In the U.S. mass media in-depth criticism of the Israeli government is hard to come by; even harder to find are comments from Israelis and American Jews who oppose the military occupation of Palestinian territory. Among Jews, opinions on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict are diverse — many favor non-violent solutions to the conflict and peaceful coexistence with the Palestinians. On this edition of Making Contact, you’ll hear the viewpoints of Israeli Jews and Jewish Americans who are part of an international peace movement to end the violence in the Middle East. You’ll also hear about an American activist who put her life on the line in the Occupied Territories.
Featuring:
Liot Weingart, co-director of A Jewish Voice for Peace;
Ben Eckstein, an Israeli conscientious objector, or “Refusenik;”
Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Rabbis for Human Rights;
Colin Reese, a close friend of Rachael Corrie, an American activist who was killed by an Israeli Defense Force bulldozer driver in the Occupied Territories;
Cindy Corrie, Rachael Corrie’s mother;
Phan Nguyen, International Solidarity Movement.
This program was produced by Making Contact for the National Radio Project on June 4, 2003.
For more information, visit:
radioproject.org
jewishvoiceforpeace.org
rhr.israel.net
rachelcorriefoundation.org
palsolidarity.org
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Phyllis Bennis about the recent Jewish Voice For Peace Conference held in Oakland, Ca. on April 28-29 (at which Phyllis was a featured speaker) and about her upcoming talk in Santa Cruz on Monday, April 30. Phyllis Bennis is Co-founder of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, an Institute For Policy Studies Fellow focusing on the New Internationalism: The Middle East and United Nations Affairs, and a Fellow at the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She is also the author of many books including, “Calling The Shots: How Washington Dominates Today’s UN” and ” Challenging Empire”.
This program was produced by Free Radio Santa Cruz on April 30, 2007.
For more information, visit:
ips-dc.org (Institute for Policy Studies)
Sherif Fam explores the subject of Jewish peace activists in this country and in Israel. To outside observers, Jewish communities around the world appear monolithic in their blind support of everything Israel does, but that is not true. There are many brave Jews in this country and around the world, including Israel, who regularly protest against Israel’s egregious violations of human rights and international law, and are working hard to find a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Many Jews have visited Israel and Palestine and were transformed by what they saw. One such person is Dr. Alice Rothchild.
This program was produced by This Week In Palestine for WZBC radio on May 20, 2007.
For more information, visit:
truthandjusticeradio.org
jewishvoiceforpeace.org
Cecilie Surasky of Jewish Voice for Peace and Michael Passoff of the As You Sow Foundation discuss the shareowner resolution they filed with Caterpillar over the Israeli Defense Forces’ use of their bulldozers to commit human rights abuses in the occupied territories. Bill Somplatsky-Jarman of the Presbyterian Church USA discusses how its Mission Responsibility Through Investment committee is engaging Caterpillar, Citigroup, Motorolla, United Technologies, and ITT to promote peaceful solutions to the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
This podcast was produced by Corporate Watchdog Media.
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corporatewatchdogmedia.blogspot.com
jewishvoiceforpeace.org
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www.pcusa.org/
www.catdestroyshomes.org/