Publish Date: Jun 21, 2024

The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine Well before October 7, 2023, noted Israeli Scholar, Dr. Ilan Pappe, described the situation in the 1967 Israeli occupied Palestinian Territory as “Slow Genocide”. According to him, Israel conducted state sponsored genocide against the Palestinians for decades and intensively in Gaza. If you are interested in understanding the impact of the October 7 events on Palestine and the Palestinians everywhere, this program is for you. Our expert panel, including Nidal Al-Azraq, Dr. Hani Murad, moderated by Nora Lester Murad, delves into the history of state-sponsored genocide by Israel against the Palestinians, examining both the long-standing "slow genocide" and its intensification post-October 7, 2023. Join us as we explore the significant changes and continuities in this ongoing conflict and discuss the implications for the Palestinian people. Taped on June 21, 2024 Moderator/Commentator:  NORA LESTER MURAD Nora Lester Murad is a writer, educator, and activist. Her young adult novel, Ida in the Middle, won the 2023 Arab American Book Award, the 2024 Middle East Book Award, a Skipping Stones Honor Award, and was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Book Award. She edited I Found Myself in Palestine: Stories of Love and Renewal From Around the Globe (2020) and co-authored Rest in My Shade: A Poem About Roots (2018). While living in Palestine, Nora co-founded Dalia Association, Palestine’s community foundation and Aid Watch Palestine, a community-driven aid accountability initiative in Gaza. Nora is a Policy Member of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, serves on the Board of Visualizing Palestine, and supports other social justice issues. From a Jewish family, Nora is the mother of three Palestinian daughters and lives with her husband in Massachusetts on the traditional homelands of the Eastern Woodland indigenous peoples. She shares K-12 teaching resources about Palestine at: www.IdaInTheMiddle.com and can be reached through her blog at: www.NoraLesterMurad.com. Featured Guests: Dr. HANI Y. MURAD Hani Y. Murad, was born in the Galilee to a Palestinian family. He moved to the USA 34 years ago. He worked as a psychologist in the Boston Public Schools System for many years. He was recruited to work for the UN in 2004 and spent 15 years working in the Middle East as a Counselor, Chief Counseling Unit and the Regional Ombudsman for the Middle East and North Africa. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California, and completed advanced study in human development from Harvard University. His experience as a clinician and academic stretches from the United States to the Middle East. Dr. Murad returned to work at BPS in November 2018 as a psychologist serving students and their families. NIDAL AL-AZRAQ Nidal Al-Azraq is a Palestinian refugee who was born and raised in Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, the West Bank, Palestine. He is currently working as the executive director of 1for3.org, a US based organization that focuses on water, food, health, and environmental work in Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank. He has been involved for over 15 years in working with young Palestinian refugees in refugee camps in the West Bank through human rights, empowerment, and political education projects.  He has recently returned from one of his many trips to Palestine. www.1for3.org Recommended Reads: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, by Rashid Khalidi The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine, by Ilan Pappe