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:31902@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231115T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231115T150000 DTSTAMP:20231115T014556Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/decoding-the-war-on-gaza/ SUMMARY:Decoding the War on Gaza DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON\, DC\n\n \;\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n\n12:00 - 12: 15\nOpening Remarks\n\n\n\n\n\n12:15 - 13:45\nPanel I: Media Coverage &a mp\; Editorial Accountability\n\n\n\n\n\n13:45 - 15:15\nPanel II: Intern ational Law and the Case for War Crimes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\ n\n 3 hours\n Mobile eTicket\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Wednesday\, November 15\, 20 23\nWhere: The National Press Club\n529 14th St. NW\, 13th Floor\, First A mendment Room\nWashington\, D.C. 20045\n \;\nEvent Synopsis\nThe ongoi ng conflict in Palestine and Israel has garnered significant attention acr oss the globe since October 7th. Although political and media circles are focused on the Gaza Strip other factors are at play including the situatio n in surrounding kibbutzim and Tel Aviv\, emboldened settler incursions in to neighboring villages\, operations in the West Bank\, as well as the rol e of regional and international powers. We have assembled a panel of notab le experts and professionals to analyze editorial coverage of the conflict which has been subject to scrutiny with allegations of bias in favor of e ither party. Simultaneously\, there have been allegations of serious war c rimes which have been offset by declarations of the right to self-defense either of a sovereign state or an occupied people as referenced in Article 51 of the UN charter\, Article 27 of the Fourth Geneva Convention\, and U nited Nations General Assembly Resolution 37/43 (1982).\nPanel I: Media Co verage &\; Editorial Accountability\nMiko Peled is considered by many to be one of the clearest voices calling for justice in Palestine\, suppor t of the Palestinian call for Boycott\, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)\, a nd the creation of a single democracy with equal rights in all of historic Palestine. Miko is also a contributor to several online publications incl uding the Mint Press\, The Electronic Intifada\, Democracy Now\, and Mondo weiss\, and has been invited to speak all over the world.\n\nJames Zogby  is the founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI)\, a Wash ington\, D.C.–based organization that serves as a political and policy r esearch arm of the Arab-American community. He is also the managing direct or of Zogby Research Services\, LLC.  Zogby is featured frequently on nat ional and international media as an expert on Middle East affairs.  In 20 10\, Zogby published the highly-acclaimed book\, Arab Voices.\n\nRyan Grim  is The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief and the host of the podcast Decon structed. He authors the newsletter Bad News and was previously the Washin gton bureau chief for HuffPost\, where he led a team that was twice a fina list for the Pulitzer Prize\, and won once.\n\nLaila Al-Arian is an execu tive producer for Fault Lines. Prior to joining Fault Lines\, Laila worked for AJE for four years\, covering everything from Guantanamo Bay’s youn gest detainee to the re-settlement of Iraqi refugees in the U.S\n\nHafez A l Mirazi (Moderator) is a Columnist\, Independent Broadcaster\, and Prof essor of Practice in television journalism. He’s currently a columnist a t Al Manassa\, an Egyptian news website\, writer and media critic\, and ho st of YouTube shows\, including his current series “On Gaza from Washing ton.”\nPanel II: International Law and the Case for War Crimes\nBruce Fe in is a nationally and internationally renowned constitutional lawyer\, s cholar\, and writer. Currently\, Fein serves as the President and founder of the law firm\, Bruce Fein and Associates Inc. He makes regular appeara nces on national television and radio\, including MSNBC\, FOX News\, C-Spa n\, BBC\, Reuters\, and NPR.\n\nSarah Leah Whitson is the Executive Direc tor of DAWN. Previously\, she served as executive director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division from 2004 – 2020\, overse eing the work of the division in 19 countries\, with staff located in 10 c ountries.\n\nEmily Schaeffer Omer-Man is a human rights litigator with o ver 15 years practice challenging policies and practices of the Israeli oc cupation in Israeli and foreign courts and representing human rights defen ders denied access to Israel and Palestine. She is currently a Lecturer a nd specialist in International Humanitarian Law\, International Criminal L aw\, and International Human Rights Law at American University.\n\nBruce D elValle (Moderator) is the founder and principal shareholder of DelValle Law PLLC. Mr. DelValle often appears in various international courts and tribunals in matters relating to genocide\, voting irregularities\, and cr imes against humanity. Mr. DelValle is also considered a constitutional la w expert and often represents various international and domestic clients o n matters concerning individual civil rights\, freedom of speech and of th e press\, human rights\, and constitutional law litigants.\n\n \;\n\nD isclaimer: NIF events are by email invitation only and are non-transferabl e. You will receive a confirmation email if you have been successfully add ed to our event attendee list upon registration. Those who do not receive a confirmation email will not be admitted. Also\, please note that when re gistering for any of our events\, all required fields must be properly fil led out. We reserve the right to deny entry to those who fail to do so.\n\ n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/11/Screen-Shot-2023-11-14-at-20.44.58.png LOCATION:The National Press Club\, 529 14th Street\, NW\, Washington\, Dist rict of Columbia \, 20045\, United States GEO:38.89699969999999;-77.03119099999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=529 14th Street\, NW\, Wash ington\, District of Columbia \, 20045\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100; X-TITLE=The National Press Club:geo:38.89699969999999,-77.03119099999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR