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On part 1 of today’s program we bring you:
The “Role of Jews in Palestinian Solidarity”, and on the
second half of the program we bring you “Return of the General’s
Son”, both segments are brought to you courtesy of Alternate
focus.
Role of Jews in Palestinian Solidarity, With Guest Henry
Herskovitz who shares his experiences anddifficulties becoming a
peace activist in solidarity with Palestine.
Henry Herskovitz is a retired Mechanical Engineer, who became a
peace activist after witnessing the effects of US-led sanctions
against Iraq in 2000. He founded Jewish Witnesses for Peace and
friends, a group in Ann Arbor that has held non-violent vigils at
Beth Israel Congregation for over seven years. Return of the
General’s Son Miko Peled is the son of General Matti Peled, who
was a leader in the 1967 war who also fought in the War of
Independence in 1948. Like his father, Peled is an advocate for an
end to the occupation of Palestine. As an Israeli, he offers an
insider's perspective on just how far Israel has strayed from its
democratic principles, and how it has created a society marred by
racism and indifference to the suffering of others. His observations
are now collected in a book, "The General's Son: The Journey of an
Israeli in Palestine." In this segment, Miko Peled tells of his
experiences as a young soldier in the Israeli army. He describes a
confrontation with the same army on a recent visit to Israel and the
West Bank.
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On Today’s show, we bring you Egypt: Revolution in Motion, courtesy
of Alternate focus. Egyptian scholar and activist Rabab El-Mahdi
dispels some myths about the ongoing revolution in Egypt that have
taken hold in the west. She discusses economic/political context as
well as challenges and concerns of the revolution.
To be followed by the excerpts from Mai Marsri’s documentary
“FRONTIERS OF DREAMS AND FEARS”. Mai Masri, a Palestinian
film-maker, based in Beirut, Lebanon has studied film at UC Berkeley
and San Francisco State University where she graduated with a BA
degree in 1981. Masri explores the enduring friendship that evolves
between two Palestinian girls—Mona, who was born and raised in the
economically marginalized Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, and Manar,
who lives in the De-heisha refugee camp under Israeli control. Her
most recent films include: 33 Days (2007) and Beirut Diaries (2006) |
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On Today’s show, we bring you The Palestine Papers, courtesy
of Alternate focus. Thousands of documents leaked to Al Jazeera
reveal a host of unnecessary concessions made by a feckless
Palestinian negotiating team. We interview three of the first
experts to examine this historic trove who give their analysis of
its implications.
To be followed by part1 of Mai Marsri’s documentary “FRONTIERS
OF DREAMS AND FEARS”.Mai Masri, a Palestinian film-maker, based
in Beirut, Lebanon has studied film at UC Berkeley and San Francisco
State University where she graduated with a BA degree in 1981. Masri
explores the enduring friendship that evolves between two
Palestinian girls—Mona, who was born and raised in the economically
marginalized Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, and Manar, who lives in
the De-heisha refugee camp under Israeli control. Her most recent
films include: 33 Days (2007) and Beirut Diaries (2006) |
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On today’s program, Dr. Elaine Hagopian interview’s Middle East
analyst Dr. Najib Saliba on current situation in Syria, and
Implications on the region.
Dr. Najib Saliba
is a Professor of History at Worcester State College in
Massachusetts, where he teaches a variety of topics including Modern
and Medieval Middle East History, Government and Politics of the
Middle East and North Africa, International Relations, History of
Western Civilization, History of World Civilization, Renaissance and
Reformation, The U.S. and the Middle East and Arabic Language. Dr.
Saliba has written extensively about the Middle East, particularly
about Syria and Lebanon; and the subject of his doctoral
dissertation is “The Province of Syria: 1876-1909” with emphasis on
administration, government and modernization. Dr. Saliba has
traveled extensively and conducted research in the Middle East and
Europe.
This interview was taped on Nov. 12, 2011. |
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Today, we bring you a conversation with Palestinian
film’s director Elia Suleiman.
In 1994, Suleiman moved to Jerusalem and began
teaching at Birzeit University in the West Bank. In 2008 Elia
Suleiman became a professor at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee.
He continues to guest lecturer in other universities around the
world.
His award winning films include “The Time That
Remains, Divine Intervention, which won the Jury Prize at the 2002
Cannes Film Festival, Invitation to the End of an Argument, and
Chronicle of a Disappearance. His most recent Film, The Time That
Remains launched the 5th Palestinian film festival here in Boston at
the Museum of Fine Arts.
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Today, Dr. Hagopian speaks with journalist and Middle East analyst
Lamis Andoni via audio hookup to Amman, Jordan, on the unrest
in the Arab world, including Libya, Palestine, Syria, Yemen and the
role of Iran and Turkey.
Ms. Andoni is a Palestinian-American journalist and
analyst. Originally from Bethlehem, she is a free lance journalist
with an international reputation, publishing her articles in Middle
East International; Le Monde Diplomatique; Jordan Times; Al-Ahram,
Al-Hayat; Journal of Palestine Studies, and various other
publications. |
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Following the latest developments in Libya, we’ll re-broadcast our
interview with Libyan American Mohamed Aljahmi.
Interview taped on 3/12/11.
