Israeli Political Activist Tanya Reinhart in UL

limerick | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Thursday November 02, 2006 17:26 by Zoe Lawlor - UL Palestine Solidarity Society

Israeli Linguist, Author & Political Activist Tanya Reinhart in University of Limerick

UL Palestine Solidarity Society Presents
Renowned Linguist and Political Activist Professor Tanya Reinhart
Tuesday 7th November at 7.30 pm in An Phluais, University of Limerick
(beside Scholars)

Professor Tanya Reinhart is a world-renowned Israeli linguist, author and political activist. She is currently Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Media Studies at Tel Aviv University. Reinhart studied philosophy and Hebrew literature at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem as an undergraduate, where she later received an M.A. in comparative literature and philosophy. In 1976 she obtained a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her thesis supervisor was Noam Chomsky. She is a guest lecturer at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and from January 2007, a Global Distinguished Professor at New York University.

Tanya Reinhart has said that she will soon leave Israel, declaring that she can no longer live there as it commits a “slow and steady genocide” against Palestinians in the occupied territories. In a recent interview, Reinhart said: “As an Israeli, I believe that this struggle provides hope also for the Israelis. Israel’s policies threaten not just the Palestinians but also the Israelis themselves. In the long run, this war over land is suicidal. A small Jewish state of 7 million residents (5.5 million Jews), surrounded by two hundred million Arabs, is making itself the enemy of the whole Muslim world. There is no guarantee that such a state can survive. Saving the Palestinians also means saving Israel.”

Reinhart contributes a regular critical column to Israel’s biggest daily newspaper, Yediot Aharonot, and is also published widely in the international media. Among many titles in linguistics, she has also written the acclaimed books:
Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948
“Tanya Reinhart's Israel/Palestine is the most devastating critique now available of Israel’s policy toward the Palestinian people. Written with urgency and an unflinching clarity, it deserves to be read by every American.” - Edward W. Said
The Roadmap to Nowhere. Israel/Palestine Since 2003
“Tanya Reinhart’s informative and chilling analysis could hardly be more timely. It should be read and considered with care, and taken very seriously.”- Noam Chomsky
Professor Tanya Reinhart will speak in An Phluais on Tuesday 7th November at 7.30 pm.
For more information visit www.skynet.ie/~ulpalestine.