Alice Rothchild speaks about her unique efforts in Israel and Palestine. She saw patients in occupied territories, and gathered material to update her book, Broken Promises, Broken Dreams, Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience.
This program was produced by Talk Nation Radio for January 27, 2010.
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Medea Benjamin, founder of Global Exchange and co-founder of CODEPINK, discusses the US and Middle East climate for war vs peace. She also talks about the Gaza Freedom March planned for December 31st of this year. Hundreds of international citizens are set to pour across the Egyptian border carrying a message of hope about peace and justice.
This program was produced by Talk Nation Radio for November 19, 2009.
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Ridgely Fuller is a social worker and Tufts’ School of Law and Diplomacy graduate. She speaks out against US weapons to Israel such as DIME, and talks about her educational tour on the Palestinian health crisis, Gaza, efforts to broaden Congressional awareness, and foster better climate for peace talks.
She is a member of CODEPINK that has been organizing visits to Gaza for some of the same reasons, to help Americans view Palestinians as human beings rather than ‘militants’ as often defined by the corporate press.
Ridgely Fuller explains some of her reasons for visiting Gaza in June and talks about the continued impact of Israel’s air attacks and ground invasion during the winter of 2009.
This program was produced by Talk Nation Radio for August 25, 2009.
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This is part two of Talk Nation Radio’s special with Dr. Alice Rothchild, author of ‘Broken Promises, Broken Dreams, Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resistance’ and co-founder of Jewish Voice for Peace. She discusses the political side of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the influence of the US and Israeli settler movement, the history of the land dispute, and how religion was superimposed over the original quest for a Jewish homeland.
This program was produced by Talk Nation Radio for July 28, 2009.
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This is part one of Talk Nation Radio’s special with Dr. Alice Rothchild, author of ‘Broken Promises, Broken Dreams, Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resistance’ and co-founder of Jewish Voice for Peace. She discusses the political side of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the influence of the US and Israeli settler movement, the history of the land dispute, and how religion was superimposed over the original quest for a Jewish homeland.
This program was produced by Talk Nation Radio for July 28, 2009.
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http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org
Talk Nation Radio discusses John Pilger’s book, Freedom Next Time Resisting Empire, published by Nation Books and recently out in paperback (Bantam) and note the patterns established by US, UK and Israeli leaders interviewed by Pilger as they have tried to defend brutal and illegal policies. Pilger sees momentum toward a boycott of Israel. He is in the US to promote his book. We reached him by phone to Chicago.
Middle East expert Ali Abunimah’s recent book, One Country, a Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impass is due out in paperback this summer. We discuss the funding of Fatah and Hamas and the history of these Palestinian organizations and US/Israeli policies. Ali Abunimah has described the ‘new’ Fatah as a proxy force working for the US and Israel in the tradition of the Nicaraguan Contras.
The music is by Fritz Heede who produced the sound track for the film, The Oil Factor.
This program was produced by Dori Smith for Talk Nation Radio on June 18, 2007.
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