WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 3, 2016– The March 18 all-day conference Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America? at the National Press Club will feature the following experts:
Susan Abulhawa is executive director of Playgrounds for Palestine, author of the bestselling novel Mornings in Jenin, and plaintiff in a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury over illegal settlement funding flows from U.S. charities.
Kirk J. Beattie is a professor at Simmons College and author of a new book, Congress and the Shaping of the Middle East. The book dissects the enormous power of lobbies, like AIPAC.
Rula Jebreal is an award-winning journalist, author, and foreign policy analyst. See news release.
Maria LaHood is deputy legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she defends the constitutional rights of Palestinian advocates in the US. More