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Podcast title PalCast
Website URL http://www.palcast.org
Description Podcasting the Occupation of Palestine
Updated Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:31:23 +0000
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1. CTL: It’s All Hebrew To Them: Israeli MP Drafts Bill to Banish Arabic
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Description: This week on Crossing The Line, an Israeli MP introduces a draft bill to eliminate Arabic as an official language of the Zionist state in another attempt by the Israeli government to ethnically cleanse Palestine, former PLO spokesperson Diana Buttu joins us to speak on this latest development. Also this week, it has been more than [...]

2. CTL: New Kids on The Block: The New Pro Israel/ Pro Peace Lobby J-Street
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Description: They claim to be the political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement in the United States, seeking a more just and equitable situation for both Israelis and Palestinians, but is the new pro-Israeli lobby group J-Street any different from AIPAC? Crossing The Line speaks to Nadia Hijab about this new face on Capital Hill. Also this [...]

3. IMEMC: This Week In Palestine - June 6, 2008
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Description: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his call for Palestinian national unity this week while the Bil’in conference on popular resistance ends with a nonviolent protest against the separation wall. These stories and more in this week’s update. This Week in Palestine for June 1 through June 6, 2008 was brought to you by the International Middle [...]

4. AIC: Palestinian Perspective on Carter’s Visit and the Prospects of a Ceasefire
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Description: On Monday the 28th of April, 2008, Bryan Atinsky spoke with Nassar Ibrahim in the offices of the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour. Nassar, a longtime Palestinian writer, journalist and activist, is Policy Director of the AIC. We discussed the implications of the recent visit of former US President Jimmy Carter to the [...]

5. Israel-Palestine: Why Today`s Crisis is Rooted in the Denials of Yesterday
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Description: Sylvain Cypel joined the French daily newspaper Le Monde (meaning The World) as editor-in-chief in 1998, following a five-year tenure as editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Courrier International. From 1990 to 1991 he served as deputy editor of the monthly economic magazine Mensuel, and from 1989-1990 he held the same post at the monthly supplement to [...]

6. IMEMC: Palestine Today, June 5, 2008
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Description: As Palestinians mark the 41st anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israeli military attacks leave a child and a man killed. This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for June 5, 2008. For more information, visit: imemc.org

7. RealNews: Obama courts Israel lobby
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Description: Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, addressing the AIPAC conference in Washington DC, made sure to express his unconditional support of Israel and took great pains to clarify his position on Iran: tough negotiations as leverage. This program was produced by The Real News for June 5, 2008. For more information, visit: therealnews.com barackobama.com

8. VOA: Israel Rejects Hamas Ceasefire Proposal
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Description: Efforts to negotiate a truce between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip have hit a snag. As Robert Berger reports from VOA’s Jerusalem bureau, a deadly Palestinian attack has reinforced Israeli concerns. This program was produced by Voice of America for April 25, 2008. For more information, visit: voanews.com

9. CTL: Interview with Michael Neumann
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Description: Many Palestinians and solidarity activists advocate for the one-state solution as the best for both Israelis and Palestinians. Host Naji Ali talks with author and professor Michael Neumann who argues that the one-state solution is an illusion rather than a practical and possible solution to the conflict. Next, Israeli Occupation Forces have been given new orders [...]

10. Real News: Israel gives Gaza a fuel reprieve
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Description: The Gaza Strip narrowly averted the shutdown of its sole power plant after Israel sent a shipment of one million gallons of diesel to the plant on Wednesday. Israel is Gaza’s sole supplier of fuel, and shipments to the Palestinian territory have been sporadic since militants attacked an Israeli fuel depot earlier this month. This program [...]

11. CTL: Interview with Neta Golan
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Description: The ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues. As Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government expand settlements in the West Bank while asserting that “painful concessions” are being made, what is really going on behind the scenes? Host Naji Ali speaks with Ramallah-based activist Neta Golan. Crossing the Line is a weekly podcast dedicated to giving [...]

