Over 380 Lebanese, 100 Palestinians, and 30 Israelis have been killed in the recent Mideast escalation. Over half a million Lebanese civilians have been dispossessed, and billions of dollars of civil infrastructure has been destroyed.
What information are we not getting from the media that is essential to understanding the situation? And how is the US directly contributing to the conflict?

James Yee
Former US Army Muslim Chaplain with a Masters degree in International Relations, will speak on Muslim perspectives of the crisis.

Therese Saliba
Professor,The Evergreen State College and widely respected expert on Middle East affairs.

Simona Sharoni
Israeli-American professor of peace and conflict studies at The Evergreen State College.

Basil Shadid
Olympia business owner of Lebanese and Syrian descent who has family in Southern Lebanon and Beirut.

Sponsored by the Olympia Movement for Justice & Peace
and the Olympia–Rafah Sister City Project.