On April 1, 2026, we hosted Issa Amro, live from West Bank. Long time Freedom Advocacy Network member and supporter, Karina Q, who also has also presented on two different topics, has kindly brought us our next three guest speakers after her visit to the West Bank a few months ago.
Agenda: Annexation of the West Bank, Hebron city as a case study.
On March 18, we hosted the awesome and courageous Jewish ally Sam Stein. Over the last 7+ years, He has been spending his time on and off in different West Bank villages, literally putting his body on the line to protect Palestinians from settlers and IDF terrorists.
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On February 18, my new friend Iyas Sartawi shared heartbreaking about the reality and life in Gaza since the so-called “ceasefire”. He will be talking about how Project Hope Palestine is assisting the Palestinians in Gaza.
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My friend and Freedom Advocacy Network member Roel Zylstra, one of the organizers behind the United For Peace (U4P) campaign educated us on the U4P https://u4pal.com/u4p/ campaign’s goals, history and future plans. This is yet another tool in the belt for struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Agenda:
What is U4P?
• Versus UNSC resolutions and R2P
Why advocate U4P for Palestine?
• As opposed to:
o Boycott – generally by individuals
o Divest – by organizations, including commercial, governmental, and non-gov/commercial
o Sanction – by governments
o Legal – Hind Rajab foundation, etc.
o Material action – Palestine Action, etc.
• United Nations
o UNSC vs UNGA
o History of UNGA votes in 2024, 2025, and 2026
o Votes needed for U4P
• Columbia’s call for U4P
o Undoubtable coercion from the US prevented Colombia presenting its proposal earlier
o Is there a lack of support, perhaps shown by the lack of people at rallies?
• Trump’s plan
o Phase one and two
o Why did all UNSC countries (except Russia and China, who abstained) vote for the Trump plan?
o The inevitable failure of phase two of Trump’s plan due to, for example, lack of details, who provides troops, etc.
o Palestine Authority’s complicity in the genocide of its own people
o Understanding Mahmoud Abbas and the people who work with him
What do Palestinians want?
• PNGO, civil society
• Hamas, other factions
o Details of civilian help, armed troop locations, etc.
What should be done now?
• Continue to spread the word via various channels
• Target citizens in aligned countries to pressure their governments
o Messaging – Tie Palestine’s fate to the fate of regular people in the Global South, including other Arabic countries
• Embargoes? – this will not stop Israel’s genocide in the short term
Notes:
Hello friends,
I’m truly grateful to have recently connected with Dr. Izat El Amoor. After a few thoughtful virtual conversations, I feel honored to be welcoming him as a guest speaker on October 8, 2025. Dr. El Amoor is a queer Palestinian citizen of Israel, and he will be sharing his personal journey and lived experiences across Palestine, the U.S., and beyond. Too often, discussions about queer Palestinians are shaped by Israeli lobbyists and supporters, rather than by queer Palestinians themselves. This conversation is an important opportunity to listen directly to Dr. El Amoor, to learn from his story, and to center Palestinian voices rather than Israeli propaganda.
Agenda: Izat El Amoor (he/him) is a queer Palestinian (citizen of Israel) who will share his personal journey of coming out in the Palestinian society and family, combined with political and social reflections on queer life broadly. Izat will speak on his research on queer Palestine, and share his experience in academia being a queer scholar who recently decided to quit a job as a college professor in the U.S. and return to Palestine.
(more…)On September 3, 2025, we had an amazing meeting with Samantha Youssef – see links below.
We had such a riveting conversation, none of us on the call wanted the meeting to end. I wish today’s call was recorded. The good news is that Samantha has already kindly agreed to speak again in 2-3 months and we’ll make sure to record and publish that session. Samantha opened our eyes to imperialism and neo-colonialism deeply embedded in Hollywood movies. Even movies like Black Panther, which was celebrated for it’s diversity, were full of so many problematic elements. Samantha, as an Artistic Director who worked on Marvel and Disney movies behind the scenes shared details about how we are all being deeply manipulated – and she speaks from first hand knowledge from her 20 year career in Hollywood.
Thank you Samantha.
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