Report from the Middle East: interview with Michel Warschawski on growing up in Jerusalem.Michel Warschawski is a journalist and writer and a founder of the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in Israel. His books include On the Border and Towards an Open Tomb: The Crisis of Israeli Society.
This program was produced by The Real News for April 5, 2010.
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Actions in Jerusalem against military closures and settler provocations met with police repression.
Riots took place all over East Jerusalem this week in protest of settlers threatening to force their way into the Al Aqsa Mosque. As a result, Israeli security forces shut down major areas of the Old City, including the mosque compound to Muslim men under 50. The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky spoke to Toufic Haddad, journalist and author of Between the Lines: Israel the Palestinians, and the U.S. “war on terror” about the real reason for these protests. Haddad explains that Israeli colonization over East Jerusalem led to home demolitions, confiscations, and the flourishing of settlements all over the Palestinian Territories. Because these protests are supported by the government, Palestinian protests are systemically repressed, leading to mass arrests, injuries, and sometimes death. Alternative tactics, such as undercover police often lead to the tensions which are expected to rise as the Jerusalem Municipal Police approved another right-wing settler protest for Sunday through the Palestinian East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.
This program was produced by The Real News for March 18, 2010.
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On the 7th anniversary of the killing of Rachel Corrie, we continue our reporting on the expanding Israeli crackdown in East Jerusalem and across the West Bank. We’ll talk to Nora Barrows-Friedman about continuing clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians and we’ll also hear about a street in Palestine that was named after Rachel Corrie.
This program was produced by Flashpoints Radio for March 16, 2010.
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Flashpoints Senior producer Nora Barrows-Friedman reports on a massive Israeli crackdown in Arab East Jerusalem and the locking down of the entire West Bank. We’ll also begin our daily coverage of the lawsuit being brought by the parents of Rachel Corrie against the state of Israel for wrongful death and we’ll feature an update on the elections in Iraq with well known dissident-analyst Raed Jarrar – senior fellow with Peace Action – just back from that country.
This program was produced by Flashpoints Radio for March 15, 2010.
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Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from occupied Palestine on the accelerated building of illegal Jewish settlements far beyond what was announced by the Israelis today.
This program was produced by Flashpoints Radio for March 10, 2010.
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Israel escalates attacks in the West Bank, and in Gaza, navy forces attack Palestinian fishing boats. These stories and more in today’s update from Palestine.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for February 8, 2010.
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On the UN Day of Solidarity with Palestine, Professor Walid Khalidi gives a lecture on the history of political Zionism and its profound impact on the struggle to control Jerusalem and how this city has become a source of conflict between Islam and the West. He discusses many wide held misconceptions on Islam and the history of Zionism and details the importance of Jerusalem for the faith of Islam.
Born in Jerusalem, Walid Khalidi, is the author of several books on Palestinian history and he is the Secretary General for the Institute of Palestine Studies.
This program was produced by Radio Tahrir for December 29, 2009.
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A report back and critical look at Gaza, one year after the invasion. Noam Chomsky is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a world renowned linguists, philosopher, cognitive scientist and political activist. Here, Chomsky speaks about the strategic isolation of Gaza from the rest of the Palestinian territories, the continued US/Israeli crimes, the corrupt Israeli prison system, the Israeli decision to choose expansion over security and many other US backed Israeli atrocities committed with complete impunity and in violation of international law. This event was sponsored by The Newton Dialogue on Peace and War, Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, CodePink, Greater Boston, Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine, and others. Prasannan Parthasarthi was moderator.
This program was produced on December 8, 2009.
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As the Israeli military siege on Gaza leaves one patient dead, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s central committee this week renewed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ term in office. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for December 18, 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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