As proximity talks started this week Israeli leaders continued to authorize more settlements in the West Bank putting a doubt over those talks, whilst Palestinians marked the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba this weekend. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for May 14, 2010.
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Despite escalating provocations by the Israeli hard-right settlement movement, indirect talks begin this week between the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships. On Friday, U.S. envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, will begin shuttling between the two parties in an attempt to build confidence and create the environment for direct talks. Palestinian public opinion is very divided over the start of the negotiations and prominent officials from both sides have suggested it may be too late to create two states, instead opting for one democratic state where all members are equal.
This program was produced by The Real News for May 7, 2010.
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Israel announced this week it would halt construction works in illegal settlements for a period of 10 months, while military attacks on Gaza and the West Bank left four dead and six injured. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for November 27, 2009.
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The Alternative Information Center spoke with Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir about their book, This Regime Which is not One – “Occupation and Democracy Between the Sea and the River (1967 – )”, published last year in Hebrew by Resling Press. Ariella Azoulay teaches visual culture and contemporary philosophy at the Program for Culture and Interpretation at Bar Ilan University. Adi Ophir teaches philosophy at Tel Aviv University’s Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas.
This program was produced by News From Within for September 25, 2008.
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George Cadman interviews Professor Stephen Zunes about current Palestinian/Israeli peace negotiations.
Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco, where he has taught since 1995. He serves as an advisory committee member and Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project and as an associate editor of Peace Review. He is the author of scores of articles for scholarly and general readership on Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, international terrorism, social movements, and human rights. He is the principal editor of “Nonviolent Social Movements” and the author of the highly-acclaimed “Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism” and the forthcoming “Western Sahara: Nationalism and Conflict in Northwest Africa”.
This program was produced by Peace Talks for Free Radio Santa Cruz for January 24, 2008.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s coalition government suffered a blow today. Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu, announced his party’s resignation from Israel’s coalition government. The Real News speaks with Palestinian journalist Hisham Sharabati.
This program was produced by The Real News for January 17, 2008.
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Electronic Intifada Co-founder Ali Abunimah, author of One Country, joined Daniel Levy, former Israeli negotiator and adviser in the Israeli prime minister’s office, and Nadia Hijab, senior fellow and co-director at the Institute for Palestine Studies to preview the Annapolis Conference and debate the prospects for a single democratic state in Israel-Palestine.
This program was produced by The Morning Show and hosted by Amy Allison for KPFA on November 25, 2007.
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The Israeli government declared the Gaza Strip an “enemy entity,” while the army kill eight Palestinians this week. These stories and more in this weeks program.
This Week in Palestine for September 15 through September 21, 2007 was brought to you by the International Middle East Media Center.
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Bill and Kathy Christinson, formally of the CIA, talk about the recent leaking of a document that makes mention of final boundaries for a Palestinian State and Israel’s withdrawal to pre-1967 borders. But can this really be achieved in light of recent developments.
Then later in the podcast, Mumia abu-Jamal presents a commentary on Kenneth Foster, a man whose death sentence was commuted by the Governor of Texas; and, as always, The War’s Toll compiled and read by Scott Burgwin of The Stand Independent News Service.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line for September 7, 2007.
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In the West bank, Israeli forces invade a number of towns and cities, kidnapping several Palestinians. In the Gaza Strip meanwhile, at least six home-made shells are launched from the northern part of the region. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for September 12, 2007 was brought to you by John Smith and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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