Prof. Beverly Voloshin on the background of the current war in Gaza
Mon, Jan 08
|East Rec Center
Oakmont Progressives will sponsor a talk on the background of the current war in Gaza by Prof. Beverly Voloshin, Professor Emerita at San Francisco State University and Visiting Professor at Al Quds University in the West Bank.
Time & Location
Jan 08, 2024, 6:30 PM
East Rec Center, 7902 Oakmont Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95409, USA
About the event
On Oct. 07, Hamas fighters attacked Israeli towns, peaceful gatherings and kibbutzim near Gaza. Over a thousand Israelis and eighteen thousand Palestinians have died so far, along with 49,500 wounded. (Reuters, Dec. 10, 2023) Over a hundred hostages remain in captivity. 1.8 million residents of Gaza are now refugees in the south, and the lack of food, medicine, water and fuel is creating a massive humanitarian crisis. Gaza is almost exactly the same land area as Las Vegas, but one of the most densely populated areas on earth. Thus far, over 15,000 bombs have dropped on Gaza and about 60% of the housing is now rubble.(PBS Newsroom, Dec. 08)
But history did not start on Oct. 07. Palestine and Israel have been a site of struggle for 100 years, with periodic outbreaks of violence and brutality on all sides. Prof. Voloshin will explore the background of the current struggle from…