Mohamed Aljahmi is
a software engineer and a Libyan/American human rights activist. He
is a co-founder and former Communication Officer of American Libyan
Freedom Alliance.
Mr. Aljahmi actively
educates and informs US government, national and international media
and NGOs about Libyan affairs. He is also the brother of the late
Libyan Democratic Dissident Fathi Aljahmi who was
tortured and imprisoned by the Gaddafi regime for his insistent
dissent. He died on May 21, 2009, while in custody of the Libyan
government. |
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Today
we focus on Palestine, with two guests.
First we bring you a discussion with Dr. Diana Butto, a Palestinian
human rights lawyer, former legal adviser to the PLO Negotiating
Team and former Bir Zeit University professor. Dr. Buttu received
her law degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in
Canada and a masters of law from Stanford University. She is
currently a joint the Middle East Initiative (Harvard Kennedy
School) and the Human Rights Program at the Harvard Law School.
In the second half of our program we bring you a discussion on
Palestine with Keith
Harvey a long-time advocate for civil and human rights and a
resident of Wareham, Massachusetts. Mr. Harvey is New England
Regional Director of the American Friends Service Committee, heading
the Cambridge office and overseeing staff across New England. Mr.
Harvey has worked for the Quaker organization for 19 years. He
participated in delegations to North Ireland during the time of the
peace accords as a member of Peace Watch Ireland and has also
traveled to South Africa, Kenya and the UK. This was his first
visit to Israel/Palestine
Related link:
www.IFPB.org (Interfaith Peace-Builders)
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On Today’s show, we
bring you Flight Of Return, courtesy of Alternate focus.
The Free Palestine
Movement, in collaboration with Al Awda (which means “the return”)
is planning an innovative campaign to focus world attention on
Palestinians who are prevented from returning to their homeland.
To be followed by
“excerpts from the Mai Marsri’s documentary “FRONTIERS OF DREAMS AND
FEARS”.
“FRONTIERS OF DREAMS
AND FEARS” is a documentary by award winning filmmaker Mai masri.
Masri explores the
enduring friendship that evolves between two Palestinian girls—Mona,
who was born and raised in the economically marginalized Shatila
refugee camp in Beirut, and Manar, who lives in the De-heisha
refugee camp under Israeli control.
Mai Masri, a
Palestinian film-maker, based in Beirut, Lebanon has studied film at
UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University where she graduated
with a BA degree in 1981. Her most recent films
include: 33 Days (2007) and Beirut Diaries (2006) |
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On Today’s show, we
bring you a program entitled “Boycott, Divestment,
Sanctions Strategic Actions for Justice”, brought to you courtesy of
Alternate Focus.
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement
is a global campaign against Israeli apartheid to demand that Israel
comply with international law and Palestinian rights. BDS is a
strategy that allows people of conscience to play an effective role
in the Palestinian struggle for justice. At the 9th Annual
convention of Al-Awda, the following speakers discuss the
strategies, effectiveness, and significance of the global BDS
movement. With Remi Kanazi, Dr. Sunaina Maira, and Ali Abunimah.
link: www.AlternateFocus.org |
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Today we focus on the
issue of the bid for
recognition of a Palestinian State at the United Nations.
As Palestinian
Authority Mahmoud Abbas turn to the United Nations for recognition
of a Palestinian State, we discuss the pros and cons of such an
initiative. To explain the issues, we are joined by activist, and
journalist Ahmed Moor.
Ahmed Moor is a
Palestinian American, born in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. He spent
several years in Lebanon and Egypt working as a journalist. He has
written for Al-Jazeera English, The Guardian, The Boston Review,
Mondoweiss and others. Today, he is a candidate for a Masters degree
in Public Policy, at Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University. |
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Today, we’ll spend the
whole hour with fashion designer Denise Hajjar.
With more than thirty
years in the design business. Denise Hajjar is one of Boston
premiere fashion designers. She has a national reputation with
clients all over the world including celebrities. Her fashions have
been featured at the Tonys, Emmys and Oscars.
She is the recipient of
many awards among them Rising Star of the Year Award, Exceptional
Woman Award, Vision Leader Award and lifetime Achievement Fashion
Award.
An Arab American who is
very proud of her heritage, Ms. Hajjar works and lives in Boston.
Her specialty boutique at the Fairmont Copley Plaza draws clients
from all over the world
Related Link:
www.denisehajjar.com
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On Today’s show, we
bring you a program entitled “Huwaida Arraf Breaking the
Blockade”, brought to you courtesy of Alternate Focus.
Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of The International Solidarity Movement
(ISM) and Free Gaza Movement chair, gave a speech at San Diego State
University where she talked about the history of the Palestinian
people under Israeli occupation.
Huwaida Arraf was on board Challenger 1, one of the six
siege-breaking ships bringing humanitarian aid supplies to Gaza when
the flotilla was attacked in international waters by Israeli
commandos killing nine Turkish activists, and many were wounded.
link: www.AlternateFocus.org
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On Today’s show, we
bring you part 2 and the conclusion of the documentary Occupation
Has No Future, brought to you courtesy of Alternate Focus.
