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:34145@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250316T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250316T190000 DTSTAMP:20250312T221239Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/norman-finkelstein-on-donald-trump- the-genocide-in-gaza-busboys-poets/ SUMMARY:Norman Finkelstein on Donald Trump & the genocide in Gaza | Busboys & Poets DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"In its comprehensive sweep\, deep probing an d acute critical analysis\, Finkelstein's study stands alone."—Noam Chom sky\n\nThe Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the wo rld. More than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees\, and more than half are under eighteen years of age. Since 2004\, Israel has launched eig ht devastating “operations” against Gaza’s largely defenseless popul ation. Thousands have perished\, and tens of thousands have been left home less. In the meantime\, Israel has subjected Gaza to a merciless illegal b lockade.\n\nWhat has befallen Gaza is a man-made humanitarian disaster tha t has only grown in the years since. Since October 7th 2023 the world has been watching in horror as Israel tightens its blockades\, starves the pop ulation\, and destroys major civilian infrastructure.\n\nBased on scores o f human rights reports\, Norman G. Finkelstein's book GAZA: AN INQUEST INT O ITS MARTYRDOM presents a meticulously researched inquest into Gaza’s m artyrdom. He shows that although Israel has justified its assaults in the name of self-defense\, in fact these actions constituted flagrant violatio ns of international law. But Finkelstein also documents that the guardians of international law—from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights Council—ultimately failed Gaza. One of his most d isturbing conclusions is that\, after Judge Richard Goldstone's humiliatin g retraction of his UN report\, human rights organizations succumbed to th e Israeli juggernaut. Finkelstein’s magnum opus is both a monument to Ga za’s martyrs and an act of resistance against the forgetfulness of histo ry.\n\nNorman Finkelstein is joining us on the Busboys stage alongside Dr. Nader Hashemi to share his research into the ongoing genocide enacted by the Israeli state against Palestians in Gaza\, and discuss the U.S. govern ment’s role in this genocide. Signed copies of Finkelstein’s book GAZA : AN INQUEST INTO ITS MARTYRDOM will be available for purchase during and after the event.\n\nThis event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 5:00 pm\, and will be followed by an audience Q&\;A. Copies of GAZA : AN INQUEST INTO ITS MARTYRDOM will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is IN PERSON and WILL be live streamed\, and all Busboys and Poets Book events are hosted with a first-c ome\, first-serve seating policy. \n\nWe ask that guests RSVP in order to receive direct updates about the event from Busboys and Poets Books\n\nNo rman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate from the Princeton University D epartment of Politics. He is a frequent lecturer and commentator on the Is rael-Palestine conflict. He is the author of many books that have been tra nslated into 60 foreign editions\, including THE HOLOCAUST INDUSTRY: Refle ctions on the exploitation of Jewish suffering\, GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom\, and most recently\, I ACCUSE! Here with a proof beyond reason able doubt that ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda whitewashed Israel. In the year 2020\, Norman Finkelstein was named the fifth most influential p olitical scientist in the world.\n\nDr. Nader Hashemi is the Director of t he Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and an Associate Pro fessor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Edmund A. Walsh School o f Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is the author of Islam\, Se cularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Soci eties (Oxford University Press\, 2009) and co-editor of The People Reloade d: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran’s Future (Melville House \, 2011)\, The Syria Dilemma (MIT Press\, 2013)\, Sectarianization: Mappin g the New Politics of the Middle East (Oxford University Press\, 2017) and a four-volume study on Islam and Human Rights: Critical Concepts in Islam ic Studies (Routledge\, 2023). His next book project is entitled: “The G lobal Divide over Israel and Palestine.” He is also a Non-Resident Fello w at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-12-at-6.19.36 PM.png LOCATION:Busboys and Poets 14th & V\, 2021 14th St NW \, Washington DC\, 20 009\, United States GEO:38.91769;-77.031621 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2021 14th St NW \, Washingt on DC\, 20009\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Busboys and Poets 14th & V:geo:38.91769,-77.031621 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR