IPJ Speaker Series Presents:

 "Combatants for Peace"
A Panel Presentation

7 p.m.

The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre

Panelists Bassam Aramin and Elik Elhanan are Palestinian and Israeli representatives of Combatants for Peace.  This organization, a winner of the 2007 Common Ground award, was begun jointly by Palestinian and Israeli former soldiers and fighters who decided to work nonviolently for a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Elik’s sister, Smadar Elhanan, and Bassam’s daughter, Abir Aramin, both lost their lives as a result of the conflict. Both men are committed to ending this conflict and the violence.

“All the proposed peace plans have basic common denominators. But grass roots citizens cannot make the peace. We are doing this outreach to nurture the popular sentiment to demand negotiations by the leaders who can make real peace treaties.”– Elik Elhanan

“I hope that my child, which means my heart, to be the last victim of the war between the Israelis and the Palestinians. We must still hope, because without hope we cannot live.” – Bassam Aramin

For more information on Combatants for Peace, go to www.combatantsforpeace.org. For more information about upcoming Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice events, go to http://peace.sandiego.edu or call (619) 260-7509.   
      
Co-sponsored by:
Combatants for Peace
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, USD
Rotary District 5340 Pathways to Peace Committee
Institute of College Initiatives, USD