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Written by sara
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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Saturday 19th of July,
8pm
Lecture by Alice
Gray about Bedouin in Israel and water issues in the
Negev
Alice Gray is a co-founder of
LifeSource (www.lifesource.ps) and co-director of
Bustan Qaraaqa (www.eag-palestine.org)
The Bedouin
are one of the most marginalized and systematically abused groups in Israeli
society. As Israeli citizens in an allegedly democratic state, Bedouin should
have the same rights as other Israeli citizens. But this is not the case.
There are approximately 170 000 Bedouin living in the Naqab, approximately half
of whom live in villages which are not recognized by the Israeli government
This means that they are actively persecuted by government agencies who demolish
Bedouin homes and destroy their crops. In addition, they are denied access to
basic services such as water infrastructure, denying their basic human rights.
Alice has been an environmental researcher in the region for over 2 years, and
actively partners with the Bedouin grassroots organization Bustan (www.bustan.org). Come and learn more
about the story of the Bedouin and of Israeli policy in the Naqab.
The AIC is a joint Plaestinian-Israeli activist organization
engaged in dissemination of information, political advocacy and grassroots
activism.
The AICafe is a political and cultural café open on Tuesday and
Saturday night from 7pm untill 11pm. It is located in the Alternative
Information Center in Beit Sahour, close to Suq a Shaab square (follow the sign
to Jadal Center) We have a small library with novels, political books and
magazines. We also sell a number of Films in DVD copies and the AIC publications
which are aimed to critically analyze both the Palestinian and Israeli sociaties
as well as the conflict itself.
Phone number; 02
2775444
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AICafe 
