Voices from Holy Land Online Film Salon: "The Palestinian Exile - 78 Years and No Future"

While Israel bombs what's left of Gaza and settlers, backed by the IDF, terrorize the West Bank, millions languish in the shadows of exile.

For 78 years, over three million Palestinians have been trapped across 31 UN camps in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. No bombs fall here, yet systemic isolation has choked the futures of four generations. They live in hyper-dense camps without infrastructure, citizens of no country, legally barred from most jobs, unable to leave or go home. Now, a political campaign threatens to dismantle UNRWA, their only lifeline.

Join our expert panel to understand our complicity, confront this crisis and demand a humanitarian resolution.

Watch the curated videos included in the registration confirmation email at your convenience ahead of the discussion. Join the Q&A discussion with:

- Ardi Imseis: Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University; former UN official with UNRWA and UNHCR
- Kassem Aina: General Director, Beit Atfal Assomoud - National Institution for Social Care and Vocational Training, Beirut
- Stacy Gilbert: Former senior civil-military adviser - U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, & Migration

Our moderator will be Ussama Makdisi: Palestinian-American historian; Professor and Chancellor’s Chair in History at UC Berkeley

Watch the Trailer:
https://tinyurl.com/VFHL-September2026Trailer