This documentary
studies Israeli militarism, examines the occupation of the
Palestinian West Bank, and explores the work of Israelis and
Palestinians organizing against militarism and occupation
link: www.AlternateFocus.org
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On Today’s show, we
bring you part 1 of the new documentary Occupation Has No Future,
brought to you courtesy of Alternate Focus.
This documentary
studies Israeli militarism, examines the occupation of the
Palestinian West Bank, and explores the work of Israelis and
Palestinians organizing against militarism and occupation
link: www.AlternateFocus.org
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Today,
we bring you part 3/3 of a panel discussion on the topic:
"Options and Opportunities for
Resolving the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict"
panelist are:
Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT and renowned
Public Intellectual.
Susan Akram, Boston University Law School, Refugee and Immigration
Law.
Diana Butto, former legal adviser to the PLO Negotiating Team . She
is currently a Fellow at the Dubai Initiative Program at Harvard
University.
Assaf Kfoury, Boston University Computer Science Department and
Political Commentator.
Moderated by Dr. Elaine Hagopian
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Today,
we bring you part 2/3 of a panel discussion on the topic:
"Options and Opportunities for
Resolving the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict"
panelist are:
Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT and
renowned Public Intellectual.
Susan Akram, Boston University Law School, Refugee and
Immigration Law.
Diana Butto, former legal adviser to the PLO Negotiating Team
. She is currently a Fellow at the Dubai Initiative Program at
Harvard University.
Assaf Kfoury, Boston University Computer Science Department
and Political Commentator.
Moderated by Dr. Elaine Hagopian
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Today,
we bring you part 1/3 of a panel discussion on the topic:
"Options and Opportunities for
Resolving the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict"
panelist are:
Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT and renowned
Public Intellectual.
Susan Akram, Boston University Law School, Refugee and Immigration
Law.
Diana Butto, former legal adviser to the PLO Negotiating Team . She
is currently a Fellow at the Dubai Initiative Program at Harvard
University.
Assaf Kfoury, Boston University Computer Science Department and
Political Commentator.
Moderated by Dr. Elaine Hagopian
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On today’s program, Dr. Souad Dajani interviews Mr. Fateh Azzam,
Board Chair, and a Founding Member, of the Arab Human Rights Fund
(AHRF).
Mr. Azzam spent
many years teaching, directing and acting with theatre groups in the
U.S. and the Middle East. He has published widely in
Arabic and English in the fields of human rights and theater.
Today, Fateh outlines the mission and objectives of the AHRF and
talks about the organizations and projects it currently supports in
light of the current status of human rights in the Arab world.
Related link:
www.AHRfund.org
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Since December 2010, the Arab world has experienced a staggering
upheaval involving no fewer than eleven countries.
In today’s show we bring you a panel discussion entitled:
Revolution in the Arab World, moderated by Nasser Barghouti,
courtesy of Alternate Focus.
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On
Today’s show, we bring you a program entitled “Children of
Catastrophe”, brought to you courtesy of Alternate Focus.
Author Jamal Kanj, in his recent book "Children of Catastrophe:
Journey from a Palestinian refugee camp to America," provides an
account of life from Palestine to refugee camps in Lebanon and the
events leading for the creation of the state of Israel.
link:
www.AlternateFocus.org
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On Today’s show, we bring you a program entitled “Johan Galtung on
Uprising and the End of Empire”.
Peace mediator Johan Galtung gives his analysis of the uprisings in
the Arab world as an indicator that the era of Western domination in
the region is coming to an end.
This segment was brought to you courtesy of Alternate Focus.
link: www.AlternateFocus.org
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Our guest today is Dr. Alice Rothchild, who earlier this year
visited Israel and the Palestinian occupied territories, she will
report to us her observation of life under Israeli occupation, and
talk about the BDS movement, a nonviolent campaign to boycott,
divest and sanction Israel until it complies with international law.
Dr. Rothchild graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1970 with a BA in
psychology, from obtained her medical degree from Boston University
in 1974.
She developed an interest in progressive politics in the 1960s and
70s starting with campus opposition to the Vietnam War and moving on
to her discovery of feminism and health reform movements while in
medical school and residency.
In 1997, through her involvement in the Boston Workmen’s Circle, a
progressive secular Jewish organization, she turned much of her
non-medical focus to understanding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
and its relationship to US foreign policy and American Jewry. She
co-founded and co-chairs Visions of Peace with Justice in
Israel/Palestine, now American Jews for a Just Peace– Boston.
Dr. Alice Rothchild is the Author of “Broken Promises, Broken
Dreams” Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience.
Links:
www.alicerothchild.com
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On Today’s show, we bring you A program entitled: break the silence,
with guests Craig and Cindy Corrie.
Brought to you courtesy of Alternate Focus.
www.alternatefocus.org
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On today’s program, we bring you coverage of a lecture by Dr.
Dahlia Wasfi entitled:
“US interference in the Middle East: With friends like us, who needs
enemies? “
sponsored by: Students for Justice in the Middle East – U Mass
Dartmouth.
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi an internationally known activist who is speaking
out against the occupation of Iraq.
Born in the United States to an American Jewish mother and an Iraqi
Muslim father, she lived in Iraq as achild, returning to the U.S. at
age 5. After graduating from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in
Biology in 1993, she earned her medical degree from the University
of Pennsylvania in 1997. Dr. Wasfi has made two trips to Iraq to
visit her extended family since the 2003 "Shock and Awe" invasion,
including a three month stay in Basrah in the spring of 2006.
