The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) joins with Jewish Voice for Peace–Los Angeles and Page Against The Machine to host our longtime political analyst, writer, and activist, Phyllis Bennis, who will be discussing her latest book, published by Olive Branch Press in 2025. We’re are honored to join JVP-LA and PATM to present this event with answers all the questions you’ve been wondering about–up to and including Israel’s war on Gaza and the election of Donald Trump–in straightforward, accessible language.
As the world watched in horror as Israel responded to the terrible acts of October 7, 2023 with a brutal war against the people of Gaza, a key question was when to start the clock. Because the events of October 7 had their origins in events that transpired 17, or 58, or even 77 years earlier. What is the Balfour Declaration? What are the Occupied Territories? What is Zionism–and do all Jews support it? Does Israel have the right of self-defense? What were conditions like in Gaza before October 7? offers a lucid point-by-point examination that brings together the historical, factual, legal, and moral basis for an informed understanding of one of the great historical injustices of the past hundred years.