Podcasts about Peace Now

Amnistía Internacional detalla en una investigación la explotación laboral que sufren las mujeres que van a Arabia Saudí a trabajar en el servicio doméstico. El informe se basa en entrevistas a más de 70 mujeres de Kenia que han experimentado esos abusos que nos detalla Zaina Kombo, responsable de igualdad de la organización en Kenia. Y también hablamos con Mauricio Lapchik, pacifista y durante años responsable en la organización Peace Now. Él representa las voces críticas dentro de Israel al asedio de su ejército en Gaza. 

Recording of an NJN webinar on April 3, 2025. The conversation, anchored by NJN President & CEO Hadar Susskind, features Hagit Ofran and Lior Amihai from Peace Now. Our guests are on the ground, leading the push against settlements and the fight for for peace.  Lior Amihai is the current Executive Director of Peace Now as well as a previous Executive Director of Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights group. He also previously served as co-director of Settlement Watch. Hagit Ofran is the co-director of Peace Now's Settlement Watch program. With two decades of experience tracking developments in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, she is widely recognized as Israel's foremost expert on Israeli settlements.  Hadar Susskind is New Jewish Narrative's President and CEO. He is one of the American Jewish community's leading progressive advocacy voices with more than 25 years of experience working in Washington DC on both foreign and domestic policy.  To make a (matched!!) donation to Peace Now, click here: https://www.newjewishnarrative.org/give?comments=2025%20Donor%20Match

John Viscount is a screenwriter, producer, director, composer, author, branding specialist, and global peacebuilder. His film “Admissions”, stars Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award winner James Cromwell and addresses the Middle East conflict and the power of forgiveness to heal interpersonal and international conflicts.​“Admissions” has now won over 30 International Awards, and has been translated into Italian, Hebrew, German, Arabic, Farsi, and Spanish, and broadcast to 80 million homes worldwide. The film continues to screen in important venues around the globe including The Parliament of World Religions, The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, and The Rotary Global Peace Conference. His new film on cyberbullying, “The Principle”, starring 4-time Grammy nominee, Mickey Guyton, premiered Summer, 2024 at The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change's “Be Love Day” celebration. He also founded The Peace Entertainment Project (PEPSTAR.org), a new non-profit that offers fiscal sponsorship and mentoring to uplifting filmmakers and content creators who address global challenges, inspire hearts and minds, and “promote the kind in humankind.” John is also co-founder of PeaceNow.com, a non-profit that creates platforms for strengthening the global Culture of Peace and is gathering ONE BILLION signatures in support of the establishment of cabinet-level Ministries & Departments of Peace in governments worldwide.​Also see his proposed United Nations Global Resolution called “The Muscles of Peace Global Resolution” ​peacenow.com/resolutionjohnviscount.com See the video and ask questions of future guests at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theworldismycountry.com/club⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by: „World Citizen“ Jahcoustix feat. Shaggy, courtesy of Dominik Haas, Telefonica and EoM Check out the film on World Citizen #1 Garry Davis: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theworldismycountry.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Endorse the ban on Nuclear Weapons: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theworldismycountry.com/endorse⁠

Protests in Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His firing of the internal security service chief is blocked by the Supreme Court — for now. But the opposition is calling for a general strike. How serious is this political crisis for Netanyahu? In this episode: Yariv Oppenheimer -- Board Member of advocacy group, Peace Now and member of The Democrats political party in Israel Neve Gordon -- Israeli political scientist and professor of International Law at Queen May University of London Yoni Ben Menachem -- Israeli political commentator and a senior Middle East analyst for the Jerusalem Center Host: Nick Clark Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, February 18, 2025.TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide.Find more headlines from Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcast

This week, the New Israel Fund of Canada, JSpace Canada and Canadian Friends of Peace Now released a survey of 588 Jewish Canadians that aimed to figure out the community's relationship to Israel. In short: it's complicated. The survey, managed by Leger, found that 94 percent of respondents agreed Israel "has the right to exist as a Jewish state"—yet only 51 percent self-identified as "Zionist". This startling contradiction could reveal how tarnished the brand of Zionism has become, regardless of Jewish Canadians' opinions on Israel itself, and dispels the myth of the Jewish community being monolithic about its opinions towards the Holy Land, its voting patterns and its values. Can Zionism be saved? Or should we all just ditch labels and talk about the issues? To learn more about the key takeaways, we invited Ben Murane and Maytal Kowalski, the executive directors of the New Israel Fund of Canada and JSpace Canada, respectively, to come on Bonjour Chai and explain their motivations for commissioning the survey and how we can digest the data. Listen to that interview above. After that, Avi and Phoebe dig into the anthology book On Being Jewish Now, which Phoebe had previously not read—then was called out for—and has since read every page of. Avi read it, too, and they dig into the politics of not paying Jewish writers for their work while purporting to support Jewish artists. Credits Hosts: Avi Finegold and Phoebe Maltz Bovy (@BovyMaltz) Production team: Michael Fraiman (producer), Zachary Kauffman (editor) Music: Socalled Support The CJN Subscribe to the Bonjour Chai Substack Subscribe to The CJN newsletter Donate to The CJN (+ get a charitable tax receipt) Subscribe to Bonjour Chai (Not sure how? Click here)

