Aida Touma-Sliman, Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset On Speaking Tour in the U.S. from August 17th – August 28th

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 14, 2018

In what will be a particularly timely event, the U.S. Peace Council is excited to announce that Aida Touma-Sliman, an Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, will be in the United States for a 10-day speaking tour beginning on August 18th and ending on August 26th. Aida Touma-Sliman is the chair of the Knesset’s Permanent Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality, the former chief editor of the largest Arabic newspaper in Israel and member of the Political Bureau and CC of the Communist Party in Israel. The theme of her tour is “The Growth of Right Wing Extremism in Israel’s Domestic and Foreign Policy.” Her presentation will describe the impact of the new “nation-state law” passed recently by the Knesset. She and other Arab members of the Israeli Knesset walked out as the vote was taking place. Her itinerary is as follows:

Saturday, August 18, 2018, 7:00 – 9:30 PM — Manhattan Goddard Riverside Community Center 593 Columbus Ave. (between West 88th and West 89th Streets)

Sunday, August 19, 2018, 2:00 – 4:00 PM — Woodbridge, Connecticut Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike (Route 69)

7:30 – 9:30pm Temple Israel, New Rochelle, 1000 Pinebrook Boulevard

Monday, August 20, 2018, 7:00 – 9:00 PM — Montclair, New Jersey Montclair Firehouse, 1 Pine Street

Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, 7:00 – 9:00 PM — Louisville, Kentucky American Turkish Friendship Association, Turkish Center 4711 Progress Boulevard

August 22 – 26, 2018 — Veterans For Peace Convention, St. Paul, Minnesota Intercontinental Hotel, 11 East Kellogg Boulevard

Sunday, August 26, 2018, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Minneapolis, Minnesota The Activist Center, 4200 Cedar Avenue

The speaking tour has been endorsed by approximately 30 organizations, including Black Alliance for Peace, Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases, CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace, Fellowship of Reconciliation (Louisville, Kentucky), Green Party of New Jersey, Jewish Voice for Peace (several chapters), Manhattan Peace Action, United for Peace and Justice, Southern Connecticut State University, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (Middle East Committee), World without War and more. (See image above for complete list of co-sponsors.)

For more information about these upcoming events, please contact Bahman Azad, Organizational Secretary, U.S. Peace Council, at 201-315-2233 or bahman@uspeacecouncil.org