Online Film Salons
Q&A Discussion on Marketing the Israeli Occupation - Part Two: Media and the Palestine Problem with panelists Thomas Suárez - author, musician, historical researcher, and lecturer; Alex McDonald - author, activist, Gaza Freedom Flotilla participant; Dale Sprusansky - Managing Editor, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; and Katie Halper (moderator) - radio and podcast host, writer, film producer. This event was Co-Sponsored by Council on American-Islamic Relations and Disciples of Christ – Palestine Israel Network
Q&A panel discussion on Erasing Palestine from US School Curricula with panelists Ali Kriegsman - filmmaker, author, entrepreneur, and small business leader; Ezra Beinart -Jewish day school senior; facilitator of on-line discussions between US Jewish teens & Palestinians; Susan Douglass - educator, author, outreach director for the CCAS at Georgetown University. Faedah Totah - Associate Professor, School of World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University moderated the conversation. This event was Co-Sponsored by Virginia Coalition for Human Rights and Indiana Center for Middle East Peace.
Q&A discussion on The Truth: LOST at SEA with panelists Rifat Audeh - director, producer, activist, survivor of 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Ann Wright - US Army Colonel (ret.); US diplomat; 2010, ‘15, ’16, ‘23 Gaza Freedom Flotillas; 2018, ‘23 ground crew, Awni Farhat - Gaza activist; 2018, ‘23 Gaza Freedom Flotilla participant, and Alex McDonald (moderator) - author, educator, activist; 2018, ‘23 Gaza Freedom Flotilla participant. This event was Co-Sponsored by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.
Q&A discussion on My Tree with Jason Sherman , Jewish Canadian playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker; Seth Morrison, Treasurer, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, publicly resigned from Washington, D.C. Board of Jewish National Fund; and Mazin Qumsiyeh: author, founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History (PMNH) and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University. Iymen Chehade , professor of Middle Eastern History, Columbia College; founder, Uprising Theater, moderated the conversation. This event was Co-Sponsored by Kehilla Community Synagogue Middle East Peace Committee and Israel-Palestine Mission Network, PCUSA
Q&A discussion on The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation with panelists: Avi Mograbi - Israeli filmmaker; Board member, Breaking the Silence; Joel Carmel – former COGAT officer in the West Bank; Advocacy Coordinator, Breaking the Silence; and Jamal Najjab - Palestinian-American photojournalist and human rights advocate. James Zogby - co-founder and president, Arab American Institute moderated the conversation. This event was Co-Sponsored by Veterans For Peace and Nonviolence International.
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Q&A Discussion on NAKBA 75: Remembering the Voices, featuring documentaries Voices Across the Divide and Born in Deir Yassin. Panelists include: Alice Rothchild - author, filmmaker, and Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School (Retd.); Emad Moussa - Palestinian-British journalist, researcher, and human rights activist; and Huda Giddens - Palestinian American educator, Nakba survivor. Ahlam Muhtaseb - author, filmmaker, and Professor of Media Studies at CSUSB moderated the conversation. This Salon was Co-Sponsored by If Not Now and US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Q&A panel discussion on Marketing the Israeli Occupation - Part One, with panelists Grant F. Smith – author, Director, Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy; Edward Ahmed Mitchell - National Deputy Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations; and Rebecca Vilkomerson (moderator) - author; former Executive Director, Jewish Voice for Peace. This event was Co-Sponsored by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and American Muslims for Palestine
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Q&A panel discussion on The Law and The Prophets with panelists Joshua Vis - Filmmaker, writer, activist, and tour organizer; Muhanad Al Qaisy - General Coordinator, Olive Tree Campaign; Project Officer, Joint Advocacy Initiative; and Chase Carter - Communications Director, Center for Jewish Nonviolence; community organizer. Mercy Aiken - Author; Relationship Manager, Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East moderated the conversation. This event was Co-Sponsored by United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network and Pax Christi USA.
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Q&A Discussion on 'Til Kingdom Come with panelists Mark Braverman - author, Executive Director of Kairos USA; Maya Zinshtein - Israeli filmmaker and investigative journalist; Bruce Fisk - author, Senior Research Fellow, Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East; Don Wagner - author, Presbyterian Minister, former National Program Director at FOSNA. Lara Friedman, President of Foundation for Middle East Peace moderated this conversation. This event was Co-Sponsored by Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network and Churches for Middle East Peace.
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Q&A discussion on "Is Israel an Apartheid State?" with panelists Saleh Hijazi, former Deputy Regional Direct - MENA at Amnesty International; Michael Lynk, author, Associate Professor of Law at Western University, former UNHCR Special Rapporteur for Palestinian territories; and Edwin Arrison, Anglican Priest, former Development Officer - Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation. Jonathan Kuttab, attorney, author, Exec. Dir. Friends of Sabeel North America moderated this conversation. This event was Co-Sponsored by Unitarian Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East and Independent Jewish Voices-Canada