In the first episode of season 6 I have interviewed Maurcio Lapchik, the Director of External Relations at Peace Now (Shalom Akshav), the largest and longest-standing Israeli movement advocating for peace through public pressure. While we briefly introduced Peace Now to those who don't know yet this organization, we then discussed the current standing of the peace camp in Israel. While the picture is rather grim, Mauricio keeps hoping for the best.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/jerusalemunplugged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marije Lieuwens flikte het twee keer: viraal gaan met een relevant verhaal. Haar eerste keer was in Utrecht, waar ze tijdens Corona een posteractie bedacht om meer sociale cohesie te creëren. Ze wist het bedrijf achter Nijntje zover te krijgen dat ze hun art work mocht gebruiken. De actie werd een groot succes.Deel twee van Marije's succesverhaal is nog in volle gang. Maar het is wel een succesverhaal met een zwart randje. Na de gebeurtenissen van 7 oktober in Israël en Palestina was Marije zo geschokt door al het geweld, dat zij op de bres sprong voor vrede. Ze ontwikkelde samen met een bekende ontwerper de “Peace Now” poster die inmiddels op grote schaal gedeeld wordt. Het verhaal van Marije bevat een boel ondernemerslessen. De juiste timing voor je idee, volle bak gaan voor iets waarvan je voelt dat het klopt. En het oplossen van bottlenecks voor groei. Veel plezier met deze nieuwe aflevering! Gerhard HOOFDSTUKKEN 00:00 Welkom bij Groeivoer! 05:01 De familie van Dick Bruna overtuigen 11:01 DUIC 16:01 Viraal gaan: je Intuïtie volgen 22:02 Timing bij viraal gaan 27:01 Peace Now 33:01 Een gepolariseerde wereld 39:01 Je uitspreken 45:01 Ondernemen in onzekere tijden 51:01 Viraal gaan: controle verliezen 56:01 Positieve actieSHOWNOTES Relevante links voor deze aflevering Meer weten over Marije? Ga naar https://www.linkedin.com/in/marije-lieuwens/ Wil jij de Peace now poster bestellen? Ga naar https://steunactie.nl/fundraiser/peace-now-posters-voor-vrede/-28778 Liever kijken?

We return next week with a new episode of 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers. In the meantime, enjoy an earlier interview with Sivan Rahav-Meir.Israel's fight against Hamas, Sivan Rahav-Meir says, is preventing another Oct. 7—and another Sept. 11.The Israeli religious journalist — voted Israel's most popular media personality — grew up secular and part of the Israel left's “Peace Now” movement, but she's not quite there anymore.Now a journalist for Israel TV news, a columnist for Yediot Aharonot newspaper, and host of a weekly radio show on the Army Radio, Sivan is a leading figure in Israeli society more broadly — and the religious society specifically.A 2017 Forward profile described her as “a female sort of Hasidic grand rabbi” because of the thousands flocking to her Torah lectures. She sends a Jewish insight each day to tens of thousands of WhatsApp subscribers The Daily Thought. Now, she sits down with us to answer 18 questions on Israel, including Israel's battle against terrorism, living in Messianic times, that time she interviewed Yitzchak Rabin, and so much more.This interview was held on July 4.Here are our 18 questions:As an Israeli, and as a Jew, how are you feeling at this moment in Israeli history?What has been Israel's greatest success and greatest mistake in its war against Hamas?How have your religious views changed since Oct. 7? What do you look for in deciding which Knesset party to vote for?Which is more important for Israel: Judaism or democracy?Should Israel treat its Jewish and non-Jewish citizens the same?Now that Israel already exists, what is the purpose of Zionism?Is opposing Zionism inherently antisemitic?Should Israel be a religious state?If you were making the case for Israel, where would you begin?Should all Israelis serve in the army?Can questioning the actions of Israel's government and army — even in the context of this war — be a valid form of love and patriotism?What do you think is the most legitimate criticism leveled against Israel today?Do you think the State of Israel is part of the final redemption?Is Messianism helpful or harmful to Israel?Do you think peace between Israelis and Palestinians will happen within your lifetime?Where do you identify on Israel's political and religious spectrum, and do you have friends on the “other side”?Do you have more hope or fear for Israel and the Jewish People?