Through her activism, she brought her eyewitness accounts of life
under occupation to the United States.
Based on her experiences, Dr. Wasfi is speaking out in support of
immediate, unconditional withdrawal of American forces from Iraq and
the need to end the occupation.
Link:
www.liberatethis.com
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On Today’s program, we bring you
Diana Buttu in a lecture entitled “Palestinian
Refugee Rights & Negotiations”
Diana Buttu is a
Palestinian human rights lawyer, former Bir Zeit University
professor, and former legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiation
team. Buttu received her law degree from Queen's University in
Kingston, Ontario in Canada and a masters of law from Stanford
University.
A
program brought to you courtesy of Alternate focus,
www.alternatefocus.org |
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On Today’s show, we
bring you “New Anti-Semitism: Political Ploy to Silence Americans
and Protect Israel from Criticism”
Guest, Dr. Ibrahim Soudy
Dr.
Ibrahim Soudy probes with host Bill Alford, manipulation of
so-called “New anti-Semitism.” It has cleverly become a weapon to
silence Americans. It smears the likes of Jimmy Carter and Helen
Thomas and ordinary citizens of conscience outraged by clear
“racism” and “genocide”. Anti-Semitism hype cannot hide the horrors.
Nor can it trump the moral obligation to oppose “wrong.” Guest and
host compare hating the Sin not the Sinner. Anti-mafia is not
anti-Sicilian; anti-Israel criminality is not anti-Jew.
A
program brought to you courtesy of Alternate focus,
www.alternatefocus.org |
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On
Today’s show, we bring you “New Anti-Semitism: Political Ploy to
Silence Americans and Protect Israel from Criticism”
Guest, Dr. Ibrahim Soudy
Dr. Ibrahim Soudy probes with host Bill Alford, manipulation of
so-called “New anti-Semitism.” It has cleverly become a weapon to
silence Americans. It smears the likes of Jimmy Carter and Helen
Thomas and ordinary citizens of conscience outraged by clear
“racism” and “genocide”. Anti-Semitism hype cannot hide the horrors.
Nor can it trump the moral obligation to oppose “wrong.” Guest and
host compare hating the Sin not the Sinner. Anti-mafia is not
anti-Sicilian; anti-Israel criminality is not anti-Jew.
A
program brought to you courtesy of Alternate focus,
www.alternatefocus.org |
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On
Today’s show, we bring you a program entitled: “Johan Galtung Transcend: Methods
and Solutions”,
Johan Galtung is the founder of Transcend, a network for peace,
development and environment. Galtung's approach to mediation offers
concrete proposals that are intended to give both sides the sense
that they are winners. In this interview he describes his
methodology and offers proposals for peace in the Middle East and
other areas of conflict.
A
program brought to you courtesy of Alternate focus,
www.alternatefocus.org
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Our guest today is Raja Shehade, a Palestinian lawyer and writer.
Born in 1951 in Ramallah in the West Bank, Raja Shehade attended the
Quaker school in Ramallah and the American University of Beirut. He
was called to the bar in London, then returned to Ramallah and
private practice with his father, Aziz Shehade, a lawyer well-known
in Palestine for advocating a two-state solution decades ahead of
its time.
Shehade is a founder of the human rights organization, Al-Haq, an
affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists. He has written
several books on international law, human rights and the Middle
East.
Today Journalist Ellen Cantarow interviews Raja Shehade on his most
recent book: A Rift in Time: Travels with my Ottoman Uncle
(2010) and later in the program Dr. Elaine Hagopian Professor
Emerita at Simmons College interviews Shehade on Palestine. |
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On
Today’s program, we bring “Resistance Trilogy—Prologue: The Colonial
Legacy”,
First of a series of documentaries exploring the origins of Fatah,
Hizbollah, and Hamas. Featuring interviews with Rashid Khalidi and
Helena Cobban.
Brought to you courtesy of Alternate focus, www.alternatefocus.org |
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Dr.
Elaine Hagopian interviews Dr. Thomas Philip Abowd on his
forthcoming book entitled:
“Colonial Jerusalem: The Spatial Construction of Identity and
Difference in a Divided City”.
Professor Abowd is A Columbia University graduate with A PhD in
Cultural Anthropology.
In 2006 he received A Post-Doctoral Research Award from the
Palestine-American Research Center (PARC), to study housing politics
in contemporary Jerusalem.
In 2008-09 Dr. Abowd was the recipient of a Faculty Fellowship from
the Humanities Center, of Wayne State University, to continue
research on housing politics and housing-rights activism in
Jerusalem
Dr. Abowd is Visiting Assistant Professor, at the UMass-Amherst,
Department of Legal Studies, and Instructor at Tufts University in
the Department of Anthropology.
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On
today’s show, we bring you “My Early Years in Occupied
Palestine: Archbishop Elias Chacour”. A program Courtesy of
Alternate Focus.www.alternatefocus.org
Archbishop Elias Chacour, three time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and
founder the Mar Elias Educational Institutions. His early life was
during the English Mandate of Palestine and afterward when his
family was forced from their home and village in 1948. His story is
a poignant one full of drama and personal hardships, depicting a far
different picture of events during and following the 1948 war
between Israelis and Arabs in Palestine. This segment captures a
compelling story of all the Israeli government did to thwart the
completion of this school for disadvantaged Palestinians.
