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MEPN March 2026 webinar forum with Craig Mokhiber

"Palestine, the Israel Exception, and the Collapse of International Law" About the presenter: Craig Mokhiber is an international human rights lawyer, analyst, writer, activist, former senior United Nations Official, and a member of the Gaza People’s Tribunal. He left the UN in October of 2023, penning a widely read letter that warned of genocide in Gaza, criticized the international response,...

MEPN February 28 webinar with Amahl Bishara

TITLE: "Against Fragmentation: Palestinian Practices of Connection to Confront Erasure—and How They Inspire Solidarity in the US Today" Despite closure, economic deprivation, and political threat, Palestinians in a refugee camp in the West Bank have insisted on staying connection with friends, colleagues and kin in Gaza, and on supporting each other. Witnessing and understanding these brave...

January 24 Twin Cities area in-person event

PALESTINIAN PRESENTER: Issam Morris DATE: Saturday, January 24, 2026  We're grateful to all who braved the cold to join us in St. Paul for our January 24 in-person event with Issam Morris, who shared with us his moving journey as a Palestinian child refugee. If you weren't able to come, and want to view the recorded video of the event, it is available for you to view on our YouTube channel. ...

Omer Bartov: “The Obliteration of Gaza and Israel’s Futures”

MEPN monthly webinar - November 15, 2025 "The Obliteration of Gaza and Israel's Futures" A presentation by Omer Bartov, an Israeli-American scholar and Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. This talk analyzes the origins and implementation of Israel's campaign of demolition, ethnic cleansing, and genocide in Gaza, and attempt to sketch out future scenarios in...

Special showing of the short documentary “Severed: The Story of a Boy From Gaza”

In recognition of two years of Israel’s relentless genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, as well as National Disability Awareness Month in the U.S., Middle East Peace Now invites you to a virtual screening of the powerful, new, short documentary Severed The Story of a Boy From Gaza. Severed follows Mohamad Saleh, a Palestinian teenager from Gaza who lost his leg at only 12 years old, and...

September 13 Webinar: Campaign to Repeal Minnesota’s Anti-boycott Laws

Presenters: Mohammed Mayaleh and Angel Dobrow In 2017 Minnesota joined 36 other states by introducing into law measures that require businesses and individuals who want to obtain a contract over $50,000 with the state of Minnesota to certify they are not and will not boycott the state of Israel. These anti-boycott laws directly violate our constitutionally protected right to free speech. ...

August 2, 2025 Twin Cities Area In-Person Event

TOPIC: From Palestine to Minnesota: Navigating Difficult Conversations and Taking Actions That Can Change and Save Lives  PRESENTERS: Ruben Slomianski, Julie Elhard, and Ariella Tilden To all who were able to be at our MEPN summer In-Person Event on Saturday, August 2, thank you for attending. We hope the workshop, presented by Ariella Tilsen, Julie Elhard and Ruben Slomiensksi, was productive....

June 14 2025 webinar with Moneer Rifai

Moneer Rifai addresses "Winning Hearts, Building Bridges: A Civil Dialogue Approach to Palestinian Solidarity"10am Central time on Zoom, Saturday, June 14, 2025 How do we move beyond echo chambers and bring more people into the movement for Palestinian rights? In this presentation, Moneer Rifai shares a different kind of activism, one rooted in extreme empathy, human connection, and...

May 17 2025 Forum with Dr. Mark Braverman: What Now For Our Movement?

May 17th topic: "The theological battleground: a moment of truth for U.S. society and for the church" A presentation and conversation with Dr. Mark Braverman. Mark was with us in April and addressed "Gaza, Trump II, and the great unmasking – an inflection point for the movement".  In May, he looks at developments that bear on political and cultural developments in the U.S. and for the church...

April 19 2025 Forum with Dr. Mark Braverman: What Now For Our Movement?

Watch a YouTube recording of this April 19th forum A Forum in two parts (April 19 and May 17) Part 1: Gaza, Trump II, and the great unmasking - an inflection point for the movement As the genocidal intent of Israel’s settler colonial project has become inescapably clear, strategies informed by the liberal Zionist desire to rescue or reform the Zionist project have been replaced by a focus on...