Matt Duss Interview; Webinar Video; Josh Paul Interview; Schumer's Job?

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US Domestic and Foreign Policy and its Implications in the Middle East

Part one in a series with eminent political analysts

An Interview with

Wednesday, February 4, 1:00pm ET

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Matt served as foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders (2017-2022), was President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (2014-2017), and a National Security and International Policy analyst at the Center for American Progress (2008-2014).

Matt’s work has been published in, among others, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, The Nation, The American Prospect, and Foreign Policy.

Beyond Political Illusions: What This Moment Demands of Us

Jeff Halper, Jonathan Kuttab, Huwaida Arraf facilitated by Sami Awad

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“As genocide in Gaza continues and Israel is "Gaza-fying" the West Bank (its own terminology), as the Judaization of Palestine nears completion through massive settlement and Israel confinement of the Palestinian population to tiny, disconnected and impoverished enclaves on 15% of their historic homeland, and as Zionism's 130-year campaign to achieve and then normalize its transformation of Arab Palestine into a Jewish Israel, the questions raised in this webinar are super-pertinent and urgent: “What does this crucial moment demand of us, Palestinians, their anti-colonial Israeli Jewish comrades and everyone engaged in the struggle for Palestinian rights alike? What is our vision for a just post-colonial polity and society? What is our political program for achieving it?

US Domestic and Foreign Policy and its Implications in the Middle East

Part two in a series with eminent political analysts

An Interview with

Wednesday, February 11, 12:00noon ET

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Join ICAHD-USA co-chair Michael Spath for an in-depth conversation with Josh Paul co-founder of A New Policy. He resigned from the State Department in October, 2023 due to his disagreement with the Biden Administration’s decision to rush lethal military assistance to Israel in the context of its war on Gaza.

Josh had previously spent over 11 years working as a Director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, which is responsible for U.S. defense diplomacy, security assistance, and arms transfers. He previously worked on security reform in both Iraq and the West Bank, as well as in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Josh is a recipient of the 2023 Callaway Award for Civic Courage and 2024 MedGlobal Award for Courage.

NEWS, ANALYSIS & OPINION

Claims ‘Job’ Is to ‘Fight for

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