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Today we bring
you part 2, and the conclusion, of a lecture by Dr. Norman
Finkelstein speaking on March 15th at Tufts University,
on the topic of Israel and Palestine.
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4/09/11
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On today’s program,
we bring you part 2 and the conclusion of our interview with Dr.
Dahlia Wasfi.
Dr
Wasfi is an internationally known activist who is speaking out
against the occupation of Iraq.
Based on her experiences, Dr. Wasfi is speaking out in support of
immediate, unconditional withdrawal of American forces from Iraq and
the need to end the occupation.
Dr.
Wasfi’s website:
www.liberatethis.com
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4/02/11
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On today’s program,
we bring you part 1 of an interview with Dr. Dahlia Wasfi an
internationally known activist who is speaking out against the occupation
of Iraq.
Born in the United
States to an American Jewish mother and an Iraqi Muslim father, she
lived in Iraq as a
child, returning to the U.S. at age 5. After graduating from
Swarthmore College with a B.A. in Biology in 1993, she earned her
medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Dr.
Wasfi has made two trips to Iraq to visit her extended family since
the 2003 "Shock and Awe" invasion, including a three month stay in
Basrah in the spring of 2006. She has brought her eyewitness account
of life under occupation to the United States.
Based on her experiences, Dr. Wasfi is speaking out in support of
immediate, unconditional withdrawal of American forces from Iraq and
the need to end the occupation.
Dr.
Wasfi’s website is:
www.liberatethis.com |
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3/26/11
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Today we bring you part 1 of a lecture by Dr.
Norman Finkelstein
speaking on March 15th at Tufts University, on the topic of Israel
and Palestine.
Dr.
Finkelstein, is a political scientist and author, specializing in
the Holocaust and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Internationally
acclaimed scholar, author of:
- Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of
History
- The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish
suffering
- Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict. |
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As the situation in Libya worsens and The Us
contemplates the imposition of a no fly zone, we bring
you
an interview with Libyan American
Mohamed Aljahmi.
Mohamed Aljahmi is a software engineer and a Libyan/American human
rights activist. He is a co-founder and former Communication
Officer of American Libyan Freedom Alliance.
Mr. Aljahmi actively educates and informs US government, national
and international media and NGOs about Libyan affairs. He is also
the brother of the late Libyan Democratic Dissident Fathi
Aljahmi
who was tortured and imprisoned by the Gaddafi regime
for his insistent dissent. He died on May 21, 2009, while in custody
of the Libyan government. |
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3/12/11
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Today we bring you dissenting Israeli voices, a documentary film
entitled “Voices from inside, Israelis Speak", Produced by award
winning producer Marjorie Wright. Winner of the Armin T. Wegner
Humanitarian Award, the documentary is brought to you courtesy of
Alternate Focus.
Link: www.alternatefocus.org
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Relevant to our program today, in another tragically absurd turn of
events, on Feb 18th, the UN Security Council resolution that would
have condemned Israeli settlements as "illegal" and called for an
immediate halt to all settlement building was voted 14 to one. That
is 14 out of the full membership of 15 voted on behalf of the
resolution including Britain France and Germany; the US however
vetoed the resolution.
To understand the impact of illegal Israeli settlements on the
Palestinian occupied territories we’ll bring you a program featuring
Dr. Diana Bhutto, courtesy of Alternate Focus.
Also, a short interview with Farah Haidar the executive director of
the Center for Arabic Culture
http://www.cacboston.org/
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2/26/11
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On
today’s program, Dr. Elaine Hagopian brings us an interview with
Professor Chibli Mallat
on the Special
Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
Chibli
Mallat is Presidential Professor of Middle Eastern Law and Politics
at the University of Utah. He was named Presidential Professor in
2009, and served between 2008 and 2010 as Senior Legal Advisor to
the Global Justice Project: Iraq. He also holds the EU Jean Monnet
Chair of Law at Saint Joseph's University in Lebanon.
As a legal practitioner and consultant Professor Mallat has
litigated several international criminal law cases, and advises
governments, corporations and individuals in Middle Eastern and
international law.
Professor Mallat IS CURRENTLY TEACHING Islamic Legal Studies at
Harvard law school.
He is also chairman of the right to non-violence, an international
NGO established in Lebanon and the US.
He has held research and teaching positions in the US at Princeton
University, Yale Law School, the University of Virginia Law School,
the Library of Congress, University of California at Berkeley among
others (Boalt Hall) School of Law, in Europe at London University’s
School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of Lyon, and
in Lebanon at Saint Joseph's University and the Islamic University.
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Today, we bring you an interview by Dr. Elaine Hagopian with
Professor Tarek Masoud on the triumphant pro-democracy revolution in
Egypt.
Dr. Masdoud is a political scientist and Middle East specialist, his
research focuses on political development in countries that are poor
and unfree, uncovering the processes by which governments become
more accountable to, representative of, and responsive to the needs
of their people.
