Virtual Event: Paths to a Political Settlement in Israel and Palestine
| A year following the October 7 attacks in Israel, the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, aided by the United States, continues a war of reprisal that has been widely condemned as genocidal. Under these conditions, what paths to a ceasefire—and a larger political resolution—are possible? What would a long-term, just, and democratic settlement look like, and how can it be achieved?Join us on Thursday, October 10 at 2pm ET via Zoom for a free virtual discussion of the past year of violence and potential paths to a political settlement with lawyer and writer Raja Shehadeh (author of the National Book Award finalist We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I and What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?), historian Shlomo Sand (author of the forthcoming book Israel-Palestine: Federation or Apartheid?), political scientist Leila Farsakh, global affairs writer Helena Cobban, and Alon-Lee Green and Rula Daood, national co-directors of Standing Together. This event will be moderated by political scientist Barnett Rubin. |
| About the panelists:Helena Cobban writes on global affairs and is coauthor, with Rami G. Khouri, of Understanding Hamas—And Why That Matters. Her other books include The Palestinian Liberation Organisation: People, Power and Politics and The Making of Modern Lebanon.Leila Farsakh is Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston, author of Palestinian Labour Migration to Israel: Labour, Land, and Occupation, and editor of Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition.Alon-Lee Green and Rula Daood are the national co-directors of Standing Together, a grassroots Arab-Jewish movement in Israel.Barnett R. Rubin is Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at NYU’s Center on International Cooperation. His books include Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror and Blood on the Doorstep: The Politics of Preventing Violent Conflict.Shlomo Sand is Professor Emeritus of History at Tel Aviv University and author, most recently, of Israel-Palestine: Federation or Apartheid?. His other books include The Invention of the Jewish People and How I Stopped Being a Jew.Raja Shehadeh is a lawyer and writer and founder of the human rights organization Al-Haq. His latest book is What Does Israel Fear From Palestine?. His other books include the Orwell Prize–winning Palestinian Walks and We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I, a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award. |
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