Join us for a timely conversation about the power of the Israel lobby, American democracy, and Israel-Palestine—and how invocations of Jewish safety can silence advocacy for Palestinian rights while serving far-right interests that most American Jews don’t share.
Ian Lustickis the Bess W. Heyman Chair, Emeritus, in the Political Science Department of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a founder and past President of the Association for Israel Studies and one of the country’s leading scholars of Israel-Palestine and American foreign policy.
Shadi Hamidis a political scientist, author, and columnist for TheWashington Post. His books include The Case for American Power; The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea; and Rethinking Political Islam.
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