Recording of our November 20, 2024 webinar with Yonatan Mizrachi from Shalom Achshav's Settlement Watch team. This webinar was co-produced with our colleagues at Shalom Achshav, Canadian Friends of Peace Now, and La Paix Maintenant. The conversation was anchored by Hadar Susskind.  Yonatan Mizrachi, a leading expert from the Settlement Watch team, presents new insights from Shalom Achshav's latest annual report, "War and Annexation: How the Israeli Government Changed the West Bank During the First Year of War." In the wake of a year-long war in Gaza and nearly two years under a far-right, pro-settler government, the Israeli government's agenda in the occupied West Bank is clearer than ever: to advance annexation policies and further reduce Palestinian presence in Area C. Yonatan (“Yoni”) Mizrachi, who joined Shalom Achshav two years ago, co-leads the Settlement Watch team. He is also a co-founder and the former executive director of Emek Shaveh, an organization dedicated to protecting archaeology from misuse in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  View the report HERE- https://peacenow.org.il/en/war-and-annexation-how-the-israeli-government-changed-the-west-bank-during-the-first-year-of-war

Recording of our September 16, 2024 webinar with Amir Tibon. This conversation was hosted by Hadar Susskind and Maxxe Albert-Deitch. We spoke with author Amir Tibon about his new book, The Gates of Gaza, as well as his experience as a journalist in Israel over the last 11 months. This webinar was coordinated in partnership with our colleagues at Canadian Friends of Peace Now. About the book: In The Gates of Gaza, Amir Tibon tells the harrowing story of his family's survival on October 7th at Kibbutz Nahal Oz. He describes his family's ordeal—and the bravery that ultimately led to their rescue—alongside the histories of the place they call home and the systems of power that have kept them and their neighbors in Gaza in harm's way for decades. Woven throughout is Tibon's own expertise as a longtime international correspondent, as well as more than thirty original interviews: with residents of his kibbutz, with the Israeli soldiers who helped to wrest it from the hands of Hamas, and with experts on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the peace process. More than one family's odyssey, The Gates of Gaza is the intimate story of a tight-knit community and the broader saga of war, Occupation, and hostility between two national movements—a conflict that has not yet extinguished the enduring hope for peace. More about the book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amir-tibon/the-gates-of-gaza/9780316580960/?lens=little-brown

According to settlement tracking group Peace Now, the Israeli government has seized more Palestinian land for settlements in the West Bank this year than at any time in the last three decades. Now, some synagogues in the U.S. and Canada are being criticized — and picketed — for hosting real-estate fairs that pitch property for sale in Israel and the Occupied Territories to North American Jews. We’ll learn more. But first, we’ll look at why the gender pay gap is widening.

According to settlement tracking group Peace Now, the Israeli government has seized more Palestinian land for settlements in the West Bank this year than at any time in the last three decades. Now, some synagogues in the U.S. and Canada are being criticized — and picketed — for hosting real-estate fairs that pitch property for sale in Israel and the Occupied Territories to North American Jews. We’ll learn more. But first, we’ll look at why the gender pay gap is widening.

The war in Gaza has lead to a surge in settler violence. Extreme Israeli settlers are the perpetrators behind the attacks. Not only have they become more aggressive, Israeli settlers have also seized more and more land. One spokesperson from Peace Now, an Israeli organisation that monitors settlement growth, says Jewish extremists in the West Bank are exacerbating an already tense and volatile situation, and making it harder than ever to end the Israel-Palestinian conflict. So will these settlements will permanent? The BBC's Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell explains.On Wednesday Israeli forces launched a "counterterrorism operation" in the occupied West Bank which includes air strikes and ground troops in several Palestinian towns and cities - including in Jenin and Tulkarm.Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 0330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Producers: Mora Morrison and Emilia Jansson Editor: Verity Wilde

Recording of our August 7, 2024 webinar with Lior Amihai. This conversation was hosted by Madeleine Cereghino. Our Director of Government Relations, Madeleine Cereghino, sat down with Lior Amihai, the executive director of our sister organization, Shalom Achshav. Our colleagues there recently released a report detailing what they call the Israeli government's “Annexation Revolution.”  Since October 7th, the Israeli government has launched a massive annexation effort– displacing Palestinians, expanding existing settlements, and doubling the resources available to settlements– “legalizing” more than 70 illegal outposts along the way. Under Netanyahu and Smotrich's governance, emboldened settlers have essentially been granted carte blanche for land seizure, crop and livestock destruction, and violent altercations with Palestinians– all with minimal consequences.  Lior Amihai is the executive director of Peace Now. Before taking on this position, he was Executive Director of Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights organization that focuses on violations of Palestinians' human rights in the West Bank. Prior to that, he was the co-director of Peace Now's Settlement Watch project.