12. Norman Finklestein: A question of Justice
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Description: This talk by Norman Finkelstein was delivered on March 22, 2007 at Binghamton University. This program was roduced by Wilton Vought. for more information, visit: me2utube.tv normanfinkelstein.com

13. Israeli attacks on Gaza
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Description: Condemnation and condolences for the victims of the shooting attack that killed eight students at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem have been swift. This is in marked contrast to the international silence that surrounded Israel’s recent massacres of Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Gaza Strip. Ali Abunimah comments. This program was produced by Mordecai Briemberg for [...]

14. VOA: US Mideast Envoy Criticizes ‘Road Map’ Violations
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Description: A United States envoy has launched a new peace mission to the Middle East. As Robert Berger reports from VOA’s Jerusalem bureau, he was critical of both Israel and the Palestinians. This program was produced by Voice Of America for March 14, 2008. For more information, visit: voanews.com

15. CTL: Interview with Ali Abunimah
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Description: Presidential hopefulls are traveling across the US addressing issues like the economy, abortion, taxes and the war on Iraq. While John McCain is running on a platform similar to the policies of the Bush administration, the biggest issue for the democratic candidates is change. But when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, are any of [...]

16. Real News: Israel may reoccupy Gaza
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Description: Following a dramatic escalation of violence in Gaza, in which reportedly over 120 Palestinians were killed, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited the region in what observers call an attempt to salvage Mideast peace talks. Mideast observers noted Rice’s refusal to use the word “ceasefire” in the ongoing crisis between Israel and Hamas, calling [...]

17. Ali Abunimah on One Country
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Description: Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada and author of the book One Country, speaks about the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. This program was produced by Wilton Vought. For more information, visit: me2utube.tv electronicintifada.net

18. CKUT: London Stands Up for Gaza
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Description: On January 26, 2008, thousands of people converged in front of the British Prime Minister’s residence at 10 Downing street in London, England to call for an end to the crippling Israeli siege of Gaza. The demonstration was called by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in the UK, which is also active in the global [...]

19. Popular Protest in Gaza
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Description: In the face of ongoing Israeli military actions directed at the Gaza Strip, which have taken the lives of over one-hundred Palestinians within the past week — including multiple children — a popular committee has formed in Gaza, which has been coordinating a series of popular direct actions and appealing for protests lead by social [...]

20. Interview with Oded Na’aman of “Break the Silence”
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Description: On January 25, 2002 a remarkable group of 52 soldiers and officers of the Israeli army reserves published a quarter-page letter which appeared in the Israeli daily newspaper Ha’aretz. In this letter, they called on their comrades-in-arms to join their act of refusal to serve in the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and [...]

21. CTL: Interview with Ilan Pappe
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Description: The word “genocide” is one of the most powerful words used to describe criminal killing and destruction. It has been used to describe the Nazi holocaust, the killing fields of Cambodia, and Rwanda. More recently, Israeli author and historian Ilan Pappe has used this word to describe Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. Host Naji [...]

22. Interview: Becka Wolf of the Palestine Solidarity Project
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Description: Mike Cannon speaks with Beck Wolf of the Palestine Solidarity Project. At 27, this former NY high school teacher just returned from a year long stay Beit Ommar, Palestine where she worked with grassroots organizations and communities nonviolently resisting the Israeli Occupation. This program was produced by The Mike Cannon Show for WNRB-LP on February [...]

23. VOA: New Report Finds Gaza Humanitarian Situation is Worst in 40 years
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Description: A new report by a consortium of British aid agencies says the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is the worst in forty years. VOA’s Jim Teeple reports the report blames Israel for the crisis, but Israeli officials say Hamas militants are to blame. This program was produced by Voice Of America for March 6, [...]

24. IMEMC Palestine Today Update - March 6, 2008
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Description: Israel kills one resistance fighter in Gaza and one civilian in the West Bank, while resistance group kills an Israeli soldier in the coastal region, these stories and more in Palestine Today from IMEMC. This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for March 6, 2008. For more information, visit: imemc.org

25. Peace Talks: The Free Gaza Movement; setting sail to Gaza in May 2008
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Description: George Cadman speaks to Dr. Paul Larudee, co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement, on plans to set sail from Cyprus to Gaza in May of 2008. The Free Gaza Movement’s mission is to break the siege of Gaza. They want to raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of the Gaza Strip and pressure the international [...]