Dr. Masoud is the co-editor of Problems and Methods in the Study of
Politics(Cambridge, 2004) and Order, Conflict, and Violence
(Cambridge, 2008), and his articles and reviews have appeared in the
Journal of Democracy, Foreign Policy, and the International Journal
of Middle East Studies, among others.
In 2009, Masoud was named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, and was awarded the American Political
Science Association's Aaron Wildavsky Award for Best Dissertation in
Religion and Politics. He is also the recipient of grants and
fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the Paul and
Daisy Soros Foundation.
Dr. Masoud holds an AB with honors from Brown and received his Ph.D
in political science with distinction from Yale in 2008.
Professor Masoud is presently assistant professor of public policy
at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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Today, we bring you an interview by Dr. Elaine Hagopian with
Ashraf Hegazy,
Executive Director of The Dubai Initiative at Harvard’s Kennedy
School of Government, On the pro-democracy revolution in Egypt.
Ashraf
Hegazy, grew up in Egypt and around the world. His
mother was Egypt’s first female diplomat.
He graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2009 with a
mid-career Master in Public Administration degree. He was awarded a
Lucius N. Littauer Fellowship for "exemplary academic achievement,
public service & potential for future leadership," and a
Presidential Management Fellowship. His research interests lie in
the fields of adaptive leadership and negotiation frameworks in the
Middle East.
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Today, we focus on Tunisia with an in-depth analysis of recent
events namely the revolutionary uprising, The overthrow of Tunisian
president Ben Ali and what it means for Tunisia and the region.
Dr. Elaine Hagopian interviews French
born Tunisian scholar, Malika Zeghal.
Dr. Zeghal, who has examined the changing relationship between Islam
and governments across the Middle East, was associate professor of
anthropology and sociology of religion in the University of Chicago
Divinity School.
In 2010 She was appointed Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Professor in
Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life at Harvard University. Dr.
Zeghal's research focuses on the changing relationship between Arab
states, religious institutions, and Islamist movements over the last
50 years.
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Today, we bring you readings and conversation by
Dr. Sami Shalom
Chetrit, a Moroccan-born Israeli writer and scholar, Assistant
Professor of Hebrew Language, Literatures and Cultures in the
Department of Classical, Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and
Cultures at Queens College, CUNY.
The
topic we’re covering is from Dr Chetrit’s book entitled:
Intra-Jewish Conflict in Israel: White Jews, Black
Jews.
It
is the first book in English to examine the political history of
Mizrahi Jews (Jews from The Arab and Muslim worlds) in Israel,
focusing in particular on social and political movements. The book
analyzes the ongoing cultural encounter between Zionism and Israel
on one side, and Mizrahi Jews on the other.
This event took
place in November 2010 at the Suffolk University Poetry Center in
Boston.
The
Footage courtesy of the Institute of Near East and African Studies (INEAS):
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1/22/11
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On
the prospect of war with Iran we bring you an interview with Richard
Silverstein of the Tikun Olam blog by Host Bill Alford of Moral
Politics.
This
interview is brought to you Courtesy of Alternate focus.
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On Today’s program,
we bring you “FRONTIERS OF DREAMS AND FEARS” a documentary by
award winning filmmaker Mai masri.
Her most recent
films include:
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33 Days (2007)
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Beirut Diaries (2006) which won best documentary award at the
"Asian Pacific Film Festival".
In today’s
heartfelt documentary “FRONTIERS OF DREAMS AND FEARS, Masri explores
the enduring friendship that evolves between two Palestinian
girls—Mona, who was born and raised in the economically marginalized
Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, and Manar, who lives in the De-heisha
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On today’s show, we
bring you a program entitled: “Cut Through the Denial About
Israeli's Violence”.
A program produced
by Alternate Focus and Moral Politics.
This show cuts
through denial and exposes Israel’s violence. Guest
Dr. Bill Dienst, an emergency room physician, volunteered several
times to work a year in Gaza. He witnessed the horrific death and
carnage inflicted by the Israeli Army.
conclusion, of Dr.
Elaine Hagopian’s
WARNING. This program contains disturbing and graphic images of
human trauma |
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On today’s show, we bring you a program
entitled:
“ISRAEL’s VIOLANCE, THEFT and
ESCAPE FROM JUSTICE”.
Produced by Alternate Focus and Moral
Politics.
"David Schermerhorn
sailed in the first Free Gaza Flotilla in August, 2008 to bring food
and medicine to Palestinians in Gaza. Later in that year, David
Schermerhorn experienced Israeli cannon fire while an international
observer on Palestinian fishing boats. Then as now, Israeli’s resort
to gunboat diplomacy to establish territorial boundaries. In 2010
David Schermerhorn participated in the flotilla that was assaulted
by Israeli commandos. Nine humanitarians were murdered in
international waters. The Palestinians have suffered and been
exploited. The Free Gaza flotillas keep a promise that the suffering
and repressed people of Gaza will not be forgotten. |
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On
today’s show, we bring you a program entitled: “Israel’s matrix of
control” with guest Jimmy Johnson, a program co-produced by
Alternate Focus and Moral Politics.
"Matrix of
control. That sounds ominous. However, it’s true, according to my
guest Jimmy Johnson, International coordinator for the Israeli
Committee Against House Demolitions headquartered in Jerusalem.
