The Jerusalem Fund’s 2009 Annual Conference was held in Washington D.C. last month. This year’s theme was “The Erasure of Palestine.”
The conference’s first panel was chaired by Ms. Nadia Hijab, and featured Dr. Leila Farsakh, Ms. Jennifer Loewenstein and Ms. Phyllis Bennis. The discussion focused on the concepts of “one state” and “two state” solutions and what it really means to attain Palestinian liberation, why internationals must travel to Gaza, the burying of the Goldstone Report, and how the notion of statehood is changing.
This program was produced by The Palestine Center for November 26, 2009.
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Taybeh Beer is the first and only beer brewed in Palestine. It is one of the successful businesses started after the Oslo period.
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Queens residents and local advocates rally against a controversial fundraising event at Citifield this weekend.
This program was produced by NY1.com for November 20, 2009.
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The New York Mets and the business of terrorism
Omar Barghouti, organizer of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) spoke and answered questions at the University of Minnesota, 11/2009.
This program was produced in November, 2009.
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Gideon Levy, one of the most prominent Israeli journalists working with Ha’aretz speaks to The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky about Israel’s addiction to the occupation of the Palestinian Territories. He says there are two ways to deal with a drug addict, you can either help them get more drugs, and this may be perceived as care, but it is not friendship. A real friend helps the drug addict get over their addiction. Levy says the Jewish lobby has decided to take the former route, but he is hoping that the United States and the Obama Administration will take the latter.
This program was produced by The Real News for November 18, 2009.
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A fundraiser to support a Brooklyn-based Jewish group and its settlement in the Middle East is creating controversy in Queens. NY1’s Ruschell Boone filed the following report.
This program was produced by NY1 for November 18, 2009.
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In part 3 of the “Beneath The Hype” series, Intelligence experts Ray McGovern and Greg Thielmann respond to a question on the significance of Israel’s nuclear weapons arsenal in the discussion of Iran. McGovern notes that “an unpardonable mistake in US politics is to mention the Israeli arsenal as a motivation for Iran.” Adding that, “by acknowledging the Israeli nukes, one realizes that Iran is surrounded on all sides by nuclear powers. Russia to the North, Pakistan to the East, Israel to the West, and US ships in the Persian Gulf to the South.
This program was produced by The Real News for October 9, 2009.
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Lia Tarachansky speaks to Fatou Bensouda, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) about the Palestinian Authority’s appeal to join the group of nations over which the court has jurisdiction. Bensouda says that before the ICC can investigate the perpetration of war crimes during Israel’s recent attack on Gaza, the court would have to rule on whether it has jurisdiction in the Palestinian Territories. For that, there would have to be clear borders identified, a task the UN would have to take on. Once the court rules on jurisdiction it would be able to prosecute anyone who committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide within the territory, even if (such as in the case of Israel) the perpetrator is not part of the International Court.
This program was produced by The Real News for September 4, 2009.
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After World Bank issues report, commissioned by the Palestinian Authority on the condition of water accessibility in the West Bank, Israel claims the reports authors are biased. To understand the conditions on the ground, how they’ve been addressed, and whether the so-called peace process succeeded in addressing them, The Real News speaks to LifeSource Project, a non-profit organization focusing solely on the issue of water. Susan Koppelman and Taysir Arabasi tell The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky the Mountain Aquifer, the biggest supply of fresh underground water is pumped by Israel even though it lies almost entirely in the West Bank. They also speak about restrictions on Palestinians to dig water wells, and their dependence on the Israeli national water corporation, Mekorot.
This program was produced by The Real News for August 24, 2009.
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After the Israeli attack on Gaza earlier this year, the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign (BDS Movement) escalated all around the world. Now, activists are targeting AHAVA, an Israeli cosmetics company founded by and based in an Israeli settlement in the Occupied West Bank. The AHAVA company, as many others in Israel that are based in the Palestinian Territories or profit from their occupation are owned by the powerful Israel family – the Livnat family. The Real News investigates how the family’s dynasty is invested in the economy of the occupation.
This program was produced by The Real News for August 11, 2009.
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