The General's Son: An Israeli in PalestineThe General's Son: An Israeli in Palestinehttp://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/213261KINSC Sharpless Auditorium2012-11-15T19:30:002012-11-15T21:00:00
November 15, 7:30PM
KINSC Sharpless Auditorium
Talk by Miko Peled. This event is free and open to the public.
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Miko Peled, author of The General's Son, was born in Jerusalem in 1961 into a well-known Zionist family. His maternal grandfather signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence. His father, Matti Peled, fought in the1948 Israeli War of Independence, and was a general in 1967 during the Six Day War when Israel conquered Gaza, the Golan Heights, the Sinai, and the West Bank. Later, General Peled became a peace activist, a leading proponent of an Israeli dialogue with the PLO.
Miko Peled grew up in this highly political insider’s milieu. A young patriot, he volunteered for a Special Forces Commando unit in the Israeli Defense Forces, service he later came to regret. The death of his niece Smadar, 12, in a suicide attack in Jerusalem in 1997 was the starting point for the remarkable, personal story of a man who sought justice not through revenge, but through understanding-– an understanding that transformed his heart, and ushered him into a singular life of pro-peace activism and, some would say, risk.
Of his new book, Alice Walker writes: "Few books on this issue seem as hopeful to me as this one." Read an excerpt from her forward to The General's Son here: http://justworldbooks.com/excerpt-the-generals-son-foreword-alice-walker/ Educated in Israel, Japan, and the United States, Peled is an accomplished professional martial arts practitioner. He holds a sixth degree black belt in karate, which he teaches at his dojo in Southern California.
Sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.
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