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

Saturday, November 15, 2025, 10am-11:30am CST, Zoom, register here

This talk will analyze the origins and implementation of Israel’s campaign of demolition, ethnic cleansing, and genocide in Gaza, and attempt to sketch out future scenarios in the wake of President Trump’s imposed ceasefire and 20-point plan. Will Israel become a full-blown apartheid state and an international pariah or is there still an opportunity for a new political paradigm and Palestinian statehood?

About the speaker: Omer Bartov is an Israeli-American scholar and Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. He has written widely on war crimes, interethnic relations, and genocide. Recent books, published in multiple languages, include Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz (2018), which won the National Jewish Book Award, and Genocide, the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis (2023), named Choice 2024 Outstanding Academic Title. Bartov’s essays and commentaries have been widely featured in national and international magazines and media outlets. His new book, Israel: What Went Wrong? will be published in spring 2026 by FSG in the US and Penguin/Random Books in the UK, as well as in several European languages and in Chinese. Bartov’s novel, The Butterfly and the Axe, was published in 2023 in the United States and Israel.

This Zoom webinar is free, but registration is required.

Organized by Middle East Peace Now, endorsed by WAMM Middle East Committee

November 15 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

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