Israel's fight against Hamas, Sivan Rahav-Meir says, is preventing another Oct. 7—and another Sept. 11.The Israeli religious journalist — voted Israel's most popular media personality — grew up secular and part of the Israel left's “Peace Now” movement, but she's not quite there anymore.Now a journalist for Israel TV news, a columnist for Yediot Aharonot newspaper, and host of a weekly radio show on the Army Radio, Sivan is a leading figure in Israeli society more broadly — and the religious society specifically.A 2017 Forward profile described her as “a female sort of Hasidic grand rabbi” because of the thousands flocking to her Torah lectures. She sends a Jewish insight each day to tens of thousands of WhatsApp subscribers The Daily Thought. Now, she sits down with us to answer 18 questions on Israel, including Israel's battle against terrorism, living in Messianic times, that time she interviewed Yitzchak Rabin, and so much more.This interview was held on July 4.Here are our 18 questions:As an Israeli, and as a Jew, how are you feeling at this moment in Israeli history?What has been Israel's greatest success and greatest mistake in its war against Hamas?How have your religious views changed since Oct. 7? What do you look for in deciding which Knesset party to vote for?Which is more important for Israel: Judaism or democracy?Should Israel treat its Jewish and non-Jewish citizens the same?Now that Israel already exists, what is the purpose of Zionism?Is opposing Zionism inherently antisemitic?Should Israel be a religious state?If you were making the case for Israel, where would you begin?Should all Israelis serve in the army?Can questioning the actions of Israel's government and army — even in the context of this war — be a valid form of love and patriotism?What do you think is the most legitimate criticism leveled against Israel today?Do you think the State of Israel is part of the final redemption?Is Messianism helpful or harmful to Israel?Do you think peace between Israelis and Palestinians will happen within your lifetime?Where do you identify on Israel's political and religious spectrum, and do you have friends on the “other side”?Do you have more hope or fear for Israel and the Jewish People?

Six months into Israel's conflict with Hamas, the solid support U.S. President Joe Biden's White House gave to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has taken a serious hit. Following the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid workers, a clash over a possible military operation in Rafah, and Israel's failure to provide a vision for the "day after" the war in Gaza, there has been a "precipitous drop" in the standing of the Israeli prime minister both in the White House and Congress, Haaretz Washington correspondent Ben Samuels tells Haaretz Podcast host Allison Kaplan Sommer. "World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres is a close friend of Joe Biden. And when seven of his employees are killed, that made it personal for the president in a way that unfortunately 30,000 Palestinian casualties has not been," he said, sparking an unprecedented tough phone call from the president to Netanyahu in which Biden "really put his foot down." Behind the scenes at the White House, Samuels said, officials are "incredibly frustrated, and I think they feel a little personally betrayed by Netanyahu as well. "I think they really believe that they have been going out on a limb providing coverage and support when it is becoming extremely unpopular both within the United States and in the international community. So I think there is a very real sense of resentment," Samuels said. Also on the podcast, Hadar Susskind, President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now discusses his organization's support for Congress conditioning aid to Israel, a stance that has traditionally been controversial within the world of American Jewish advocacy groups but is gaining traction on Capitol Hill. As Susskind sees it, "aid to Israel is endangered" because Israel's behavior in Gaza and the West Bank "often does not align with American policy and American values. When that happens, you will see far greater pushback, as we are seeing right now [with] people saying aid should be cut." As a result, "if you want there to be a path for U.S. aid to Israel to continue, that aid, like all the other aid we give every other country, "needs to be conditioned." Susskind, a longtime progressive activist in Washington, also discussed the perception that there is an epidemic of antisemitism on the U.S. left. "I still think it is overwhelmingly actually on the far right," he contends. "That's not to say it doesn't exist on the left. It does, and I've seen it, but... so much of what is reported breathlessly as horrible antisemitism on college campuses is college students chanting 'Free Palestine.' You may dislike that – it might make you or your kid on campus uncomfortable – but I personally don't believe that saying 'Free Palestine' is itself an antisemitic act."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aaron Mann is an independent analyst who previously worked for the Geneva Initiative - a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization that works to advance a two-state solution - and Americans for Peace Now, a Jewish-American non-profit that is the sister organization of Israel's Peace Now movement. He has a Master's degree in International Security and Economic Policy from The University of Maryland. He also happens to be one of my oldest and dearest friends, and the drummer in the Very Small.--Get in touch by sending a message to robinsmithshow@gmail.com or by calling the hotline at +1 (301) 458-0883Listeners of The Robin Smith Show can now become a supporter on Patreonpatreon.com/therobinsmithshowJoin Team Robley on Kiva and help expand financial access to underserved communities

