Khalil Bendidb speaks with Ali Abunimah, co-Founder of Electronic Intifada, and Middle East analyst and activist Jeff Blankfort. They each comment on an interview taped and aired last month with Professor Noam Chomsky of MIT on the subject of the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign as well as the role of Israeli lobby in influencing the U.S. foreign policy with respect to Israel/Palestine.
This program was produced by Voices of the Middle East and North Africa for KPFA on January 13, 2010.
For more information, visit:
http://vomena.org/blog/
http://electronicintifada.net
Human rights activist Adam Shapiro discusses Congressman Tom Perriello’s vote denouncing the Goldstone report. Shapiro met Rep. Periello when both were working in Afghanistan in 2007. They bonded over discussions of human rights and international law. Shapiro says Periello’s vote amounts to selling out to the powerful Israel Lobby.
This article was first published by The Huffington Post. This exclusive podcast was produced by PalCast for November 30, 2009.
For more information, visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-shapiro/selling-out-in-congress_b_369464.html
http://perriello.house.gov
Economist and author Naomi Klein repeats her call for boycott, divestment, & sanctions aimed at Israel. This talk was given on June 27, 2009 at the Friend’s School in Ramallah, Palestine
This program was produced on June 27, 2009.
For more information, visit:
http://naomiklein.com
In “The Israel Lobby & US Foreign Policy” John Mearsheimer & Stephen Walt contend that the centerpiece of US Mideast policy is its intimate relationship with Israel. They argue that the U.S. commitment to Israel is due primarily to the Israel Lobby. Building Bridges speaks to John Mearsheimer.
This program was produced by Building Bridges for October 15, 2007.
For more information, visit:
http://buildingbridgesonline.org/
http://mearsheimer.uchicago.edu
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/
Independent journalist Ben White joins host Christopher Brown to discuss the Israeli Ministry of Education’s “inclusion” of the Palestinian Nakba into students’ textbooks. White points out a number of concerns regarding the supposed enlightenment of the Israeli school system and its broader implications.
Next Brown speaks with author, editor and activist Ramzy Baroud on the notion of “peace talks” between Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas, the continued exclusion of Hamas from talks with Israel and Fatah, and the neo-cons and AIPAC’s attempts to get Bush to go to war with Iran.
As always, Crossing the Line begins with “This week in Palestine,” a service provided by The International Middle East Media Center.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line for August 14, 2007.
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http://ctl.libsyn.com
Opinions run strong when it comes to conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Mass media reports about violent clashes and tenuous peace talks often obscure critical information about daily life in Palestinian territories. On this program we take a look at reactions to Palestinian viewpoints.
Featuring:
Reverend Mitri Raheb, pastor of the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem;
Marcia Freedman, former member of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) and with the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace;
Penny Rosenwasser, Middle East Children’s Alliance;
Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine;
Edward Said, Columbia University Professor;
Sounds and an interview from the Occupied Territories
This program was produced by the National Radio Project for August 15, 2001.
For more information, visit:
http://radioproject.org
http://www.batshalom.org
http://www.mecaforpeace.org/
http://tikkun.org
Marian Finucane, one of Ireland’s most widely heard radio host, speaks to Pres. Jimmy Carter about his latest book, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid.
This program was produced by RTE Radio 1 on May 20, 2007.
For more information, visit:
http://rte.ie/radio1/marianfinucane/
http://cartercenter.org
This show includes an Eyewitness Palestine with a special report from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on fundraising in the U.S. to support expansion and strengthening of the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
This program was produced by Voice of Palestine for Vancouver Cooperative Radio on March 6, 2007.
For more information, visit:
http://voiceofpalestine.ca
This week on Crossing The Line, it describes itself as the most important organization affecting the US relationship with Israel. But who is AIPAC? I’ll speak with award-winning investigative journalist Dave Lindorff about the lobby group whose annual budget is more than 65 million dollars and claims a membership of over 100,000. Also this week, we’ll hear from our special correspondent Nora Barrows-Friedman who is currently in occupied Palestine, about the violence that raged over the most holiest weekend in the Christian calendar.
Then later in the podcast our weekly commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal and The War’s Toll compiled and read by Scott Burgwin of The Stand Independent News Service.
For more information, visit:
http://ctl.libsyn.com/ (Crossing the Line)
Your Call Radio takes a look at the largest lobbying organization in the United States. AIPAC is widely considered to be the most effective and powerful lobby in the US, particularly in its targeting of Congress for support.
Features MJ Rosenberg, Director of Policy Analysis, Israel Policy Forum (IPF); Gregory Levey, Israeli Government’s Speech writer, United Nations Delegate; Dorothy Naor, Israeli Peace Activist.
This program was produced by Your Call Radio for KALW in San Fransisco.
For more information, visit:
http://www.yourcallradio.org/
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/16/aipac/ (Inside America’s Powerful Israel Lobby)
http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP06-011 (The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy)