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:35757@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260215T170000 DTSTAMP:20260125T010116Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/say-what-responding-to-israel-pales tine-disinformation-a-practical-workshop/ SUMMARY:Say What?? Responding to Israel/Palestine Disinformation – A Prac tical Workshop DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording of the December 2025 Salon on A Deafening Silence?\nU.S. Church Leadership in the Face of Occupation Genocide  her e\n\nListen to an interview with panelist Josh Paul on A New Policy for t he United States in Israel and Palestine\n\nPlease share this information &\; flyers with family\, friends\, and community.\n\n\nSay What?? Respo nding to Israel/Palestine Disinformation \nA Practical Workshop\nInvitati on to an Online Film Salon\nSunday February 15\, 2026\n\n\n\n\nTime\n\n3 p m ET/ 12 noon PT\nHow do you respond to someone who refers to the U.S. an d Israel’s continued military rule in Gaza a “peace plan”? What can you say to someone who describes the continued starvation\, bombing\, an d shooting of Palestinians a “ceasefire”?\n\nJoin us for a practical s alon/workshop featuring language experts and Palestinian human rights adv ocates as they share their tips for recognizing and reframing misleading h eadlines\, correcting faulty narratives\, highlighting bigoted stereotypes \, introducing suppressed truths\, and overcoming apathy. You’ll gain to ols to have meaningful conversations in which you listen compassionately\, think critically\, and speak truthfully – for maximum impact.\n\nWatch the curated videos included in the registration confirmation email at your convenience ahead of the discussion.\n\nJoin the Q&\;A discussion with :\nAssal Rad: Author\, historian\, commentator\, and Nonresident Fellow at Arab Center\nAseel AlBajeh: Advocacy Officer at the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy\n\nAlex McDonald (workshop leader): Author\, activi st\, educational material developer\nYou must register to join the discuss ion &\; receive access to the films: \n\nTinyurl.com/VFHL-February2026 \n\nWatch the Trailer:  Tinyurl.com/VFHL-February2026Trailer\n\n \;\ n\n How this will work:\n\n1 - Register here for the Voices from the Ho ly Land Online Film Salon: \nTinyurl.com/VFHL-February2026\n2 – Once y ou register\, you will get a confirmation email from Zoom with a link to t he meeting and a link with to watch the film.  (Save this confirmation le tter 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 thoughts and questions for our speakers at the Q&a mp\;A Discussion on Sunday February 15\, 2026 at 3 pm ET/ 12 noon PT.  \n\nPlease share this announcement with your friends\, family\, and commun ity.  Download the event flyer and post it to your social media.\n\nDownl oad the event flyer here. (Download the jpg version here)\n\nDownload in formation about the Panelists here.  (Download the jpg version here)\n\ nDon't forget to watch recordings of previous Online Film Salon recordings in their entirety here.  Read two articles in the Washington Report o n Middle East Affairs on our May and June Salons: 1) Guilt Not Required: Palestinian Prisoners\, Hostages and Detainees  and 2)  How to Respon d When They “Speak Israel”  Read about Israel's "End Game" in the W est Bank\, our February Salon here.\nCo-Sponsors\nThe Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy\nMassachusetts Peace Action\nSUPPORTER Organizations : Palestine Justice Network (PCUSA)  Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace   Quaker Palestine Israel Network  Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East  Indiana Center for Middle East Peace  Disc iples of Christ Palestine-Israel Network  Washington Report on Middle Ea st Affairs  Mennonite Palestine Israel Network  Friends of Sabeel Nort h America  Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Justice Network  North ern New Jersey Jewish Voice for Peace  United Church of Christ Movement for Palestine Solidarity  US Lutheran Palestine Israel Caucus  Churche s for Middle East Peace   Pax Christi USA \nFor questions &\; comme nts please contact us at  vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com\nVisit us at   Voicesfromtheholyland.org\n\nLook for us at Instagram.com/voicefromthehol yland\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/01/unnamed-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR