On 23rd January, ICAHD UK presented its first webinar for 2025 which featured Jeff Halper moderating a discussion with our distinguished guests Prof Stephen Zunes and Prof Leila Farsakh, each of whom is well-known to us.
Stephen Zunes is recognized as one of America’s leading scholars of U.S. Middle East policy and of strategic nonviolent action. He serves as a senior policy analyst and advisor to several organisations and publications. Leila Farsakh works with several international organisations and is a senior research fellow at the Center for Development Studies at Birzeit University. She is the current chair of the One Democratic State Campaign.
During the webinar they provided historical background about Palestinian resistance, the centrality of the Palestinian refugees, the different approaches taken by the Palestine Authority and Hamas, and how Trump is worse than Biden. It is expected that Israel’s apartheid policies will intensify and as Palestinians continue to resist living under oppression as they seek freedom and justice, their struggle will be bloody.
However, with Trump in office and the flagrantness of the Republican agenda, it will likely mobilize unprecedented opposition among leftists, liberals, and even a growing segment of the US Democratic Party.
We know that our campaigns must continue and they must be strategic but the webinar ended on a somewhat hopeful note.
To follow Leila Farsakh;
Email via https://www.umb.edu/directory/leilafarsakh/
To follow Stephen Zunes:
Email zunes@usfca.edu to be added to his email list to receive occasional articles and interview links
BlueSky - @szunes.bsky.social
Website - www.stephenzunes.org