Joe O’Brien of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), following his return from the Middle East, relates Michael FitzGerald an account of his observations while there and offers his recommendations for a just and peaceful resolution to the long-standing problems of the region.
This program was produced by Near 90 fm for September 10, 2009.
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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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32 teenage girls from Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel spent time in the summer of 2005 learning leadership skills as well as the art of reconciliation and peaceful co-existence hosted by Creativity for Peace. Part of this program features excerpts from autobiographical monologues created by some of the girls and presented to an audience in Santa Fe.
This program was produced by Paul Ingles in 2005.
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Among the most invisible contributions of the gift economy are efforts deployed by activists, especially peace activists in Palestine. Dating back to the early 1900’s and continuing until today, Palestinian women have sought alternatives to conflict first by establishing charitable societies to provide food and shelter, and bring hope and healing to those devastated by the Zionist enterprise. Later, women became more politicized, took to the streets to protest and challenge the brutal occupation and to protect their children from Israeli soldiers. The world press continues to ignore this aspect of nonviolent struggle. While led by women, it has not been exclusive to women’s efforts. The Israeli response to peaceful demonstrations and civil disobedience has been incredibly brutal. Not only against Palestinians but also against internationals and Israelis –the International Solidarity Movement, Women in Black and others — who joined Palestinians in their struggle for freedom. In contrast, the U.S. government continues to underwrite the dismantling of Palestinian society by further militarizing Israel, providing it with financing, and giving it diplomatic cover in the form of a disingenuous “peace process” and the UN votes to shield Israel from international law. This presentation will contrast the patriarchal values underlying US policy to the values of the gift economy that characterize the struggle for Palestinian freedom.
This talk was presented by Sylvia Shihadeh at the International Conference on the Gift Economy in 2004.
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This week on CounterSpin: As reports from Iraq become increasingly dire, U.S. policy makers and their media enablers are looking everywhere but at themselves for someone to blame. A Nation columnist and New York correspondent for London’s Guardian newspaper writes about the finger pointing in his latest Guardian column, “They Lied Their Way Into Iraq. Now They are Trying to Lie Their Way Out.” Gary Younge will join us to talk about Iraq and the political endgame.
Also on CounterSpin today, politicians and pundits tend to agree that solving the Israel-Palestine conflict would go a long way towards achieving peace in the broader Middle East. But that’s more or less where the agreement ends. A new book by activist and frequent CounterSpin guest Ali Abunimah suggests a new path, one that is almost never discussed in the mainstream media. He will join us to talk about his new book One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse.
This program was produced by Counterspin on December 7, 2006.
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This Week In Palestine for March 24th through 30th, 2007 is a service of the International Middle East Media Center.
In the West Bank villages of Bil’in, Um Salamuna, and Qaffin, nonviolent demonstrations against the Apartheid Wall continued. The Arab nations, through the Arab League, re-launch the stalled Saudi Arabia peace deal with Israel. Tzipi Livni, Israel’s Foreign Minister, flatly refused to discuss it without broad amendments. In contrast, the U.S. welcomed the offer, and many Palestinians feel it is an acceptable resolution at this point. Ban Ki-Moon, the new Secretary General of the United Nations, took his forst trip to Palestine. He welcomed the unity government and expressed disagreement with the Wall. A sewage facility overflowed in Gaza, flooding the village of Um Al-Nasser, killing several people. The last week saw 30 invasions of Palestinian communities in the West Bank by Israeli forces. 5 people were killed and 60 abducted in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Despite the unity government, civil unrest continued to plague Palestine.
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Archbishop of Galilee Elias Chacour was just 8 years old when Jewish immigrants began to pour into his native Palestine after World War II. He and all of his village neighbors were forcefully evicted from their homes by Jewish armed forces, igniting anger and bitterness in many Arabs. But Chacour’s father refused to hate, instead finding strength in the non-violent teachings embedded in traditional Arab Christianity. Chacour says he found his father’s lessons difficult at first, but ultimately came to see the wisdom in that message. Chacour sits down with host Frank Stasio to discuss the challenges of promoting peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
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The apartheid that exists in Palestine is predicated not on racism, but on the desire of a minority of Israeli leaders to acquire and keep Palestinian land. And in doing so, they occupy the land, they confiscate it, they colonize it, they displace Palestinians from their own homes, their own fields, their own pastures, and then they subdue and persecute the Palestinians when they object to this crime against themselves.
That’s what former U.S. president Jimmy Carter had to say during a recent interview with Jonathan Curiel, staff writer for The San Fransisco Chronicle’s Insight section. Carter spoke with Curiel about his controversial new book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.”
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