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Of the Emerald
The Arab Student Club is
sponsoring a presentation today
from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Room
167 EMU focusing on a
massacre that took place at
Israeli refugee camps Sabra and
Shatilla in September of 1982.
Official reports indicate near
ly 1,000 people were killed in
the two refugee camps, while
unofficial reports claim as many
as 4,000 were killed during the
Phalangist attack, says Hassan
Al-Khatjb, director of the Arab
Student Club.
The Palestinians blame the
massacre on the Israelis who
were allegedly in charge of pro
tecting the refugees.
“International law placed
Hassan Al-Khatib
Israel under a direct, une
quivocal duty to protect the
civilian population in the
refugee camps,” states a pam
phlet entitled “Sabra and
Shatilla, an inquiry into the
massacre.”
The publication continues,
“Israel not only failed to carry
oui mis responsibility, but ac
tively facilitated the arming and
provisioning of the armed
militia groups which entered
the camp. Israel prevented the
flight of the civilian population
from the camps."
The eight-hour special event
includes a non-stop showing of
movies, slide shows and discus
sions. Photographs, books and
posters about the incident are
also available for viewing. The
presentation is free and open to
the public.
The Sabra/Shatilla presenta
tion is the first of many Arab
Student Club activities schedul
ed for this year, Al-Khatib says.
"We’ll try to present one
night of Arabic movies, and
we’ll organize some (sports)
tournaments," he says. The
club will also distribute an Arab
newsletter each term.
The Arab Student Club was
formed a year and a half ago
while the Arab Student
Organization, a long-standing,
national organization, was tem
porarily inactive. The club’s ob
jective is to create an integrated
Arabian society here at the
University, and in the process
diffuse images of Arabs as a
primitive people, he says.
Unlike the nationwide Arab
Student Organization, the Arab
Student Club tends to concen
trate primarily on the Arabs
here in Eugene, Al-Khatib says.
The club recently elected five
new members to its board of
directors, and Al-Khatib is op
timistic about the number of
students estimated to par
ticipate in the club this year.
"We have about 35 now, but
last year we had 20 at the begin
ning of the year and it went up
to 65,” he says. "This year we
expect 75."
To join the Arab Student
Club, one must be a student,
above the age of 18 and a resi
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dent of Eugene, Al-Khatib says.
Students from Lane Community
College are also welcome to
participate.
The University is a great
place for Arab students, as the
college’s policy regarding
foreign students is very good,
says last year’s director who
prefers to be identified as
"Mohammed” because of "the
situation in Saudi Arabia.”
Mohammed says that
"overseas, it is not that good,”
referring to the U.S. foreign
policy in the Middle East. The
American government is very
different from the American
people, he adds, in the way they
treat Arabs.
However, the Arab Student
Club does not promote par
ticular political views to its
membership. Instead, the group
encourages participants to read
the paper and listen to the news
to inform themselves about
what is happening in the Mid
dle East.
"We try and keep the club
from being politicized,” Al
Khatib says.
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