Our feature presentation is by Palestinian professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, biologist, geneticist, activist and director of the new Museum of Natural History at Bethlehem University. He spoke at Boston College. We featured Prof Qumsiyeh last week giving a presentation based on his book, Sharing the Land of Canaan. This week we feature the second part of his presentation, which focuses on his work developing the Museum of Natural History at Bethlehem University, and the role it plays in the resistance to occupation. This is not just any Museum of Natural History, but, as you will hear, a lifeline to beauty and serenity in the midst of violence and war. He explains the connection between his ongoing Museum project and liberation of Palestinians' minds. As he says, the best weapon of an oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
Qumsiyeh showed a power point presentation as he spoke. You won't see the visuals, but you'll get the idea clearly. Much of the following presentation is in the form of questions and answers. The quality of the audio varies, but hopefully you will be able to follow the conversation. He also invites people to come visit and be involved in the Museum.
Before that, we begin with a plea for protection from Palestinian women living in occupied East Jerusalem. The plea was written by the Jerusalemite Womenâs Coalition and sent to us by our friend and colleague Khitam Edelbi, an expressive therapist who lives in East Jerusalem and is witness to the horrors being inflicted on the Palestinian community by the Israeli military and the Jewish settlers who are illegally expropriating Palestinian land. We read her statement describing the conditions under which Palestinians are living as Israel increases its strangulation of East Jerusalem. It is a plea to the international community for protection, because there is none from the Palestinian Authority or elsewhere. We also read an insightful article on this subject by Jonathan Cook in Mondoweiss.
This Week In Palestine (a weekly part of Truth and Justice Radio) is an award-winning three-quarter-hour segment of news from Palestine and discussion of issues relevant to the Palestinians' struggle for freedom from Israel's brutal military occupation and colonization of their homeland. It speaks from the point of view of Palestinians and those who care about them. It's a regular part of Truth and Justice Radio, aired Sundays 6-10am ET on WZBC 90.3FM, Newton, MA, streaming and archived for two weeks at wzbc.org; TJR's website, truthandjusticeradio.org, has a link to This Week In Palestine archives back thru 1-6-2008; earlier editions are obtainable from radio4all.net or by navigating through our playlists. (At this important time, TJR has been airing a lot of Palestine coverage IN ADDITION to that provided by This Week In Palestine.) We hope you'll write to us at tjr@bluebottle.com if you rebroadcast our work, or have questions or comments.
This Week In Palestine 11-1-2015
Mazin Qumsiyeh at BC, part 2: the Palestinian Museum of Natural History and liberation of Palestinians' minds
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