Panel III of the 2015 Palestine Center Annual Conference

On this panel, entitled “Palestine in Regional and International Politics,” speakers Manal Jamal, Fouad Moughrabi, and Yousef Munayyer discuss the context of the Palestinian situation at present, following the “Arab Spring” upheavals of the last few years, with a focus on the effects of regional politics on refugee populations in the Arab countries nearby. Panelists also consider international efforts in Palestine, like United Nations initiatives, the International Court, and US policy toward Israel and Palestine.

Summer Film Series: “When I Saw You” (Lamma Shoftak) by Annemarie Jacir

1967. The world is alive with change: brimming with reawakened energy, new styles, music and an infectious sense of hope. In Jordan, a different kind of change is underway as tens of thousands of refugees pour across the border from Palestine. Having been separated from his father in the chaos of war, Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees.

Daytime Film: “Palestine in the South” / Palestina al Sur by Ana Maria Hurtado

  Wednesday, March 12, 2014 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. EST The Jerusalem Fund After the fall of Saddam Hussein, thousands of Palestinian residents in Iraq became refugees in a no man’s land. The distant republic of Chile welcomed a group of them in La Calera, a small town where hundreds of Palestinians had already arrived a … Read more