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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Fall 2014 Sacramento Area Middle East Events – <a href="https://sacbds.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/fall-2014-sacramento-area-middle-east-events-full-page-flyer.pdf">Click for flyer</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Saturdays in November: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Join Sacramento BDS bannering and leafleting at local stores<b> </b>asking shoppers to <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/products">boycott Israeli products</a> and <a href="http://www.wedivest.org/">divest from companies</a> that profit from Israel’s human rights violations. <br><b><br>Sunday, Nov 9</b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, 12:30pm, </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.sacramentobethlehem.org/"><b><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Sacramento Bethlehem Sister City</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Celebrates 5 years in "sistership" with Bethlehem, Palestine.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <br>Delicious Palestinian food; displays; and sales of holiday crafts and olive oil. St John's Hall, Our Lady of the Assumption Church, RSVP: SacramentoBethlehem@yahoo.com<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Monday, Nov 10</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>, 2014, 5:30pm, Inter/Nationalism from the Holy Land to the New World: Encountering Palestine</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> <b>in American Indian Studies.</b> <br>A Public Lecture by </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><a href="http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/15652/demanding-equality_interview-with-steven-salaita-o"><span style='color:red;text-decoration:none'>Dr. Steven Salaita</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> who was fired by the University of Illinois apparently </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/university-illinois-fires-professor-steven-salaita-after-gaza-massacre-tweets"><span style='color:red;text-decoration:none'>over views critical of Israel</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>. Multi-Purpose Room, Student Community Center, UC Davis. FMI: smaira@ucdavis.edu<br><br><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wednesday, Nov 12</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, 7pm, Syria & the U.S. agenda in the Middle East.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>CSU Stanislaus Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil, author of the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.angryarab.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>angryarab.blogspot.com</span></a> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>addresses the effect of U.S. intervention in Syria and the region. 909 12th St, Sacramento 916-448-7157; sacpeace@dcn.org<br><b><br></b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green;background:white'>Thursday, Nov 13</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green;background:white'>, 2014, Mass incarceration by Israel: The struggles of Palestinian political prisoners.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green;background:white'> <br>Talk by Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer, an NGO that provides representation and advocacy for Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel, now over 6,000.<br>12 noon, Rm 2304, King Hall Law School, UC Davis, Davis and 5pm, Classroom A, McGeorge Law School 3200 5th Ave. Sacramento. 916-769-1641.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><br><br><b>Saturday, Nov 15</b><b>, 2014, 2pm, Saving Wadi Foquin.</b> <br>In August, Israel issued orders illegally confiscating 1000 acres of West Bank Palestinian land to expand illegal Israeli settlements, including land from </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.friendsofwadifoquin.com/"><span style='color:black;background:white'>Wadi Foquin</span></a><span style='color:black;background:white'>. Meet the village’s mayor and learn about their struggle. Sacramento Japanese UMC, 6929 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento. <a href="mailto:SabeelSacramento@gmail.com">SabeelSacramento@gmail.com</a><br><br></span></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Saturday, Nov 29</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. For info on local actions: <a href="mailto:SacramentoBDS@gmail.com">SacramentoBDS@gmail.com</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>In case you missed it: Click to see <a href="http://fox40.com/2014/10/18/israel-protesters-gather-outside-of-preseason-kings-game/">press coverage of Sacramento Kings protest</a>. This was one of 6 US/Canadian-Israeli exhibition games this month (<a href="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nY3dopUvf24&sns=fb">Cleveland</a>, <a href="https://m.facebook.com/events/637040066410796/">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1511114582467257">Washington DC</a>, <a href="http://www.change.org/p/portland-trailblazers-don-t-be-used-as-a-screen-for-israel-s-attacks-on-civilians-children-and-athletes-take-a-stand-against-the-nba-exhibition-games-with-israeli-basketball-teams-cancel-the-portland-game?share_id=lJbwVheBJe&utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition">Portland</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fans-of-Freedom-and-Justice/782170095158770">Sacramento</a> and Toronto) – all of which have been or are being protested because they are “sports-washing” Israel’s illegal and racist policies. <o:p></o:p></p><h4> <o:p></o:p></h4><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>