The United States and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict April 27, 2009

Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History at Stanford University, will speak on US involvement in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The focus will be on U.S culture, politics, and geostrategic interests as they relate to the Middle East.

Part Two of a FIVE PART LECTURE SERIES entitled:
AFTER GAZA: WHAT NEXT FOR ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS?

Lecture followed by Q&A.

Joel Beinin has taught Middle East history at Stanford since 1983. Since 1965 he has lived and worked for extended periods in Israel and Egypt and traveled broadly throughout the Middle East and North Africa. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1982, his A.M. from Harvard University in 1974, and his A.B. from Princeton University in 1970. Beinin has written or edited seven books, most recently Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005, co-edited with Rebecca Stein (Stanford University Press, 2006). He has appeared on Al-Jazeera TV, BBC radio, (US) National Public Radio, many other TV and radio programs, and print publications throughout the world.

Remaining Lectures:

May 18
George Bisharat (UC Hastings)
The Occupation & the Attacks on Gaza: The International Legal Perspective
(at American Conservatory Theater)

May 28
Phyllis Bennis (Institute for Policy Studies)
"The US and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: Voices of Opposition"
(at the World Affairs Center, 312 Sutter St)

June 10
Nadia Hijab (Institute for Palestine Studies)
The War on Gaza and its Aftermath: Looking Ahead
(at the World Affairs Center, 312 Sutter St)

Wheelchair accessible.
Sign language interpretation.

$10-20 donation - no one turned away.

Official Website: http://bayarea.jvp.org