Phyllis Bennis and Richard Falk
Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace. She’s the author of Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer.
Richard Falk is the Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and a former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He lives in Santa Barbara.
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