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2.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Centre for Cultural Research</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
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font-family:"High Tower Text";letter-spacing:2.0pt;font-weight:bold'> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Western Sydney</st1:PlaceName></span></font></b></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center'><font
size=2 face="High Tower Text"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"High Tower Text";letter-spacing:2.0pt'>invites all to attend</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=5 face=Rockwell><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;
font-weight:bold'>a Special Additional Seminar in the CCR Seminar Series 2008</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face="High Tower Text"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"High Tower Text"'>featuring</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color=navy face="Californian FB"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Californian FB";color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Ali Abunimah </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=navy face="Californian FB"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Californian FB";color:navy;font-weight:bold'>(author, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>One Country: A Bold Proposal to Break the Israeli/
Palestinian Impasse</span></i> and editor, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Electronic
Intifada</span></i>)</span></font></b><b><font color=navy><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
letter-spacing:1.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Date: </span></font></b><font
face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>Thursday,
15 May</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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letter-spacing:1.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Time: <strong><b><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'>12.30pm – 1.30pm</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
letter-spacing:1.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Venue: Gallery Floor, <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Female</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Orphan</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> </span></font></b><font
face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>(Building
EZ), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Parramatta</st1:City></st1:place>
Campus</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
letter-spacing:1.0pt;font-weight:bold'>RSVP: </span></font></b><font
face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>Ania
Ajiri <a href="mailto:a.ajiri@uws.edu.au">a.ajiri@uws.edu.au</a> or 9685 9600</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:
bold'>Apologies</span></font></b><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:
Calibri'>: Kay Anderson<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <a
href="mailto:k.anderson@uws.edu.au">k.anderson@uws.edu.au</a> </span></font> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=4 color=maroon face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Californian FB";color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>Roadmap to Nowhere:
Imposing Peace on <st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City>/ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><font
color=maroon><span style='color:maroon'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:maroon'>Ali Abunimah</span></font></b></strong><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Israel</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'>'s strategy throughout the 'peace process' has been to try to gain
control over the maximum amount of land with the minimum number of
Palestinians. This has underpinned all proposals for the so-called
two-state solution. Instead of leading to peace, it has created a situation
akin to apartheid. Israeli policy makers are at a dead end, and new ideas for
peace and coexistence are emerging from the Palestinian side.</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Ali
Abunimah </span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>is the Editor of <em><i><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'>Eletronic Intifada</span></font></i></em>,
a not-for-profit, independent online publication about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. A Palestinian American, he is a graduate of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Princeton</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> and the <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chicago.He</st1:PlaceName>
is a frequent speaker and commentator on the <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>,
and is a regular contributor to the <em><i><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'>Chicago Tribune</span></font></i></em> and the <em><i><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'>Los Angeles Times</span></font></i></em>. He
is the author of a new book, <em><i><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'>One Country: a Bold Proposal to break the
Israeli/Palestinian Impasse</span></font></i></em> (Henry Holt, NY, 2006),
which revives the old and neglected idea of one state shared by two peoples. </span></font><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Ali Abunimah's visit to <st1:City w:st="on">Sydney</st1:City>
has been sponsored by the Sydney-based Coalition for Justice and Peace in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:City> (CJPP). <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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