World Civilian Coalition Gathers for Global March to Jerusalem

Posted on January 16, 2012 by gandhifriends

World Civilian Coalition Gathers for Global March to Jerusalem Beirut -The International Executive Committee of the Global March to Jerusalem announces the completion of the preparations for the Second International Conference where the representatives of the International Committees involved in the organization of the Global March to Jerusalem will meet. The conference will be held in [...]

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The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award and Annual Lecture 2010

Posted on August 24, 2010 by gandhifriends

To be presented to the Parents Circle Families Forum Wednesday 3rd November 6 – 8pm (seated by 5.45pm) at The House of Lords Room 4A This year the Annual Lecture will take the form of a panel discussion with the following distinguished members: The Parents Circle Families Forum (2 representatives: 1 Israeli and 1 Palestinian) [...]

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Book Review – Gandhi And The Middle East: Jews, Arabs and Imperial Interests

Posted on January 9, 2010 by gandhifriends

Gandhi And The Middle East: Jews, Arabs and Imperial Interests Simone Panter-Brick I B Tauris 2008 pp193 IBSN 978 1 84511 584 5 HB £47.50 This study deals with Gandhi’s involvement with the politics of the Middle East and in particular Palestine. There were two periods when Gandhi became involved in Middle Eastern politics. The [...]

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Gandhi in the 21st Century – by Prof. Bhikhu Parekh

Posted on September 2, 2009 by gandhifriends

The Second Fred Blum Memorial Lecture If  I were to sum up Gandhi in just one phrase (his phrase) I would say he committed his life, as he called it, “to grow from truth to truth”. In other words, as a human being he said he only had partial perceptions of ultimate reality, or what [...]

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Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict: What we can learn from Gandhi – by Norman G. Finkelstein

Posted on May 16, 2009 by gandhifriends

The following article was delivered as the Tans Lecture, Maastricht University, Netherlands on 13th November 2008. The numbers in brackets mark footnotes. “This lecture will divide into three parts.  First, I will lay out the terms of the international consensus for resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict.  Second, I will sketch Gandhi’s doctrine of nonviolent civil resistance.  [...]

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Statement on Gaza

Posted on January 20, 2009 by gandhifriends

It is with dismay that we have observed the recent events in Gaza and join the international calls for the ending of violence and the sustaining of a ceasefire so that the resumption of dialogue is made possible. The UN should lead an independent enquiry into the human rights issues this conflict has raised and [...]

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The Question of Palestine – by Mohandas K. Gandhi

Posted on January 14, 2009 by gandhifriends

These passages are taken from the Collected works of Mahatma Gandhi (‘319. The Jews’, vol. 74, 9 September 1938 – 29 January 1939, pp. 239-242; and ‘331. Jews and Palestine’, vol. 91, 20 May 1946 – 8 August 1946, pp. 272–273). Article 1: September 1938 Several letters have been received by me asking me to [...]

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The Rise of the Suicide Bomber – by Omar Hayat

Posted on November 2, 2005 by gandhifriends

To understand the recent suicide attacks that have occurred in London, Madrid, New York and Bali we need to understand how the Muslim suicide attacks originated and objectively determine if religion played a significant contributory factor. This understanding may be able to prevent further attacks. The Palestinian use of suicide terrorism is a good starting [...]

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