom, security, self-determination and universally-recognized human rights.
Pro-Palestinians have called this summer's conflict between Israel and Gaza, as well as the ongoing conflict, severely oppressive. They stand up for civilians who have lost loved ones, lost their own lives or lost their feeling of security.
Suha Najjar, a spring graduate from the University of Michigan, is now living in Gaza. Husain met Najjar at the second annual Students for Justice in Palestine conference in October 2012. Though Najjar was born in Gaza and has made multiple trips to see her family there, she grew up in the United States. She said she always felt a connection to Gaza and planned to move there. She moved to Gaza in June, a few days before Operation Protective Edge began.
Kansan: What have been some of your personal feelings toward what's been happening? What have been some of your personal reactions?
Husain: It's really tough because you see — in Gaza especially, which has borne the brunt of violence — you see violence on both sides, but Gaza has had over 2,000 people that
have perished, and Israel has had about 60 soldiers and maybe like five or six civilians that have died. In Gaza there have been about 400 children that have died. It's really disheartening to see these buildings that often house entire families and within five minutes — or a minute even — an airstrike can demolish an entire family, can demolish their entire livelihood, can demolish their possessions, everything that they own. Entire families are being wiped out, and the vast majority of them are nonviolent, are committed to peace but don't have any way of moving to a safe place once again returning to the blockade of Gaza. That's what's even more frustrating — to see that people are functionally trapped within their homes.
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Kansan: What have you experienced in Gaza?
najjar: No 30 minutes would pass by without hearing at least two or three ambulances. There were sirens going off. You would hear an explosion and then you would hear the sirens. Another sound that was familiar was whenever there was an explosion, you would hear car sirens. Because of how hard they hit, the car would shake. The car alarms would go off. The sounds of specific types of explosions became very familiar to me, so I
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1918: After World War I, Britain is given authority over Palestinian land, renaming the territory "British-mandate Palestine."
1948: The Arab-Israeli War breaks out when Israel declares independence on May 14. Forces from Israel, the Palestinians, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Egypt converge on the Palestinian Mandate in a war over the territory.
1967- The Israeli government suspects that Syria, Jordan and Egypt plan to attack Israel. Israeli forces launch a military campaign to capture the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights during the "Six-Day War."
1991: Representatives from Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and the Palestinians meet at the Madrid Peace Conference.
2005: Israel withdraws forces and settlements from the Gaza crisis
2007-2008: Hamas seizes control of the Gaza Strip. Israel and Egypt establish a blockade of Gaza. Vital goods are stopped from entering the territory.
2014: Three Israeli teenagers are killed in the West Bank, with Israel attributing the killings to Hamas. Later, a Palestinian teenager is killed in what is suspected to be a revenge-fueled murder. Israel establishes "Operation Protective Edge."
1987: A Palestinian "Intifada" (or uprising) begins. Palestinians protest Israeli control over the West Bank and Gaza.
1947: The United Nations accepts Resolution 181, a plan to split the Palestinian mandate into Arab and Jewish states. Palestinians and other Arab countries resist what they considered an unfair resolution.
1949: Armistice lines are drawn to separate territories. Jordan secures authority over the West Bank while Egypt gains control over the Gaza Strip. The remaining land is allocated to Israel and the Palestinians.
1993: The Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel create The Oslo Accords. In this agreement, the Palestinians receive some governing power over the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Temporary peace is established.
2006: Hamas wins the Palestinian legislative elections.
2012: The U.N. General Assembly votes to recognize the Palestinian territories as a "non-member observer state" and is awarded statehood status.
All information in this timeline is according to: Encyclopedia Britannica, The U.S. Department of State, CNN, PBS, and the Congressional Research Service Report for Congress
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