"I wouldn't be surprised if [the U.S.] launched a war against Iran soon, maybe before the end of this year," he said.
Atwan also denounced the recent Israeli blockade of his native Gaza as inhumane and claimed there was a deliberate media blackout of the situation in Gaza.
"We want peace; we want co-existence; we want to live with the Israelis; we want to have prosperity like everybody else in the world, but they will not allow us to do so," he said.
Director of Information and Research of SPHR McGill and U3 Psychology student Nour Kteily said that Atwan's occupation as an editor must give him an angle on the situation based on less superficial means.
"Just the emotion on his face when he's talking about it, clearly it's something that means a lot to him," Kteily said.
Laith Masouth, chapter coordinator of SPHR's national office, was impressed with Atwan's talk.
"He was very articulate in presenting the facts on the ground and what that entails for the future of the situation there," Masouth said. "The wider situation, not only in Palestine but in the Middle East as a whole, is deteriorating in a rapid way and there's not much to hope for if we don't act now."
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