Mazin Qumsiyeh On Minnesota, Olives, and more

My access to email maybe limited for 10 days as I will be on traveling giving talks mostly in Minnesota, USA. If you are in the area and would like to get together see my schedule posted here http://qumsiyeh.org/upcomingevents/ and ofcourse the rest of the year, I am in Palestine and always welcome visitors.

Here we are beginning the olive harvest season and settlers and soldiers of the occupation try to destroy and restrict harvest but people do their best.  Here is an article I wrote three years ago about Olives and their significance in Palestine: http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2009/10/20/palestinian-olives/

Conferences: The Eighth Annual Interfaith Tree of Life Conference on Israel and Palestine In Six Locations:
November 2 Harvard University
November 3 & 4 Old Lyme, Connecticut
November 3 Springfield, Massachusetts
November 7 West Hartford, Connecticut
November 10 & 11 New York City
November 11 & 12 Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Details at http://www.tolef.org

Ask Finland to investigate Israeli attack on Estelle and the kidnapping of its 30 passengers in International waters. News here: http://www.imemc.org/article/64434
Action here: http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/activisim/5480-act-ask-finland-to-investigate-israeli-attack-on-estelle-.html

Academic Questionnaire- for International Activists for Palestine. To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dE8tNVpQMkpkR2M5SjdrV1Y2NVowbmc6MQ
For Jewish Israeli:  אם את\ה יהודי ישראלי, הולך לקישור הבא
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dE5hUFhVN041alcyOF9BSHNxRk9hdWc6MQ 

Israel limits access to education to force Palestinians out: Press TV has interviewed Mr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, professor at Bethlehem University, Bethlehem about forced education restrictions in Palestine by the occupation. 
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/10/14/266679/israel-limits-access-to-education-to-force-palestinians-out/

What is to be done?: Hebron students debate resistance to occupation
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/10/what-is-to-be-done-hebron-students-debate-resistance-to-occupation.html

Stay human
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
http://qumsiyeh.org