26. Peace Talks: Stephen Zunes on Palestine/Israel Peace Negotiations
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Description: George Cadman interviews Professor Stephen Zunes about current Palestinian/Israeli peace negotiations. Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco, where he has taught since 1995. He serves as an advisory committee member and Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project and as an associate editor of Peace [...]

27. Professor Joel Kovel on “Overcoming Zionism”
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Description: Professor Kovel is a prolific writer who has published ten books and over a hundred articles. His most recent book: “Overcoming Zionism,” published by the Pluto Press in the UK, and distributed by the University of Michigan Press, predictably earned him the ire of what Rabbi Arthur Waskow, of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia, calls [...]

28. Real News: Canada to take US, Israel off torture list
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Description: The Canadian government placed the U.S. and Israel on a list of nations that engage in torture. The government later caved to U.S. pressure to remove both nations from this list. The Real News speaks with Alex Nave, the Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada. This program was produced by The Real News for January [...]

29. Norman Finkelstein: How can we help the Palestinian Cause?
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Description: On Wednesday 23rd January, The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) hosted a workshop entitled “How can UK Residents Help the Palestinian Cause?” The guest speaker was Norman Finkelstein. The first part consists of Finkelstein’s Introductory remarks, and Part 2 is a recording of the workshop, and a short Q&A session. This program was produced [...]

30. Real News: Obama vs Clinton on the Middle East
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Description: Paul Jay speaks to Jonathan Schell on the candidates and Israel. Based in New York City, USA, Jonathan Schell is a renowned anti-nuclear activist, prolific journalist, lecturer and best-selling author. He is a frequent contributor to The Nation, The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine and Atlantic Monthly. He is also the author of The Fate of [...]

31. Word Of Mouth: Interview with George Rishmawi
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Description: George Rishmawi, founder of the International Middle East Media Center, speaks with Word Of Mouth about the untold stories of Palestine, community news from the grassroots, and his Canada campus speaking tour. This program was produced by Word Of Mouth for CKLN Radio. For more information, visit: ckln.fm imemc.org

32. VOP: Interview with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh
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Description: Dr. Qumsiyeh speaks about the current political developments and the futility of the recent conferences at Annapolis and Paris, which had avoided all the main issues. He also discusses his new book, Sharing the Land of Canaan. Dr. Qumsiyeh concludes by detailing the situation on the ground in the Bethlehem area, where he [...]

33. The Story: Combatants for Peace
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Description: In early 2005, Yonatan Shapira and Bassam Aramin began meeting secretly along with a handful of other Palestinian and Israeli fighters in an effort to find a better way. The organization became known as Combatants for Peace. Less than a year after they held a press conference announcing their goals, Bassam’s 10 year old daughter Abir [...]

34. Mohammad Omar on Gaza’s siege
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Description: Arab Talk Radio speaks with Mohammad Omer of Rafah Today about the current situation in Gaza and the destruction of the border wall with Egypt. This program was produced by Arab Talk Radio on KPOO for January 24, 2008. For more information, visit: kpoo.com rafahtoday.org

35. Real News: Crossing into Gaza, Pt. 1
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Description: Osamah Khalil, a a Palestinian-American doctoral candidate in US and Middle East history at the University of California-Berkeley, visits the Gaza Strip via Egypt where he tours the destroyed border wall near Rafah. Part one of two. This program was produced by The Real News for January 29, 2008. For more information, visit: therealnews.com

36. Real News: Palestinians break out of Gaza
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Description: More conflict in Gaza. An estimated 350,000 Gazans crossed into Egypt after at least 15 explosions blasted apart two-thirds of the separation wall. Israel completely sealed off Gaza last week, citing increased rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel. The Real News spoke to Saud Abu Ramadan, an independent Palestinian journalist in Gaza. This program was [...]

