BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33989@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250123T193000 DTSTAMP:20250120T215203Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/ceasefire-in-gaza-challenges-and-st ruggles-ahead-2/ SUMMARY:Ceasefire In Gaza- Challenges and Struggles Ahead DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCeasefire in Gaza:\nChallenge s and Struggles Ahead\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter 1 5 months of genocidal war on Gaza\, a ceasefire agreement has been reached that will bring an end to Israel’s onslaught. With several ceasefire ag reements blocked by Israel since the start of the genocide\, the impending deal is set to take effect on Sunday\, January 19. Despite the announceme nt of a ceasefire\, Israel continues to kill Palestinians in Gaza\, denyin g those who survived the genocide any respite.\n\n \;\n\nThis timely a nd significant conversation will feature contributions from Hani Almadhoun (Co-founder\, Gaza Soup Kitchen)\, Helena Cobban (CEO\, Just World Books) \, and Max Blumenthal (Editor in Chief\, The Grayzone) who will contextual ize the ceasefire agreement\, discuss the struggles that Palestinians have endured throughout the genocide\, and offer reflections on the immediate future for Gaza and the rest of Palestine.\nDate: Thursday\, January 23\nT ime: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm\nLocation: The Jerusalem Fund\n(2425 Virginia Ave N W\, Washington DC 20037)\nLight refreshments will be served.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for In-person Attendanc e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Virtual Attend ance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHani Al madhoun is the Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA\, a U.S.-base d charity supporting Palestine refugees. Previously\, he held leadership r oles at Anera and Muslim Advocates\, contributing to advocacy and humanita rian efforts for marginalized communities. Born into a family of educators \, Hani's father taught at an UNRWA school\, and a scholarship from the LD S Church enabled Hani to earn a Master’s in Public Administration and a Bachelor’s in International Studies from Brigham Young University. Based in Washington\, D.C.\, he has advanced causes in civil rights\, social ju stice\, and humanitarian aid for vulnerable communities in the Middle East . Last year\, Hani advocated for Gaza in high-level meetings at the White House and Congress and wrote op-eds for CNN\, The Nation\, and the LA T imes. He co-founded the Gaza Soup Kitchen with his brother\, Chef Mahmoud\ , to directly support families in Gaza affected by the ongoing crisis.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nMax Blumenthal is the editor-in-chief of The Grayzone\, and is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books\, including best- selling Republican Gomorrah\, Goliath\, The Fifty One Day War\, and Th e Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles for an array of publications\, many video reports\, and several documentaries\, including  Killing Gaza. Blumenthal founded The Grayzone in 2015 to shine a journal istic light on America's state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelena Cobban is a writer and researcher on i nternational affairs who lives in Washington DC. In 1984\, Cambridge U.P. published her seminal study The Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Thre e of her six other sole-authored books dealt with political and strategic developments in the Arab-Israeli theater\, the rest with more global matte rs. For 17 years she contributed a regular column on global issues to The Christian Science Monitor and Al-Hayat (London). In 2010 she founded J ust World Books\, which has published ground-breaking titles by Palestinia n\, Zionism-questioning Jewish\, and other authors\; and in 2016 she was a co-founder of Just World Educational\, which she now serves as president. Her current main writing platform is Globalities.org.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/01/unnamed-1.jpg LOCATION:The Jerusalem Fund\, 2425 Virginia Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, Unit ed States GEO:38.8988618;-77.0525414 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2425 Virginia Ave NW\, Wash ington\, DC\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Jerusalem Fund: geo:38.8988618,-77.0525414 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR