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:31878@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231119T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231119T170000 DTSTAMP:20231112T235746Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/media-and-the-palestine-problem-voi ces-from-the-holy-land-online-film-salon/ SUMMARY:"Media and the Palestine Problem." Voices From the Holy Land Online Film Salon DESCRIPTION:“MEDIA and the Palestine Problem” will be the topic of the  Voices From the Holy Land Online Film Salon on Sunday\, November 19. Reg ister at Tinyurl.com/VFHL-November2023. Speak up for human rights for all. Four short films\, including "The Media's Israel-Palestine Misinformation War."\n\nSynopsis:\nIs it bias\, laziness\, fear of being fired\, or just plain ignorance? News report after news report\, mainstream media offers unbalanced\, incomplete\, un-contextualized\, or just plain wrong reportin g on Israel and Palestine. The choices of words\, graphics\, and interview ees support the narrative favored by Israel and pro-Israel lobby groups.\n What are the consequences of this distorted journalism to public opinion\, domestic government policies\, and national foreign\, and military polici es? Panelists will explore the media’s “Palestine problem\,” centeri ng on four short films: "The U.S. Media Has a Palestine Problem\," "Occupa tion of the American Mind\," "The Media's Israel Palestine Misinformation War\," and "Incite and Inflame: Israel’s Manipulation of the Media."\n\n Participants:\n* Thomas Suárez is a London-based historical researcher a s well as a professional Juilliard-trained violinist and composer. He is a former faculty member of Palestine’s National Conservatory of Music and a former West Bank resident. Thomas authored Palestine Hijacked: How Zion ism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea (2022)\, Writings on the Wall: Palestinian Oral Histories (2019)\, and State of Terror: How Terror ism Created Modern Israel (2016). One of his three books on the history o f cartography\, Early Mapping of Southeast Asia (2012)\, is considered th e standard text on the subject.\n* Alex McDonald is an American who grew u p in Europe\, traveled to Palestine and wrote two books on the language us ed to support Israel’s narrative: How I Learned to Speak Israel: An Amer ican’s Guide to a Foreign Policy Language and When They Speak Israel: A Guide to Clarity in Conversations about Israel. Alex is involved in changi ng how Israel and Palestine are taught in U.S. schools and serves on the s teering committee of Voices From the Holy Land. As a Gaza Freedom Flotilla participant\, he was crew on Mairead in 2018 and sailed from Norway to th e U.K. on Handala in 2023.\n* Dale Sprusansky is the managing editor of th e Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. He reports on the U.S.-Israel relationship and its impact on the Palestinian people and the broader Midd le East. Dale received his B.A. in Political Science from Stetson Universi ty in DeLand\, Florida. He has lived in Egypt and traveled extensively thr oughout the region.\n* Katie Halper (moderator) is a New York City-based w riter and video correspondent. She hosts “The Katie Halper Show” (WBAI radio) and co-hosts the podcast show “Useful Idiots.” Katie was first censored by The Hill TV and then fired from its morning broadcast\, “Ri sing\,” after she submitted a commentary in which she stood up for US Re presentative Rashida Tlaib (who had said Israel is an apartheid state). Ka tie is a film producer and co-director of the documentary Commie Camp (20 13)\, about a summer camp that provides a progressive\, Yiddish-speaking e nvironment to kids.\n\nThe November VFHL Online Film Salon is co-sponsore d by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Disciples of Christ –Palestine Israel Network.\n\nYou must register to join the discussion & amp\; receive access to the film: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-November2023\n\nWatch the Trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-Media-Problem-Trailer\n\nHow this will work :\n\n1 - Register here for the Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Sa lon:\nTinyurl.com/VFHL-November2023\n\n2 – Once you register\, you will get a confirmation email from Zoom with a link to the meeting and a link t o watch the film.  (Save this confirmation letter as the meeting link is unique to your email and you must have this to participate.)\n\n3 - Watch the film at your convenience before the event.  Then join us with your t houghts and questions for our speakers at the Q&\;A Discussion on Sund ay\, November 19\, 2023\, at 3 pm ET/ 12 noon PT. \n\nPlease share this announcement with your friends\, family\, and community.  Download the ev ent flyer and post it to your social media.\n\nSUPPORTER Organizations::   Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)  *  Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace   Quaker Palestine Israel Ne twork  *   Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East  *   Indiana Center for Middle East Peace  *   Disciples of Christ Pal estine-Israel Network  *   Virginia Coalition for Human Rights  *    Mennonite Palestine Israel Network  *   Friends of Sabeel North Amer ica  *   Center for Jewish Nonviolence  *   Episcopal Peace Fellow ship Palestine Israel Network  *   Northern New Jersey Jewish Voice fo r Peace  *   United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network  *    Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service  *   Churches for Middle East Peace   *   Kairos Puget Sound Coalition  *   Pax Christi USA  *   J ewish Voice for Peace – San Diego  *\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/11/download.jpg CATEGORIES:Documentary 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