Webinar addressing situation in Gaza Strip following Israel's 2021 War on Gaza, addressing the status of the reconstruction that was promised by the international community. The panel covers the immediate aftermath of the war and the humanitarian situation, the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism, the politics surrounding international donor contributions, and the future of Gaza reconstruction. Featuring Yara M. Asi (Non-resident Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC; Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of Central Florida); Sean Carroll, (President and CEO, American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera)); Ghassan Elkahlout (Director, MA Program in Conflict Management and Humanitarian Action, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies); Joseph P. Saba (Senior Adviser, Fragile and Conflict States, The World Bank; Adjunct Professor, Rule of Law for Development Program, Loyola University Chicago); Omar Shaban (Founder and Director, PalThink for Strategic Studies – Gaza); and Khalil E. Jahshan (Executive Director, Arab Center Washington DC). This discussion is a helpful snapshot into the 2021 Gaza war, the reconstruction of Gaza, the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism, and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
