Pressure Points: Israel, Berkeley and the Divestment Resolution

Students for Justice in Palestine is overjoyed to invite you to the first event in our November series! Please join us for the screening of a new documentary on our historic 2010 divestment campaign at UC Berkeley. For those who were present, for those who only heard about it--come, and bring your friends!

Using various interviews, film from the Berkeley student senate proceedings, and supporting documentary footage from Palestinian territories and Egypt, PRESSURE POINTS is a documentary that explores the
dynamics of the debate on Israel's human rights abuses and its historic significance within U.S. social justice movements. Testimony of pro-Israel students from groups such as Hillel and top Israeli diplomat Akiva Tor is counterpointed in the film by witnesses including several Palestinian students, a Holocaust survivor, representatives from Jewish Voice for Peace, diverse student activists, and noted academics.

Watch the preview here
http://www.metierhumanrights.org/productions/pressure_points_israel_berkeley_and_the_divestment_resolution

Screening to be followed by a panel on personal transformations and lessons learned from the campaign.

The event will also be a fundraiser for the MAIA project for clean drinking water for Gaza's children:
http://www.mecaforpeace.org/projects/maia-project


PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WANT TO ARRANGE A SCREENING! SPREAD THE WORD!

for more information on the 2010 divestment campaign, including video testimonies, the text of the bill and reports, see http://www.caldivestfromapartheid.com/