Israel has leaped ahead in weapons, surveillance and even
architectural design to control a population. The occupied
Palestinian territories have served as a laboratory to perfect these
big brother security systems and techniques to control a population.
That menacing technology is a major export to the United States. |
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Today, we bring you
part 2, the conclusion, of Dr. Elaine Hagopian’s interview with prof.
Karam Dana co-principal investigator of the Muslim American Public
Opinion Survey (MAPOS), the largest survey of Muslims living in the
United States.
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Today, we bring you part
1 of Dr. Elaine Hagopian’s interview with prof. Karam Dana
co-principal investigator of the Muslim American Public Opinion
Survey (MAPOS), the largest survey of Muslims living in the United
States.
Troubled by rising
Islamophobia and the lack of reliable information about American
Muslims, prof. Dana launched MAPOS in 2007 to study the patterns of
social, civic, and political participation among Muslim Americans
Prof. Dana studied
economics, political science and political economy at the University
of Washington and followed with a Masters Degree in Socioeconomic
Development and Sustainable Development from the Henry M. Jackson
School of International Studies. He went on to earn his PhD in
Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies. Presently he is a
Dubai Initiative Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science
and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of
Government.
After finishing his
post-doctorate fellowship at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
at Harvard University, prof. dana started a faculty position at
Tufts University
in the Department of History and the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Dana's research was recognized by the American Political
Science Association, which presented Dana with the Best Paper award
in 2009. |
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Today we bring you part
2 covering the 25th annual veterans for peace
convention, which took place aug 29, 2010 in Portland maine.
Today’s speaker is Chris Hedges, he is an American journalist,
author and war correspondent, specializing in American and middle
eastern societies.
Mr. Hedges most recent book is empire of illusion: the end of
literacy and the triumph of spectacle. Mr. Hedges is a senior fellow
at the nation.
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Today we bring you part
1 of 2 programs covering the 25th annual veterans for peace
convention, which took place aug 29, 2010 in Portland maine.
Today’s speaker is Ann Wright, she is a former united states army
colonel and retired official of the U.S state department.
Ms. Wright is most noted for having been one of the 3 state
department official to publically resign in protest of the
march 2003 invasion of Iraq. Recently, Wright was a passenger on the
challenger one which along the marvi marmara was
part of the Gaza flotilla.
The Footage is brought to you courtesy of Radio Free Maine.
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today,
we bring you part 3/3 of a panel discussion on the topic:
"Options and Opportunities for
Resolving the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict"
panelist are:
Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT and renowned
Public Intellectual.
Susan Akram, Boston University Law School, Refugee and Immigration
Law.
Diana Butto, former legal adviser to the PLO Negotiating Team . She
is currently a Fellow at the Dubai Initiative Program at Harvard
University.
Assaf Kfoury, Boston University Computer Science Department and
Political Commentator.
Moderated by Dr. Elaine Hagopian |
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today,
we bring you part 2/3 of a panel discussion on the topic:
"Options and Opportunities for
Resolving the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict"
panelist are:
Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT and renowned
Public Intellectual.
Susan Akram, Boston University Law School, Refugee and Immigration
Law.
Diana Butto, former legal adviser to the PLO Negotiating Team . She
is currently a Fellow at the Dubai Initiative Program at Harvard
University.
Assaf Kfoury, Boston University Computer Science Department and
Political Commentator.
Moderated by Dr. Elaine Hagopian
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Today, we bring you part 1/3 of a panel
discussion on the topic:
"Options and Opportunities for
Resolving the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict"
panelist are:
Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus
of Linguistics, MIT and renowned Public Intellectual.
Susan Akram, Boston University
Law School, Refugee and Immigration Law.
Diana Butto, former legal
adviser to the PLO Negotiating Team . She is currently a Fellow at
the Dubai Initiative Program at Harvard University.
Assaf Kfoury, Boston University
Computer Science Department and Political Commentator.
Moderated by Dr. Elaine Hagopian |
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On today’s
show, we bring you a program of commentary on the Goldstone report
courtesy of Alternate Focus.
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10/23/10
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On today’s program we bring you part 2
of 2 with Norman Finkelstein on the topic:
THIS TIME WE WENT TOO FAR
Dr. Finkelstein talks about how the
massive destruction visited on Gaza was not an accidental by product
of the Israeli invasion but was the objective.
This program was brought to you
courtesy of Alternate Focus.
Norman
G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department
of
Politics
at Princeton University. For many years he taught political theory
and the Israel-Palestine conflict. Finkelstein is the author of five
books which have been translated into more than 40 foreign
editions: Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse
of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (University of
California Press, 2005, expanded paperback edition, 2008);The
Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish
Suffering(Verso, 2000, expanded paperback edition, 2003); Image
and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict(Verso, 1995,
expanded paperback edition, 2003); with Ruth Bettina Birn, A
Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen Thesis and Historical Truth (Henry
Holt, 1998); and The Rise and Fall of
Palestine: A Personal Account of the Intifada Years (University
of Minnesota, 1996).
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On today’s program we bring you a part
1 of 2 with Norman Finkelstein on the topic:
THIS TIME WE WENT TOO FAR
Dr. Finkelstein talks about how the
massive destruction visited on Gaza was not an accidental byproduct
of the Israeli invasion but was the
objective.