Ralph welcomes back Chuck Collins, heir to the Hormel fortune and cofounder of Patriotic Millionaires to discuss his latest report “The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy” which asks the question, “Would society be better off if billionaires just kept their money and paid their fair share of taxes?” Plus, we speak briefly about the situation in Gaza with Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and Francesco DeSantis keeps us up to date with the latest news with his segment “In Case You Haven't Heard.”Chuck Collins directs the Charity Reform Initiative at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he also co-edits Inequality.org.  Mr. Collins co-founded the Patriotic Millionaires and United for a Fair Economy, and he is the author of Born on Third Base and The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions.Here's our analysis: for every dollar that Elon Musk or Bill Gates - some of these billionaires - give, the rest of us chip in 74 cents in lost tax revenue. And that's at the federal level... So, these are our tax dollars at work. And yet they're completely unaccountable in terms of where the money goes.Chuck CollinsThe financial industry, the wealth advisors—I call them the wealth defense industry—the tax attorneys and accountants. They have started to capture corners of what we think of as philanthropy with the same kind of worldview—capital preservation, tax minimization, passing on as much wealth to the next generation. So, you see ultra-wealthy people creating family foundations. And the most important thing to realize is this is taxpayer-subsidized private power.Chuck CollinsWe need to change the laws governing philanthropy. The framework that we are living with now is from 1969, which was a zenith of relative equality in the United States. We wouldn't have necessarily known that 50 years later we would be living in an oligarchy where billionaires would use their charity as an extension of their influence and power as aggressively as they are now.Chuck Collins[Shareholder resolutions are] a good way to shine some light on the murky, narcissistic, self-enriching practices of these executives who often do so at the expense of their own companies in a conflict of interest. It would be good if this discussion sparked something like that… It's not a structural reform of our political economy, to be sure. But it does alleviate some of the poverty, some of the health care necessities, the housing necessities in the areas where these corporations operate.Ralph NaderLara Friedman is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. She is a leading authority on the Middle East, with particular expertise on U.S. foreign policy in the region, on Israel/Palestine, and on the way Middle East and Israel/Palestine-related issues play out in Congress and in U.S. domestic politics, Ms. Friedman is a former officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, with diplomatic postings in Jerusalem, Washington, Tunis and Beirut. She also served previously as the Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now.In Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantis1. The AP reports Hamas has released a third group of hostages – including 14 Israelis and the first American hostage – as part of a four-day truce with Israel. In return, Israel has released 39 Palestinian prisoners. The Biden administration has expressed that their goal is to extend the ceasefire as long as possible. This about-face in administration policy is a testament to the power of the sustained protest and public pressure campaigns in favor of a ceasefire. However, this truce is scheduled to expire at the end of this week.2. Going further, Vermont Senator Peter Welch has called for an “indefinite ceasefire,” following the horrific shooting of three Palestinian-American students in Burlington, Vermont. Senator Welch writes “The ceasefire must be extended...to stop the bombing and prevent further loss of civilian life. The United States cannot condone a resumption of the bombing when it causes death and injury to so many civilians.” It is noteworthy that the other Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, still refuses to call for a ceasefire.3. The Nation has published a piece on the genocide in Gaza that was pulled from the Harvard Law Review at the last moment. The opening lines of this article read “Genocide is a crime. It is a legal framework. It is unfolding in Gaza. And yet, the inertia of legal academia, especially in the United States, has been chilling. Clearly it is much easier to dissect the case law rather than navigate the reality of death. It is much easier to consider genocide in the past tense rather than contend with it in the present. Legal scholars tend to sharpen their pens after the smell of death has dissipated and moral clarity is no longer urgent.”4. The Intercept's Ryan Grim has shared an excerpt from his new book The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution in which he seeks to explain Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman's intransigent stance in favor of Israel. Essentially, Grim argues that Fetterman made a deal with AIPAC and the Democratic Majority For Israel, with Fetterman pledging opposition to the BDS movement and support for unconditional military aid to Israel, and in exchange, “DMFI and AIPAC stayed out of his race.”5. Independent journalist Séamus Malekafzali reports “A member of Germany's ruling coalition from the Greens wants all German media to sign a pledge to support Israel and its ‘right to exist', similar to how Axel Springer's media organizations (like Politico) do.” To learn more about POLITICO's new ultra-Zionist German ownership, check out the first issue of the Capitol Hill Citizen.6. The Prospect is out with a blockbuster article on the first major anti-trust case in 25 years, U.S. v. Google. This piece traces how what was once billed as the “Trial of the Century” became “the Secret Trial,” and stresses the testimony of Al-Amyn Sumar, legal counsel for the New York Times who “listed the factors that separated this case from any other his legal team had seen before… [including] numerous closed-door proceedings, withholding of public evidence, and extensive confidentiality claims by companies (not just Google, but secondary parties to the case like Microsoft and Apple) that were granted all too liberally by the judge. [Sumar noted] Even access to trial transcripts were scant, trickling out weeks after examinations.” Sumar capped this off by saying “this simply can't be the best way to go about the legal process.”7. The Prospect also reports the Biden-appointed chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Rostin Behnam, is attempting to implement a Trump-era rule that would “roll back Dodd-Frank protections for swap trades, a major class of derivatives that led directly to the 2008 financial crisis, by relaxing margin requirements for certain categories of investment funds.” Several Democrats are coming out in opposition to this move. A letter from Senator Sherrod Brown decries this as “a step in the wrong direction… [which would] undermine the goals of Dodd-Frank.”8. A third story from the Prospect focuses on deceptive Medicare Advantage plans, and specifically how they have been able to legally circumvent ACA protections covering pre-existing conditions. Put simply, if one enrolls in a Medicare Advantage program before age 65, then wishes to transition to traditional Medicare, they can be forced to undergo “underwriting” or medical health screening. As of now, only four states – New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine – prevent Medigap, the Medicare supplemental insurance that covers the 20 percent of medical expenses not covered by Medicare, from underwriting Medicare Advantage patients attempting to switch back to traditional Medicare. As the article explains “The millions of Americans not living in those states are trapped in Medicare Advantage, because Medigap plans are legally able to deny them insurance coverage.” Yet another instance of the pernicious influence of Medicare Advantage on the health of American seniors.9. The Tuscon Sentinel has published a story which exemplifies the folly of the so-called school choice movement. Last year, Arizona became the first state to offer all families in the state public dollars to spend at private educational institutions. In response, nearly all private schools raised their tuition rates. As the article notes, “Critics…cite the tuition increases as evidence of what they've warned about for years: Universal school choice, rather than giving students living in poverty an opportunity to attend higher-quality schools, would largely serve as a subsidy for the affluent.”10. Finally, radical and cartoonish right-wing Libertarian Javier Milei has won the presidential election in Argentina. According to the AP, Milei has vowed to implement his signature “Chainsaw Plan” for “wholesale reform of the state to slash public spending, scrap half the government's ministries, sell state-owned companies and eliminate the central bank.” It remains to be seen how far Milei will go with this program, but signs point to turbulent times ahead in Argentina.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Impressions from a Peace Now volunteering action at the Gaza border community that suffered the heaviest toll on October 7th. 

