Ilan Pappé, one of Israeli’s New Historians and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006), and numerous other books, is a persona non grata in Israel. He left Israel, after his endorsement of BDS in 2007, among other things, led to death threats, the threatened loss of his teaching position at the University of Haifa, and a subsequent condemnation by the Knesset. Now a professor of history at the University of Exeter in England, Pappé has just written a new book, Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic. 

As he explains in the preface to his book, the “riddle” he wants to solve is: “Why does Israel invest vast amounts in two major lobbies, Christian and Jewish, on both sides of the Atlantic? Why does the Jewish state still crave recognition of its legitimacy in the West?”

The Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP) and Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) are hosting a conversation with Ilan Pappé, about his book, focusing especially on Christian Zionism and the Israel lobby, Saturday, October 5, at 12 pm ET. 

UCC PIN is one of several organizations co-sponsoring this webinar. Dr. Awad Halabi, professor in the Departments of History and Religion at Wright State University, Dayton, OH and on the board of trustees of PCAP, will be facilitating the interview with Ilan Pappé. To register for this webinar, go here.

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