"Media and the Palestine Problem." Voices From the Holy Land Online Film Salon
2023-11-19 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit)
“MEDIA and the Palestine Problem” will be the topic of the Voices From the Holy Land Online Film Salon on Sunday, November 19. Register at Tinyurl.com/VFHL-November2023. Speak up for human rights for all. Four short films, including "The Media's Israel-Palestine Misinformation War."

Synopsis:
Is 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 reporting on Israel and Palestine. The choices of words, graphics, and interviewees support the narrative favored by Israel and pro-Israel lobby groups.
What are the consequences of this distorted journalism to public opinion, domestic government policies, and national foreign, and military policies? Panelists will explore the media’s “Palestine problem,” centering on four short films: "The U.S. Media Has a Palestine Problem," "Occupation of the American Mind," "The Media's Israel Palestine Misinformation War," and "Incite and Inflame: Israel’s Manipulation of the Media."

Participants:
* Thomas Suárez is a London-based historical researcher as 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 Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea (2022), Writings on the Wall: Palestinian Oral Histories (2019), and State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel (2016). One of his three books on the history of cartography, Early Mapping of Southeast Asia (2012), is considered the standard text on the subject.
* Alex McDonald is an American who grew up in Europe, traveled to Palestine and wrote two books on the language used to support Israel’s narrative: How I Learned to Speak Israel: An American’s Guide to a Foreign Policy Language and When They Speak Israel: A Guide to Clarity in Conversations about Israel. Alex is involved in changing how Israel and Palestine are taught in U.S. schools and serves on the steering 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 the U.K. on Handala in 2023.
* Dale Sprusansky is the managing editor of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. He reports on the U.S.-Israel relationship and its impact on the Palestinian people and the broader Middle East. Dale received his B.A. in Political Science from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. He has lived in Egypt and traveled extensively throughout the region.
* Katie Halper (moderator) is a New York City-based writer 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, “Rising,” after she submitted a commentary in which she stood up for US Representative Rashida Tlaib (who had said Israel is an apartheid state). Katie is a film producer and co-director of the documentary Commie Camp (2013), about a summer camp that provides a progressive, Yiddish-speaking environment to kids.

The November VFHL Online Film Salon is co-sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Disciples of Christ–Palestine Israel Network.

You must register to join the discussion & receive access to the film: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-November2023

Watch the Trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-Media-Problem-Trailer

How this will work:

1 - Register here for the Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon:
Tinyurl.com/VFHL-November2023

2 – Once you register, you will get a confirmation email from Zoom with a link to the meeting and a link to watch the film. (Save this confirmation letter as the meeting link is unique to your email and you must have this to participate.)

3 - Watch the film at your convenience before the event. Then join us with your thoughts and questions for our speakers at the Q&A Discussion on Sunday, November 19, 2023, at 3 pm ET/ 12 noon PT.

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SUPPORTER Organizations:: Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) * Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace Quaker Palestine Israel Network * Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East * Indiana Center for Middle East Peace * Disciples of Christ Palestine-Israel Network * Virginia Coalition for Human Rights * Mennonite Palestine Israel Network * Friends of Sabeel North America * Center for Jewish Nonviolence * Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network * Northern New Jersey Jewish Voice for 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 * Jewish Voice for Peace – San Diego *
