UMass Amherst Political Economy Research Institute to Co-Host Online “Prospects for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine” Panel

AMHERST, Mass. – The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, along with the Boston Review and Standing Together – one of the largest grassroots people’s movements in Israel working to bring together Jews and Arabs – will present “Prospects for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine,” an online panel discussion at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9.

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Participating in the discussion will be:

• U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, who represents Massachusetts’ 2nd Congressional District

• Noam Chomsky, a celebrated educator and linguist who joined the University of Arizona in 2017 after several decades at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Alon-lee Green, a founding member and acting national co-director of Standing Together

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• Sally Abed, a member of the elected national leadership and acting resource development and relations coordinator at Standing Together

• James Zogby, founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.-based organization that serves as the political and policy research arm of the Arab American community

Omar Dahi, a research associate with PERI and associate professor of economics at Hampshire College, will moderate the discussion.

The event, which will be recorded and posted online at a later date, is free and open to the public. Registration can be completed in advance and more information can be found online at the Boston Review.