37. Real News: Israeli party quits government over peace plan
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Description: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s coalition government suffered a blow today. Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu, announced his party’s resignation from Israel’s coalition government. The Real News speaks with Palestinian journalist Hisham Sharabati. This program was produced by The Real News for January 17, 2008. For more information, visit: therealnews.com

38. Mohammed Zeidan from the Arab Human Rights Association
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Description: Mohammed Zeidan, the director of the Arab Human Rights Association, speaks about the status of Palestinians in Israel. This program was produced by the Arab Human Rights Association in 2005. For more information, visit: www.arabhra.org

39. VOA: Abbas Government Says Arabs Support Plan to Take Over Gaza Borders
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Description: Close aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas say they have received backing from Arab governments to take over crossing points and borders in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Egypt. VOA’s Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem. This program was produced by Voice of America for January 28, 2008. For more information, visit: voanews.com

40. Real News: Israeli reaction to Bush’s Middle East visit
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Description: Paul Jay speaks to David Newman, Professor of Political Geography and a Senior Research Fellow at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, about the recent visit of George Bush to Israel/Palestine. This program was produced by The Real News for January 14, 2008. For more information, visit: therealnews.com

41. VOA: Bush Arrives in Middle East
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Description: President Bush has arrived in Israel - the first stop on a Middle East journey designed to bolster the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and foster unity on Iran. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush immediately went to work, following a formal arrival ceremony at Israel’s main airport. This program was produced by Voice of [...]

42. VOA: Israeli Air, Ground Attacks on Gaza Kill At Least 9 Palestinians
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Description: At least three Palestinian gunmen and four civilians have been killed in Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA’s Jerusalem bureau, there has been an escalation of military activity on both sides. This program was produced by Voice of America for January 3, 2008. For more information, visit: voanews.com

43. VOA: At Least 7 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Strike in Gaza
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Description: At least seven Palestinian militants have been killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli air strike. VOA’s Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem hundreds of Palestinians stranded in Egypt after their Haj pilgrimage began returning home, after Egypt opened its border crossing with Gaza. This program was produced by Voice of America for January 2, 2008. For [...]

44. The Annapolis Conference in the Shadow of the One State Reality
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Description: On 28 November 2007, Meron Benvenisti presented a lecture in West Jerusalem at the monthly Last Wednesday Forum of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), which it hosts together with its outreach center Daila. Meron Benvenisti served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem under Teddy Kollek from 1971 to 1978, administering the city’s annexed Palestinian [...]

45. VOA: Death Toll in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Falls in 2007
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Description: A new report from an Israeli human-rights group says the death toll in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fell sharply in 2007. VOA’s Jim Teeple reports from our Jerusalem bureau. This program was produced by Voice of America for January 1, 2008. For more information, visit: voanews.com btselem.org

46. Interview with Palestinian journalist Hisham Sharabati
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Description: Sherif Fam offers a list of ways to become involved in the struggle for justice in the Middle East. Then, a sobering summary of current events in Palestine. Independent Palestinian journalist Mr. Hisham Sharabati, a native of Al Khaleel and editor in chief of the local paper “Resalat Al Khaleel,” joins Sherif for a discussion of [...]

47. What the Occupation means to Me
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Description: Dale Stuepfert interviews Mohammad Otman, a young Palestinian man from Jayyous, Palestine. Mohammad speaks about life under Israeli occupation. This program was produced in April, 2005. For more Information, visit: www.jayyousonline.org www.thenation.com/doc/20040308/bloom

48. Desmond Tutu on Israeli occupation
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Description: Desmond Tutu was banned from appearing at an April 2008 conference at the University of St. Thomas, due to allegations that he had previously made statements that were offensive to Jews. The primary allegation was that Tutu had compared Israel to Hitler in the following speech, given at the North American Friends of Sabeel Conference [...]

49. Palestine: Past, Present, and Future
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Description: Should our cherished laws protecting free speech, tolerance, and academic freedom be subject to the whims of politics and pop culture? What are our obligations, as a self-proclaimed “progressive” society, to permit and encourage all forms of debate and discourse? Our producer Michael Ramadan Jones meets with Joseph Massad of Columbia University to discuss these [...]

50. Race, Religion, Culture, and Colonialism
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Description: At some the finest academic institutions in this country an intellectual battle of huge importance and passion is being waged about the nature of U.S. involvement in the Middle East and this country’s support for Israel. Today we examine the conflict behind the conflict — namely, what occurs when the forces of politics and patriotism [...]