Finkelstein evening was filled with uplift

I think there was more to Norman Finkelstein’s appearance at the Griffin than your earlier post conveyed. It was a coming together of four individuals to give a multi-faceted picture of what Palestine means to them. The first speaker, Jody McIntyre is a young, handicapped British journalist who spoke of his personal experience in Gaza and the West Bank, where he lived with Palestinian families and became very close with a Palestinian teenager, also in a wheel chair. Jody’s talk was very moving. While he was talking a video showed him in Gaza in January 2009. Norman made a most effective case for Gaza being a "crime" not a "war". He provided the background for Jody’s narrative, and many reasons for Shadia’s anger. Shadia Mansour is known as the "first Lady of Arabic hip hop", young, beautiful, Palestinian and angry. Then Lowkey, a talented artist, brought art and activism into one space. Nancy Leigh, the group’s manager is …Mother Earth. It was an uplifting evening, personal, artistic and very informative. It showed on peoples’ faces and in their responses : Free Free…PALESTINE ..peace signs and swaying arms. You would have loved it.