Khalil Nakhleh
Khalil Nakhleh is a Palestinian anthropologist from the Galilee, Israel/Palestine, with a Ph.D. from Indiana University, US. His main academic and applied preoccupations focused on how to transform Palestinian society and people from an occupied, colonized, and fragmented society to a liberated, productive, free, and self-generating society, not dependent on external financial aid. Dr. Nakhleh has authored a number of academic books and articles on Palestinian society, development, NGOs, and education, in English and Arabic. The Red Sea Press published his latest book, Globalized Palestine: The National Sell-out of a Homeland, in 2012. He may be reached at [email protected].
Khaled Elgindy
Khaled Elgindy is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, where he also directs MEI’s Program on Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs. He is the author of the newly-released book, Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump, published by Brookings Institution Press in April 2019.
Esther Rappaport
Dr. Esther Rappaport is a clinical psychologist practicing independently in Tel Aviv. She teaches and writes on critical psychology, psychoanalytic theory, culture and gender. She is an anti-Occupation activist with the Coalition of Women for Peace (CWP) and a member of its board, as well as an activist with Psychoactive – Mental Health Professionals for Human Rights. CWP is a Tel Aviv-based feminist organization that resists the Israeli Occupation and colonial policies in the region and supports the Palestinian right of return. The organization has conducted in-depth research into the Occupation economy (the Who Profits project) and promotes economic activism as a tool of nonviolent resistance.
Diala Shamas
Diala Shamas is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), where she works on challenging government and law enforcement abuses perpetrated under the guise of national security, both in the US and abroad. Prior to joining CCR, Diala was a clinical supervising attorney and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School, and a senior staff attorney supervising the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) project at CUNY School of Law.
Cecilie Surasky
Cecilie Surasky is the former Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace, a national grassroots organization dedicated to promoting a US foreign policy in the Middle East based on peace, democracy, human rights and respect for international law. A former newspaper columnist, talk radio host and communications consultant, Cecilie’s analyses of Israel-Palestine politics have appeared in numerous media outlets around the world. Cecilie graduated from Brown University with a BA in Religious Studies with special honors in Modern Culture and Media. She is the editor of Muzzlewatch, JVP’s acclaimed blog documenting efforts to silence open debate about Israel-Palestine policy.
Ben White
Ben White is a journalist, analyst and author, whose articles on Palestine and Israel have been published by Al Jazeera, The Independent’s Independent Voices, Middle East Monitor, Newsweek Middle East, The Guardian’s Comment is free, Middle East Eye, The National, Electronic Intifada, and others. His books include Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide, Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy, and The 2014 Gaza War: 21 Questions & Answers. Ben has worked as a researcher for the Journal of Palestine Studies, and currently does editing work for the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies. He has appeared as an analyst on Al Jazeera English, TRT World, and Islam Channel.
Ardi Imseis
Dr. Ardi Imseis is Assistant Professor of Law, Queen’s University, where he specializes in public international law. Between 2002 and 2014, he served in senior legal and policy capacities with UNRWA in the occupied Palestinian territory. He has provided expert testimony to the UN Security Council, members of the UK House of Lords and the French Senat. His scholarship has appeared in a wide array of international journals, including the American Journal of International Law, the Harvard International Law Journal, and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. He is outgoing Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law (2008-2019), and former Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Human Rights Fellow, Columbia Law School.
Andy Clarno
Andy Clarno is assistant professor of Sociology and African American Studies and interim director of the Social Justice Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research examines racism, capitalism, colonialism, and empire in the early 21st century. Andy’s new book, Neoliberal Apartheid (University of Chicago Press 2017), analyzes the political, economic, and social changes in South Africa and Palestine/Israel since 1994. It addresses the limitations of liberation in South Africa, highlights the impact of neoliberal restructuring in Palestine/Israel, and argues that a new form of neoliberal apartheid has emerged in both regions.
Ali Abunimah
Ali Abunimah is the author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli Palestinian Impasse (2006), and co-founder and director of the widely acclaimed publication The Electronic Intifada. Based in the United States, he has written hundreds of articles and been an active part of the movement for justice in Palestine for 20 years. He is the recipient of a 2013 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship. His most recent book is The Battle for Justice in Palestine.
