Hear from Standing Together: The largest Jewish-Arab grassroots movement for peace in Israel
May 8 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Loughborough UCU branch will be hosting a meeting with two speakers from Standing Together, a social movement of Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel pursuing peace, equality, and social and climate justice. The meeting will entail a presentation on the broad aims and work of Standing Together, as well as the group’s response to the ongoing war, raging since October 7th, and the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
We will be joined on Teams by:
Sally Abed is an elected city council representative of Haifa and a national leader at Standing Together, the Jewish-Arab grassroots movement that mobilizes people around issues of peace, equality and social justice. In recent years, she has become a prominent progressive Palestinian voice in Israel. Sally is a recurring guest on the Promised Podcast and the Co-host of the new podcast Groundwork – a mini series about Palestinians and Jews refusing to accept the status quo and working together for change.
Itamar Avneri is a social and peace activist and a community organizer. He is an elected city council representative of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and one of the founding members of Standing Together. He is also a prominent voice in the LGBT community, a member of the Israeli Climate Forum, and a Ph.D. student in History of Science at Bar-Ilan University.
After a 20-minute talk from the speakers, we will have 30 minutes for questions and discussion.
The Standing Together meeting will take place on Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 8th May from 1pm-2pm.
All Lboro staff welcome!
If you need the link to join please email ucu@lboro.ac.uk