One Year of Anguish and Grief

This week has been a difficult one for many of us. Looking back on the past year, it’s hard not to feel deep frustration, grief, and anguish over the way that the US has enabled Israel’s genocide in Gaza and further intensification of violence and expansion beyond Gaza to include the West Bank and Lebanon. It’s also impossible to ignore the ways that both Israel’s campaign and movement organizing has shifted the political landscape in indelible ways. More people in the US have been galvanized to act in solidarity with Palestinians and started asking pointed questions about our government’s blank-check support for Benjamin Netanyahu’s authoritarian government. Foreign policy, war, and peace have become important to this year’s Presidential election in a way that it simply hasn’t been in recent memory. Joining today's panel to discuss how we move forward after this difficult year where public opinion is on our side, but institutional power refuses to budge are: Eman Abdelhadi – (@emanabdelhadi) academic, activist, and writer Rebecca Vilkomerson – Jewish Voice for Peace, coauthor of the new book Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing Samer Araabi – Arab Resource & Organizing Center Shane Burley – (@shaneburley) author and filmmaker, coauthor of the new book Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism Additional Resources Friday Palestinian Solidarity Announcements - Webinar Registration Friday Palestinian Solidarity YouTube Playlist "Black-Palestinian Solidarity in Moments of Crisis and Beyond" by Nashwa Bawbab, In These Times "U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists" by Shane Burley, In These Times Support this show and other like it by becoming a member at convergencemag.com/donate.