San Diego Conference, June 27-28, 2008
Telling the Truth:
Prospects for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel
Friends of Sabeel, Joan B. Kroc Institute & Provost's Office at USD present A PeaceBuilding conference

Telling the Truth: Prospects for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel
June 27-28, 2008
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
San Diego, CA
Conference Speakers
 | REV. DR. NAIM ATEEK Seeks to find solutions based on the faith principles of justice, peace, and nonviolence. A former Canon of St. George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem, he helped found the ministry of Sabeel. |
 | LANDRUM BOLLING Director, Foundation for Middle East Peace. He also served as President of Earlham College and President and Chairman of the Board of Lilly Endowment Inc. |
 | ANNA BALTZER Jewish American Columbia graduate, Fulbright scholar, and volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service. She brings a Jewish perspective to experiencing occupation. |
 | DR. JEFF HALPER Coordinator of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and an Israeli-American peace activist, professor of anthropology, author, acclaimed speaker, and Nobel Prize nominee. |
 | MUBARAK AWAD Co-founder of the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence. Currently Director of Nonviolence International. |
 | MARCY WINOGRAD Co-founder of Los Angeles Jews for Peace. When no lobbying for a just U.S. Middle East Policy, she works as a literary coach at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles. |
 | SAREE MAKDISI Saree Makdisi, nephew of Edward Said, is a professor of English and Comparative Literature UCLA and a well known commentator on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. |
 | REV. DR. DONALD WAGNER
Profesor and Director of the Center of Middle Eastern Studies at North Park University in Chicago. Member of the FOSNA steering committee. |
 | DR. LAILA AL-MARAYATI
Spokesperson for and past President of the Muslim Women's League, a Los Angeles based organization dedicated to disseminating accurate information about Islam. |
 | MIKO PELED Israeli-born peace activist and San Diego businessman. Son of former Israeli General Matti Peled who publicly opposed the occupation in the latter stages of his career. |
 | NADER ELBANNA Palestinian-born peace activist and San Diego businessman. Former soldier in the Special Forces, Jordanian army. |
 | HUSSAM AYLOUSH
Is the Southern California Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). He frequently lectures on Islam, media relations, civil rights, hate crimes and international affairs. |
 | JERRY LEVIN Jerry Levin, former American hostage and CNN Middle East bureau chief and current member of Christian Peacemaker Team. His book, "West Bank Diary", is based on the reports he has filed from that area. |
Plenary Sessions
THE PLIGHT OF PALESTINIANS CHRISTIANS
FILM: ENCOUNTER POINT - WE REFUSE TO BE ENEMIES
THE ONLY ROAD: A SHARED VISION
LIFE UNDER OCCUPATION
NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE
ROOTS OF THE CONFLICT: LIFE SINCE 1948
HOUSE DEMOLITIONS & LAND CONFISCATION
WHAT'S NEXT
Workshops
CHALLENGING CHRISTIAN ZIONISM
Donald Wagner
THE CHURCHES' ROLE IN DIVESTMENT
Naim Ateek
PRACTICAL ACTIVISM
Laila Al-Marayati and Marcy Winograd
U.S. POLICY TOWARD ISLAM: ITS IMPACT ON PALESTINE
Hussam Ayloush
CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS
Jerry Levin
IS A TWO STATE SOLUTION STILL VIABLE?
Miko Peled and Nader Elbanna