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with Miriam Spies, Diane Blanchard, Sheilagh McGlynn (assisting)
In order to understand the dynamics of settler colonialism in Israel and Palestine, we need to understand how land is being taken from Palestinians through the process of house demolition, illegal building of settlements and confiscation for military purposes. The Palestine Land Exercise shares some elements with the Blanket Exercise that helped many of us look at the history of colonization in Canada and its impact on Indigenous peoples.
about the facilitator
Diane Blanchard – chair of United Network for Justice and Peace in Palestine/Israel (UNJPPI); retired United Church minister; traveled in Palestine/Israel in 2010
Miriam Spies – former SCM-C board member, current chair of WSCF-C; a crip theologian, ordained in The United Church of Canada; traveled in Palestine/Israel in 2009.
