This week, the European Union’s Parliament passed a resolution endorsing the implementation of the recommendations of the Goldstone Report, which investigated war crimes in the attack on Gaza last year. While the motion was received with support from many NGOs, such as the Women’s Peace Coalition, it did not indicate specific actions the EU will actually take. The same has been true for the UN’s process as members of the Security Council said they would veto the report. Many are therefore taking it in their own hands to hold Israeli leaders accountable for alleged war crimes. The legal tool they’re using is called universal jurisdiction and refers to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 that said countries must be able to prosecute anyone who commits grave crimes. The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky investigates what universal jurisdiction is, how it is used, and how Israel is fighting against it.
This program was produced by The Real News for March 12, 2010.
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Mind Over Matters interviews Jeff Halper, Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and author of “Obstacles to Peace: A Re-framing of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict” and “An Israeli In Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel”.
Halper describes the beginnings of ICAHD and what the organization is doing today. ICAHD not only offers humanitarian help for affected Palestinians, but also emphasizes the importance of political resistance in Israel/Palestine and abroad.
This program was produced by Mind Over Matters on February 21, 2010.
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Tensions soared last week when Syria’s President accused Israel of avoiding peace, foreign minister threatened that Israeli cities would be attacked in event of war.
This program was produced by Voice Of America News for February 7, 2010.
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There were 29 civilians detained during pre-dawn raids in the West Bank, and armed, Israeli settlers occupy a 500-Dunam Palestinian mountain south of Nablus. These stories and more in today’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for February 4, 2010.
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Over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed the Israeli government’s support of the settlement movement by planting a tree in each one of the three biggest settlement blocks in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Despite the Israeli government’s support, funding, and approval of settlers, they are often presented in the media as in conflict with the state and the army. In this report, The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky looks at this claim through a recent lecture by Shir Hever, an economist with the Alternative Information Center. A perfect example of the methodology Hever describes can be seen in the settlement of Kedumim which lies adjacent to the Palestinian village of Kaft Qadum. The Real News spoke to the village council of the Palestinian village and the associate mayor of the settlement about how they’ve expanded and the impact this has had on their lives.
This program was produced by The Real News for January 28, 2010.
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Toufic Haddad, co-author of Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. War on Terror, and Palestine correspondent for The Faster Times speaks in Jerusalem to Lia Tarachansky of The Real News about Israel’s “settlement freeze.” He says that accepting Israeli Prime Minister’s offer to enter negotiations simply because of this partial and temporary move would be political suicide for the Palestinian Authority. He speak of the future of Palestinian politics and the death of the “peace process.”
This program was produced by The Real News for December 8, 2009.
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As Israel approves more settlements on occupied Palestinian land Israeli army conducted at least 22 military invasions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and bombarded areas in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas branded Israeli settlement activities on occupied Palestinian land as an obstacle to peace with Israel, while Israeli attacks in the West Bank and Gaza leave two dead. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for September 18, 2009.
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First, a dramatic clip from Al Jazeera English. Then, Sherif’s summary of and comments on the continuing bad news including an affirmation on August 5, 2009 by U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman signaling that Congress fully supports Israel’s continued occupation of, and violent armed defense of, its settlements onto land and into homes stolen from Palestinian farmers. Finally, a detailed interview with our very special returning guest, the distinguished Professor Ilan Pappé, author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. Professor Pappé explains why “two-states” can never be a “solution.”
This program was produced by This Week in Palestine for September 6, 2009.
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As Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the construction of hundreds of settlement units in the West Bank this week, military attacks were reported in Gaza resulting in three Palestinian deaths. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for September 4, 2009.
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