En las primeras horas del alto el fuego en Gaza en las que los palestinos no sufren la caída de las bombas después de 50 días y casi 15.000 muertos, hablamos con voces que denuncian el genocidio en la franja y que defienden la paz en Israel. Hablamos con Muath Hamed, periodista gazatí de Alaraby TV, y con Mauricio Lapchik, director de relaciones internacionales de la organización israelí "Peace Now". Además, Daniel de la Fuente nos trae ejemplos de cómo esta guerra polariza a las sociedades de medio mundo, especialmente en el sector del espectáculo y a aquellos que apoyan al pueblo palestino

In this program, we welcome guest speaker Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP). She is a leading authority on the Middle East, with particular expertise on U.S. foreign policy in the region, on Israel/Palestine, and on the way Middle East and Israel/Palestine-related issues play out in Congress and in U.S. domestic politics, policies, and legislation. Lara is a former officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, with diplomatic postings in Jerusalem, Washington, Tunis, and Beirut.She also served previously as the Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now. In addition to her work with FMEP, Lara is a non-resident fellow at the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP). She holds a B.A. from the University of Arizona and a Master's degree from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service; in addition to English, Lara speaks French, Arabic, Spanish, (weak) Italian, and muddles through in Hebrew.

A recording of an APN November 9th webinar with Hagit Ofran and Yonatan Mizrachi, the co-directors of Peace Now's Settlement Watch Project. 

Arnon Avni, an Israeli cartoonist and graphic designer, is a member of kibbutz Nirim, near the Gaza border. He is a longtime peace activist with Peace Now, Israel's preeminent peace movement. On October 7th 2023, he hid in his home's bomb shelter with his wife and two grandchildren, escaping the terrorist attack. Five people were killed in Nirim that day. Others were kidnapped to Gaza. Despite the shock and the pain and the grief, Avni still believes in peace and is determined to pursue it. Support APN: https://peacenow.org/donate Contact Ori: onir@peacenow.org

In this exclusive podcast edition of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, we welcome the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, Lara Friedman, to further inform our listeners about the ongoing state of affairs in Israel/Gaza and the emergency unconditional $14 billion spending bill moving through Congress to aid Israel.Lara Friedman is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. She is a leading authority on the Middle East, with particular expertise on U.S. foreign policy in the region, on Israel/Palestine, and on the way Middle East and Israel/Palestine-related issues play out in Congress and in U.S. domestic politics, Ms. Friedman is a former officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, with diplomatic postings in Jerusalem, Washington, Tunis and Beirut. She also served previously as the Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now.I've been in meetings over the years, and I've had a member of Congress say to me, "Well, you know, land without a people for a people without a land." Or they've quoted back to me something like, "Well, listen, Israel can't make peace so long as the Palestinians hate Jews more than they love their children." That kind of stuff. I mean, it's just this basic language, which at a fundamental level dehumanizes Palestinians in such a way that you don't have to question whether what Israel is doing is right or wrong.Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East PeaceThere are no innocent civilians because they're all somehow in their DNA, virulently, viciously anti-Semitic, and full of hate and full of terrorism. And, once you've established that as a baseline, deep racism, deep dehumanization, it's extremely effective. Because then anything goes.Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East PeaceWe know that there was a period of time when the Israeli military literally calculated the number of calories it needed to allow entry into Gaza to prevent the population from starving. And that was all they were letting in.Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East PeaceWe're in the most bizarre place where we have almost 10,000 Palestinians dead on the ground in Gaza. And the narrative that is being pushed out by the Israeli government and its supporters here, including in the US administration, is that to talk about ceasefire is repugnant. It's just utterly surreal.Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East PeaceIf people still believe that you can defeat an ideology by killing a lot of people and essentially taking a whole generation and killing their parents and injuring them, and they think that's going to defeat an ideology, then they've learned nothing. They've learned nothing from the horrible experiences of the past few decades of the U.S. experience in the war on terror, and the know nothing about human nature.Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

