Name: Phyllis Bennis discusses and signs Understanding Palestine and Israel
Start: 2026-03-26T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Page Against The Machine

Phyllis Bennis discusses and signs Understanding Palestine and Israel

Join us on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 at 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 as we welcome longtime political analyst, writer, and activist 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 who will be discussing her latest book, 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙨𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙡, published by Olive Branch Press in 2025. We are honored to present this event in partnership with the Institute for Policy Studies and Jewish Voice for Peace–Los Angeles.
𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 seeks to answer all the questions you've been wondering about–up to and including Israel's war on Gaza and the election of Donald Trump–in straightforward, accessible language. As the world watched in horror as Israel responded to the terrible acts of October 7, 2023 with a brutal war against the people of Gaza, a key question was when to start the clock. Because the events of October 7 had their origins in events that transpired 17, or 58, or even 77 years earlier. What is the Balfour Declaration? What are the Occupied Territories? What is Zionism--and do all Jews support it? Does Israel have the right of self-defense? What were conditions like in Gaza before October 7? 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 offers a lucid point-by-point examination that brings together the historical, factual, legal, and moral basis for an informed understanding of one of the great historical injustices of the past hundred years.
𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳:
𝗣𝗵𝘆𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 is a Jewish American writer, activist, and political commentator whose areas of focus include US unilateralism and empire, the Middle East (particularly Israel-Palestine and Iraq), and U.S.-United Nations relations. She is the Program Director at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C., and is an International Advisor for Jewish Voice for Peace. She has served as an informal adviser to several top UN officials on the Middle East, and has been short-listed twice for the post of UN Special Rapporteur. She is a frequent featured commentator on U.S. and international television and radio programs, and her work has appeared in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, and many other publications. Bennis is the author of nine previous books including 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 (1990), 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘴: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺'𝘴 𝘜𝘕 (2000), 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵: 𝘈 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 (2009), and 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚-𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴: 𝘈 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 (2009).