The quest for peace between Palestine and Israel, the new religiosity in Silicon Valley

Humanitarian aid is trickling back into Gaza, after the Israeli government allowed a small number of trucks to enter the enclave. 

The prospect of starvation looms over the enclave. A permanent ceasefire in Gaza – not yet on the table – is only the first step to ending the crisis. 

Does the two-state solution have any future? Veteran peace negotiators Israeli GERSHON BASKIN and Palestinian SAMER SINIJLAWI are heading to Australia with the New Israel Fund to discuss prospects. 

The California technology region of Silicon Valley once styled itself as the epitome of Obama-era cool, with CEOs in untucked tee-shirts spouting progressive politics. 

Now it sees itself as a new Jerusalem. But is there crafty politics behind the religious trend? Vanity Fair writer ZOE BERNARD explains how Christianity went from stigma to status symbol in the Silicon Valley of the Trump era. 

GUESTS:

Gershon Baskin is an Israeli columnist, social and political activist. Samer Sinijlawi is a Palestinian political activist and the founding chairman of the Jerusalem Development Fund

Both will be guests of the New Israel Fund Australia

Zoe Bernard is a freelance journalist and author of  Christianity Was “Borderline Illegal” in Silicon Valley. Now It’s the New Religion