It has been a year since Hamas carried out its deadly attack against Israel, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostages. Within hours of the attack, Israel began its brutal assault on Gaza, which over the past year has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians (mostly women and children) and injured a 100,000 more. Tens of thousands remain unaccounted for, trapped under the rubble caused by an estimated 70,000 tons of bombs dropped on 140 sq. miles of land.

Almost two million people are now displaced, undergoing disease and starvation. With no ceasefire in sight and approximately 100 Israeli hostages still in captivity, Israel’s war against Gaza has expanded to Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen.

As regional tensions escalate and the humanitarian catastrophe worsens, we will reflect on what this moment means for the people of Gaza and the region. A year later, are we headed towards an all out regional conflagration and if so, how will the U.S. respond? What has been the impact on the struggle for Palestinian freedom? How has the Palestinian diaspora responded to the trauma of Gaza’s devastation? And how has the past year shaped the American-Jewry’s response to Israel? Join us to hear our speakers respond to these questions and more at our Zoom webinar on:

Laila El-Haddad is an award-winning Palestinian author, social activist, policy analyst and journalist.   She frequently speaks on the situation in Gaza, the intersection of food and politics, her own personal journey as a Palestinian mother and journalist, as well as on contemporary Islam.  She has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, The New Statesman, The Daily Star, Le monde diplomatique, and has appeared on many international broadcasting networks, including NPR, CNN, Aljazeera, and CCTV.