This show is made possible by you!  To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donateThe first in depth interview with former State Department's director, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Josh Paul .  COMING SOON - the 'Full Uncut Conversation' to be released  here as a podcast."We cannot be both against occupation, and for it. We cannot be both for freedom, and against it. And we cannot be for a better world, while contributing to one that is materially worse,” writes Josh Paul in his letter of resignation. After 11 years in the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs — the entity most responsible for arms transfers to allies and partners — Paul quit October 18, over increased, “indeed expedited” arms sales to Israel. In this conversation, one of the first full-length interviews with Paul since his resignation, he sits down with Laura Flanders to discuss why he resigned, his concerns about how the weapons will be used, the unique way that Israel is treated when it comes to US arms sales and why the US approach to creating peace in the Middle East is clearly not working. US double standards and hypocrisy when it comes to human rights crimes, he says, are dangerous for all concerned. All that, plus a commentary for Laura on the war economy.“The impact of the operation may be to kill terrorists, but it will also raise another generation who has no confidence in the peace process . . . This is not a recipe for lasting peace.” - Josh PaulGuest:  Josh Paul: Former State Department Director, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Full Episode Notes are located HERE.  They include related episodes, articles, and more.Music In the Middle:  “Fear of an Equal Planet” by Warriors of the Dystotheque courtesy of the artist.. And additional music included- "In and Out" and "Steppin" by Podington Bear 

Gazze'ye dair söylenecek çok şey var. Savaşın görünen yüzünü, bombalamaları hepimiz seyrediyoruz. Ancak gerisinde dünyaya karşı kelimelerle verilen bir savaş var. Operasyonların isimlerinden, haberlere her şey gerçeği tersyüz ediyor. İsrail'in kuruluşundan bugüne savaşlar, ateşkesler, işgaller ve anlaşmazlıklarla dolu 75 yıl geçti. 3.5 milyon Filistinli, İsrail'in “apartheid duvarı” ve “apartheid yolu” arkasındaki tecrit edilmiş kantonlarda yaşıyor. 1967'den günümüze kadar özellikle Doğu Kudüs ve Batı Şeria'da 250'den fazla yeni yerleşim yeri inşa edildi. Yeni oluşturulan yerleşim yerlerinde yaklaşık 650 bin Yahudi iskân edildi. İsrailli sivil toplum kuruluşu Peace Now'a göre; İsrail, ocak ayından bu yana en az 12 bin 855 konutun onaylanmasıyla bu yıl yerleşim onaylarında rekor kırdı. Yahudi yerleşimcilerin dini bayramlarının olduğu dönemlerde Mescid-i Aksa'ya baskınları arttı. İsrail'de 30'dan fazla Yahudi tarikatı bulunuyor. Bunların içinde Müslümanlara eziyet etmeyi dini görev olarak kabul edenler de var, Tanrı'yı kıyamete zorlamak için yeryüzündeki kötülüğü artırmayı ibadet sayanlar da... İSRAİL ABD İÇİN SPİRİTÜEL BİR TUTKU “Yahudilik de müstakar değildir. Onların da pek çok mezhebi var. Mesela dizilerde anlatılan Hasidi mezhebi. 1948'de İsrail'e gitmektense, ABD gibi ‘goyim diyarı'nda kalmayı tercih etmişler. ‘Goyim', ‘kâfir' sözcüğümüzle eşdeğer bir kelime.” “ABD'nin İsrail düşkünlüğünü jeopolitik çıkarların ötesinde, daha şimdiden alternatif enerji kaynakları ile ikame edilme yolunda olan petrolle açıklamak yeterli değildir. İsrail'in spiritüel bir tutkuya dönüştürülmüş olduğunu göz ardı etmek hamakat olur.” “Kudüs'te Hristiyan kesimindeki Amerikan Özgürlük Çanı'nın aslı Philadelphia'dadır. 1776'da ABD'de Bağımsızlık Bildirgesi okunurken, yedi kez çalınan bu çanın bir kopyası daha 1975'de törenlerle Kudüs'teki bir parka dikildi. Çanın altındaki plâkette belediye başkanının ‘Bu çan Amerikan halkına ve onların Yahudi rönesansına yaptıkları büyük katkılara duyduğumuz saygının ifadesidir.' yazar.” “Vermontlu sahte peygamber, Joseph Smith'in kilisesi de Kudüs'tedir. Bu Smith de 1830'da son peygamber olduğuna dair Hazreti İsa'dan mesaj aldığını söyleyen, çok eşli Mormon tarikatını kuran kişi...” Hristiyanlık ve Yahudilik arasında ittifak Alev Alatlı'nın en çok yorumladığı konular arasındadır. Diyor ki; “Gelinen noktada, tedavüldeki Hristiyanlığın Eski Ahit'le tevhit edilmiş, Yahudilik potasında erimeye yüz tutmuş, yepyeni bir yorum olduğunu görmek lâzım. Yahova'nın Şahitleri, Yedinci Gün Adventistleri bunlara örnek tarikatlerde Yahudilerin tanrısı Yahova, Hazreti İsa'ya evrilir. Kudüs'ü başkent yapan Trump'ın, başında Yahudi takkesi ile Ağlama Duvarı'nın önündeki resimlerine bakarak da anlayabiliriz. Oysa Trump Fordham çıkışlı bir Cizvit'tir bunlar Kudüs'te Müslümanlar kadar Yahudi kesmiş insanlardır.” Yukarıdaki satırlar 2018'de Donald Trump'ın Kudüs'ü “İsrail'in başkenti” olarak tanıdığı skandal kararının akabinde Alev Alatlı ile yaptığım bir röportajdan... Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden fark etmiyor... YANGINA KÖRÜKLE GİDENLER...

