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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/in-person-book-talk-understanding-p
 alestine-and-israel/
SUMMARY:In-Person Book Talk: Understanding Palestine and Israel
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArab Center Washington DC\, in partnership with t
 he Institute for Policy Studies\, invites you to a conversation with Phyll
 is Bennis to discuss her latest book titled "Understanding Palestine and I
 srael." In the book\, Bennis unpacks the complex history and present-day r
 ealities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. From the Balfour Declaration
  to the current genocide in Gaza\, she provides context and clarity on key
  issues central to understanding the conflict.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \nAbout the Author\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\nPhyllis Bennis is a Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in 
 Washington and Director of its New Internationalism Project. She is also a
  fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. In 2001 she helped fo
 und the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights and more recently spent six y
 ears on the board of Jewish Voice for Peace. She has addressed the UN Gene
 ral Assembly\, served as an informal adviser to several top UN officials o
 n Middle East issues\, and was twice short-listed to become the UN Special
  Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. She is 
 also the author of Ending the Iraq War\; Challenging Empire: How People\
 , Governments\, and the UN Defy US Power\; Calling the Shots: How Washing
 ton Dominates Today’s UN\;and Before &amp\; After: U.S. Foreign Policy 
 and the War on Terrorism.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\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\nKhalil E. Jahshan is
  a Palestinian American political analyst and media commentator. He serves
  as Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC. Between 2004 and 2013
 \, he was a Lecturer in International Studies and Languages at Pepperdine 
 University and Executive Director of Pepperdine’s Seaver College Washing
 ton DC Internship Program. Previously\, Jahshan served as Executive Vice P
 resident of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and Dire
 ctor of its government affairs affiliate\, National Association of Arab Am
 ericans (NAAA)-ADC.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
LOCATION:Arab Center Washington DC\, 800 10th Street\, NW Suite 650\, Washi
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