Expert speakers challenge AIPAC's harmful agenda at "Transcending the Israel Lobby 2020" conference
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy:
This week, AIPAC is holding its annual policy conference under a cloud of controversy to pitch dangerous U.S. policies. But there is hope. The following expert analysts are confirmed speakers at the only national conference challenging the Israel lobby's repressive agenda while proposing better alternatives for America:
Legendary rock musician Roger Waters discusses the results of artist boycotts of Israel and how artists can educate their fans.
Gideon Levy, Haaretz columnist and "Dean of Israeli journalism," examines the nature of democracy in Israel, questions about human rights, the occupation and apartheid, and gives his views on the trajectory of Israeli and U.S. news media.
Professor Joseph Massad addresses the prospects of the global movement for justice for Palestinians.
Reverend Don Wagner provides insight into the misleading promises and teachings Christian Zionist leaders are making in concert with Israel lobby operatives to compel Christian evangelical support at the ballot box.
Professor Juan Cole analyzes the Israel lobby's push for the U.S. to attack Iran and proposes better alternative paths for U.S. engagement.
Professor Stephen Walt, co-author of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, provides an update on the Israel lobby's influence over U.S. foreign policy, and advances more sensible, productive alternatives.
Media expert Sut Jhally analyzes whether American news organizations are getting better or worse in the quality, balance and accuracy of their Middle East reporting.
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb reveals why Zionism is now a failing ideology among the younger generation of American Jews.
Writer and activist Sumaya Awad discusses Canary Mission blacklisting and other grave threats facing college students fighting for human rights in Palestine.
Student activist Aman Aberra examines efforts by the Trump administration Department of Education to quash free speech on college campuses by equating criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.
For more information, visit IsraelLobbyCon.org. Tickets for the May 29 conference and May 28 gala fundraising dinner at the National Press Club are available at Eventbrite. Tell your representative in federal or state government to request a free ticket. Students may apply for free admission and travel stipends. News media can now apply for credentials.
IsraelLobbyCon is solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep).
SOURCE Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy
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