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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is delighted to announce it is hosting a five-city speaking tour by American scholar Norman Finkelstein. Finkelstein was awarded his doctorate by Princeton University in 1988, and has subsequently taught at Rutgers, New York University, Brooklyn College, Hunter College and DePaul University (Chicago). His academic research has concentrated on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its representation in political discourse. He has devoted much of his adult life to the achievement of a just peace between Israel and Palestine.
Dr. Finkelstein's lecture tour -- Israel and Palestine: Past, Present, Future -- will focus on the situation in Gaza, the raid on the S.S. Mavi Marmara, the current stage of the peace process and the prospect of another regional war. The tour dates are as follows:
* Montreal Tuesday, Oct. 26
* Ottawa Wednesday, Oct. 27
* Toronto Thursday, Oct. 28
* Edmonton Friday, Oct. 29
* Vancouver Saturday, Oct. 30
