Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have entered their deadliest phase over the past week. Last Tuesday, an Israeli operation blew up thousands of pagers across Lebanon, injuring over 3,000. And on Monday, Israel began airstrikes that have already killed over 500 people in Lebanon—a level of destruction not seen since the end of that country’s civil war. As Israel’s bombings continue and Hezbollah launches rockets into Israel, a full-blown regional conflagration appears to have begun.
To learn more about these developments, join Jewish Currents editor-at-large Peter Beinart in conversation with Rami Khouri, who is the director of global engagement at the American University of Beirut, a fellow at the Arab Center in Washington, DC, a contributor to Al Jazeera, and the former editor of Beirut’s newspaper Daily Star. Beinart and Khouri will talk about the history and politics of Lebanon, Israel’s attacks on the country, and the escalating regional war.
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Rami George Khouri is a Palestinian-American journalist and analyst with 50 years of experience in the Middle East, and whose family resides in Beirut, Amman, and Nazareth. He spent the past 18 years at the American University of Beirut (AUB) as director and founder of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI), of which he is now a distinguished fellow. His previous roles at AUB include journalist-in-residence, visiting adjunct professor in journalism and political science, and director of global engagement based in New York City. Khouri heads a research project at the AUB Libraries Archives and the Center for American Studies and Research to analyze the private papers of the late journalist Anthony Shadid, focusing on Shadid’s legacy for journalism and diplomacy today. Khouri has published five books, edited the Jordan Times and Beirut’s Daily Star newspapers, and has written for publications including the Washington Post, the Financial Times, and Al Jazeera. He serves on the advisory board of Northwestern University Journalism School in Qatar, and the Palestine Land Studies Center at AUB.
Peter Beinart teaches national reporting and opinion writing at the Newmark J-School and political science at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is editor-at-large for Jewish Currents, an MSNBC political commentator, and a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace.
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