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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/ceasefire-in-gaza-challenges-and-st
 ruggles-ahead/
SUMMARY:Ceasefire in Gaza: Challenges and Struggles Ahead
DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON\, DC\n\nAfter 15 months of genocidal war on Gaza\, a
  ceasefire agreement has been reached that will bring an end to Israel’s
  onslaught. With several ceasefire agreements blocked by Israel since the 
 start of the genocide\, the impending deal is set to take effect on Sunday
 \, January 19. Despite the announcement of a ceasefire\, Israel continues 
 to kill Palestinians in Gaza\, denying those who survived the genocide any
  respite.\n\nThis timely and significant conversation will feature contrib
 utions from Hani Almadhoun (Co-founder\, Gaza Soup Kitchen)\, Helena Cobba
 n (CEO\, Just World Books)\, and Max Blumenthal (Editor in Chief\, The Gr
 ayzone) who will contextualize the ceasefire agreement\, discuss the strug
 gles that Palestinians have endured throughout the genocide\, and offer re
 flections on the immediate future for Gaza and the rest of Palestine.\n\nF
 eaturing:\n\nHani Almadhoun is the Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNR
 WA USA\, a U.S.-based charity supporting Palestine refugees. Previously\, 
 he held leadership roles at Anera and Muslim Advocates\, contributing to a
 dvocacy and humanitarian efforts for marginalized communities. Born into a
  family of educators\, Hani’s father taught at an UNRWA school\, and a s
 cholarship from the LDS Church enabled Hani to earn a Master’s in Public
  Administration and a Bachelor’s in International Studies from Brigham Y
 oung University. Based in Washington\, D.C.\, he has advanced causes in ci
 vil rights\, social justice\, and humanitarian aid for vulnerable communit
 ies 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 Times. He co-founded the Gaza Soup Kitchen with his b
 rother\, Chef Mahmoud\, to directly support families in Gaza affected by t
 he ongoing crisis.\n\nMax Blumenthal is the editor-in-chief of The Grayz
 one\, and is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books\,
  including best-selling Republican Gomorrah\, Goliath\, The Fifty One D
 ay War\, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles f
 or an array of publications\, many video reports\, and several documentari
 es\, including Killing Gaza. Blumenthal founded The Grayzone in 2015 to s
 hine a journalistic light on America’s state of perpetual war and its da
 ngerous domestic repercussions.\n\nHelena Cobban is a writer and researc
 her on international affairs who lives in Washington DC. In 1984\, Cambrid
 ge U.P. published her seminal study The Palestinian Liberation Organisatio
 n. Three of her six other sole-authored books dealt with political and str
 ategic developments in the Arab-Israeli theater\, the rest with more globa
 l matters. For 17 years she contributed a regular column on global issues 
 to The Christian Science Monitor and Al-Hayat (London).In 2010 she founded
  Just World Books\, which has published ground-breaking titles by Palestin
 ian\, Zionism-questioning Jewish\, and other authors\; and in 2016 she was
  a co-founder of Just World Educational\, which she now serves as presiden
 t. Her current main writing platform is Globalities.org.
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 American,Community,culture,Food
LOCATION:The Jerusalem Fund\, 2425 Virginia Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, Unit
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