Featuring the speaker, Amira Hass, who draws on 30 years of experience as an Israeli journalist and analyst who has achieved unparalleled immersion in Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza.

In 1989 she joined the Israeli daily newspaper, Haaretz and has been its correspondent for the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 1993. She has lived in the West Bank city of Ramallah since 1997. Ramallah Chronicles, a compilation of her articles between 1997-2003, was published in 2005. Before taking up residence in the West Bank, Hass lived in Gaza for 3 years, which served as the basis for her book, Drinking the Sea at Gaza.