The Islamic Human Rights Commission and NEDA hosted a one-day conference in July 2006 to provide an opportunity for peoples of many different confessional backgrounds (and none) to listen to and interrogate some of the ideas of academics and activists who have opposed Zionism and who hail from Jewish backgrounds. This conference was supported by The 1990 Trust, Crescent International, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Innovative Minds, Islam Channel, Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought, Justice for Palestine Committee, Muslim Weekly, and Neturei Karta.
The third panel looked at ‘Creating Cultural Polarisation’ and featured Michael Warschawski of Jerusalem, Jeffrey Blankfort of San Francisco, and John Rose of London.
This program was produced by the Islamic Human Rights Commission for July 2, 2006.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his call for Palestinian national unity this week while the Bil’in conference on popular resistance ends with a nonviolent protest against the separation wall. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This Week in Palestine for June 1 through June 6, 2008 was brought to you by the International Middle East Media Center.
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On 12 June, the Alternative Information Center (AIC) spoke to Michael Warschawski, longtime Israeli political observer and analyst, as well as co-founder of the AIC, about understanding binationalism in both an Israeli and Palestinian context, against the backdrop of 40 years of occupation. We spoke to him about the Israeli/Palestinian peace movement in the light of the larger struggle against globalization and neo-colonialism, as well as discuss some issues regarding the future of the peace movement in Israel, including one of its more controversial figures, Tali Fahima.
This program was produced by the Alternative Information Center for June 12, 2007.
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