This program was brought to you
courtesy of Alternate Focus.
Norman
G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the
Department of Politics at Princeton University. For many years he
taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Finkelstein is the author of five books which have been translated
into more than 40 foreign editions: Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse
of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (University of California
Press, 2005, expanded paperback edition, 2008);The Holocaust
Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering(Verso,
2000, expanded paperback edition, 2003); Image and Reality of the
Israel-Palestine Conflict(Verso, 1995, expanded paperback edition,
2003); with Ruth Bettina Birn, A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen
Thesis and Historical Truth (Henry Holt, 1998); and The Rise and
Fall of Palestine: A Personal Account of the Intifada
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On today’s
program we have an interview with Philip Dunkelbarger an
independent candidate running for US Representative Massachusetts
9th District.
Mr. Philip Dunkelbarger is a former City Councilor-at-Large. Also
experienced in local, state, and
federal campaigns for over 30 years.
Related links:
www.dunk2010.com
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On the TV
program:
1-
A
telephone interview with Arab-American comedian, Dean Obeidallah
talking about his
Arabs Gone Wild
Stand up Comedy Tour in Boston at The Wilbur Theater!
On
Saturday, October
9, 2010 , Interview conducted by Louay Al-Jondi . More details on
www.arabsgonewild.com
2- And part
three, the conclusion of the panel on the topic of One State for Palestine
/Israel: A Country for All Its Citizens.
- Dr
Salman Abu Sitta, The Geographic and Demographic Imperatives of
a Single State
- Professor Susan Akram, The
Palestinian Right of Return in the Context of the One and Two State
Solutions |
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On
today’s program we are bringing you part two of three shows on the
topic of One State for Palestine /Israel: A Country for All Its
Citizens
Omar Barghouti,
Organizing for Self Determination, ethical De Zionization &
Resisting Apartheid
Professor Ilan Pappe,
Proposal For A New Israeli Political Organization: Building A
Movement For The One State Solution |
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9/18/10
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Omar Barghouti
Ilan
Pappe |
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On
this week program: we are bringing you part one of three shows
on the topic of One State for Palestine /Israel: A Country for
All Its Citizens
The Organization for Building
One country.
Dr Ghada Karmi: Building An International Movement To Promote the
One State Solution.
Professor Leila Farsakh:
Building
Movements for the One State Solution in Palestine & the Arab World
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On
today’s program we'll conclude last week's coverage of the panel
entitled
"principled resistance to the Israeli occupation" with Noam Chomsky,
prof. emeritus of linguistics at MIT, author, and leading critic of
US foreign policy. |
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Today we bring you part 1, of two, segments on the theme principled
resistance to the Israeli occupation. Featuring three panelists
Shachaf Polakow, an Israeli activist, Leila Farsakh Palestinian
American, Author and educator. And the known Noam Chomsky.
The
panel took place in February 2009. and the content remains relevant
since the status of the occupation has remained the same. We bring
you these issues in light of the recent direct talks between Israel
and the Palestinian Authority to underline the information, which
seldom surfaces in mainstream news outlets in the US.
But,
first here is an update on the current events relating to the
separation Wall.
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Leila Farsakh
Nancy Murray
Shachaf Polakow
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On this week program, a report on Depleted Uranium and it’s
consequences. Featuring Dr. Doug Rokke , director of
the U.S. Army Depleted Uranium Project.
According to the INDEPENDENT’s Patrick Cockburn. Toxic legacy of US
assault on Fallujah / Iraq is 'worse than Hiroshima'.
The shocking rates of infant
mortality and cancer in Iraqi city raise new questions about
dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the
Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004.
According to the Independent, the study, entitled "Cancer, Infant
Mortality and Birth Sex-Ratio in Fallujah, Iraq 2005-2009", by Dr
Busby, Malak Hamdan and Entesar Ariabi, and concludes that the types
of cancer are "similar to that in the Hiroshima survivors who were
exposed to ionising radiation from the bomb and uranium in the
fallout". Researchers found a 38-fold increase in leukaemia, a
ten-fold increase in female breast cancer and significant increases
in lymphoma and brain tumours in adults. At Hiroshima survivors
showed a 17-fold increase in leukaemia, but in Fallujah Dr Busby
says what is striking is not only the greater prevalence of cancer
but the speed with which it is affecting people. |
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1-On this week program, we bring you a continuation of our coverage
of the new England anti war conference with panelist Pardiss
Kebriaei, on the topic of “Debunking the war on terror”. Ms. Pardiss
Kebriaei is a Gantanamu attorney from the center for constitutional
rights. She has described the horror of the Gantanamu and Bagram
prisons, and her efforts to bring legal aid and justice to the
prisoners.
Pardiss Kebriaei is introduced by moderator Lisa Savage of code Pink
2-Following up on last weeks footage pf the demonstration in the
village of El-Wa-la-ja in the occupied west bank. We’d like to
report that the Separation Wall, being built by the Israelis will
not just cover one side of the village but rather will surround the
village
of Al-Walaja on all sides. And the
Palestinian non violent protests continue as they have for a long
while now. |
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