This documentary was filmed in late 2005 and brings the viewer closer to the living conditions and unresolved problems of Palestinian refugees in the Lebanon camps. Viewers see the camps with a focus on the issues of health, unemployment, education and the cultural memory of this community of refugees expelled in 1948 and 1967 from their homes in historic Palestine.

This program was produced in 2005 by Red Hill Films for Alternative Focus.

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Andy Trimlett interviews Ghassan Andoni, co-founder and spokesperson of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine. Andoni talks about his organization’s non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation. He discusses the failure of the American and Israeli governments to properly investigate the death of ISM volunteer Rachel Corrie. Andoni provides an analysis the recent Palestinian election, the uprising in Lebanon, and daily life in the Palestinian territories.

This program was produced by Andy Trimlett for Alternative Focus in 2005.

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palsolidarity.org
rachelcorriefoundation.org

Professor Salman H. Abu-Sitta of the London-based Palestine Land Society gives a personal account of how he became a refugee in Palestine in 1948. Using data from his research, Abu-Sitta shows how over 600 Palestinian villages were systematically depopulated by the advancing Israeli forces, leaving many others dismembered by an arbitrary cease-fire line. With maps and demographic statistics, Abu-Sitta shows that, in effect, Zionist policies were an ethnic cleansing campaign that resulted in a massive transfer of native Palestinians to the countries bordering Israel, where thousands remain within 100 miles from their original communities.

This program was produced for Alternative Focus by John Odam.

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plands.org (Palestine Land Society)

Three United States attorneys who explain how they and others are using American courts on behalf of Palestinian claimants to seek justice for alleged rights violations committed by Israeli officials in Palestine.

Features interviews with:
Maria Lahoud of the Center for Constitutional Rights;
Jamil Dakwar, cooperating Human Rights attorney;
and Abdeen Jabara, Civil Rights lawyer and activist.

This program was produced by Noura Erekat for Alternative Focus.

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www.ccr-ny.org (Center for Constitutional Rights)

In this talk, Charles Smith, professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona, gives an account of the history of Palestine and Israel. In the first part Smith describes the period from the first wave of Zionist immigrants up to the end of the British mandate in 1948. Smith then takes us from the foundation of the State of Israel to the 1967 war and the occupation of the West Bank. In the third segment, Smith covers the 1967 and 1973 wars, the land-for-peace agreement with Egypt up to the Olso Accords and the first and second intifadas.

This program was produced for Alternative Focus by John Odam in 2006.

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