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2 This is the story told by an installation at the Burlington, Vermont Art Hop – weekend of September 11-13, 2015. The South End Art attracts over 30,000 visitors to artist’s studios and local businesses that become exhibition sites for the more than 500 participating artists.

3 Artwork by Michelle Sayles in collaboration with Jen BergerMichelle Sayles Sponsored by Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel www.vtjp.orgwww.vtjp.org A series of 8 panels tells one woman’s story of military occupation and oppression over 8 decades.

4 1948 – The al-Nakba – A land divided

5 1958 – We shall return

6 1968 – Military Occupation

7 1978 – Life under occupation

8 1988 – Settlements grow like a cancer

9 1998 – Where is the ‘Peace Process’?

10 2008 – New life – Under occupation

11 2018 – A vision of the future The wall means nothing to the birds – will we see the land and the sky again become one continuum?

12 Link to video of the Art Hop installation by Danny Weiss https://vimeo.com/140005404 with commentary by the artist Michelle Sayles Najawa - A Story of Palestine by Vermonters For A Just Peace In Palestine/Israel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Vermonters For A Just Peace In Palestine/IsraelCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

13 Performance of Cantastoria about Ben & Jerry’s in Palestine for the people waiting in line for ‘free’ ice cream.Cantastoria (Performance by Mark Hage ) The Ben & Jerry’s ‘free’ ice cream truck located across the street from the ‘comic strip’ art installation. Ben & Jerry’s is targeted for boycott, because ice cream made by its Israeli franchise is sold in illegal settlements in Palestine.boycott

14 9-1-1 EMERGENCY! Houses demolished… Children imprisoned, shot, and killed… Farmland and orchards poisoned, uprooted, destroyed… Schools, hospitals, ambulances targeted and bombed… And now it’s time for the soldiers to relax… Israeli occupation forces enjoying Ben & Jerry’s ice cream (From Ben & Jerry’s Israel Facebook Page) Turn over for more information … …and for Israeli Jewish settlers to stop off at the supermarket to pick up some Ben & Jerry’s ice cream WHATS WRONG WITH THESE PICTURES? Tell Ben & Jerry’s: Stop doing business in illegal, Jewish-only settlements in Occupied Palestine!  E-mail B&J CEO Jostein Solheim: www.vtjp.org/icecream/petitionBJ.html. www.vtjp.org/icecream/petitionBJ.html  Boycott Ben & Jerry’s until they bring their Israeli practices in line with their guiding belief “in support of peace-building efforts, and to celebrate peace- building efforts around the world.”  Learn more & get involved: www.vtjp.org/icecream.www.vtjp.org/icecream Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel (www.vtjp.org) The two sides of a leaflet handed to people waiting for ‘free’ cones at the Ben & Jerry’s truck, opposite the ‘comic strip’ art installation


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