A recording of a July 10th 2023 webinar with Peace Now's Executive Director Lior Amihai.   

Washington says it is deeply troubled by the  decision by the Israeli government advancing plans for some 5,700 new settlement homes in the  West Bank.  A US national security spokesperson denounced the decision, saying it "undermines the geographic viability of a two-state solution, exacerbates tensions, and further harms trust between the two parties". According to the anti-settlement group Peace Now, the last six months have seen more than 13,000 settlement homes advanced in the territory - about three times as many as in the whole of last year. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Mauricio Lapchik from Peace Now. (Photo:Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode is a recording of a March 29th 2023 webinar with the executive director of Israel's Peace Now movement, Lior Amihai. Before becoming Peace Now's executive director last month, Lior served as the executive director of the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din. Prior to his five years there, Lior co-headed Peace Now's Settlement Watch project for almost six years. He holds a master's degree in human rights studies from London's University College. The webinar recording started a bit late, so a couple of minutes at the very beginning of the webinar were cut off. Peace Now's web site: https://peacenow.org.il/en/ Donate: https://peacenow.org/donate  

Ori Nir, vice-president of public affairs for the liberal Zionist peace group, Americans for Peace Now, talks about tensions within the U.S. Jewish community over Israel. An Israeli journalist for 24 years, Nir says the frenzy of legislation coming out of the new right-wing government in Israel reflects how the anti-democratic nature of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine is now seeping into Israel, with right-wing extremists seeking to permanently entrench the Occupation and make it impossible for future governments to end it. The assault on democracy and religious pluralism in Israeli is leading more U.S Jewish leaders to speak out against the government there.

Janet Aviad was among the founders of Israel's Peace Now movement. 40 years ago, she stood next to Emil Grunzweig, a leading Peace Now activist, when he was killed by a right-wing Israeli at the end of a Peace Now demonstraton. In this episode, she talks about the event and the long shadow it cast on Israeli public life.  Donate to APN: https://peacenow.org/donate Contact Ori: onir@peacenow.org  

A recording of a Decenber 22nd 2022 webinar with the leaders of three Israeli anti-occupation organizations: Shaqued Morag of Peace Now, Jessica Montell of Hamoked, and Avner Gvaryahu of Breaking the Silence. 

New Obstacles To Peace In The Middle East. Steve Williamson and Karen McClelland welcome Hadar Susskind, President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now, a 42-year-old organization which, according to its website, is committed to persuading Americans to support policies … Continue reading →

Ben Caspit speaks this week with Attila Somfalvi, chief anchor at the Israeli Ynet news site and tv channel. Israel is preparing now for its fifth round of elections in less than four years. Somfalvi, a senior political analyst, says Israeli politics and society have deeply changed in the last few years. In the past, the political battle centered on the Palestinian issue, with the Peace Now camp on one side and those advocating against any territorial concessions on the other. This political duel is now gone, replaced by a struggle over the very nature of the state of Israel. The two camps — liberals and right-wingers — are now battling over how Israel's democracy will look like in the coming years. "Opposition leader [Benjamin] Netanyahu and his Likud party no longer hide their ambition to change Israel, starting with its judicial system and judges," explains Somfalvi. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode, Jewish Currents Contributing Editor Joshua Leifer talks with Oren Ziv—co-founder of the award-winning photojournalist collective Activestills and reporter for +972 Magazine and its Hebrew sister site, Local Call—about Oren's decade-plus experience documenting protest and resistance in Israel/Palestine. Since the Activestills collective's founding in 2005, Ziv and the group have captured some of the most iconic, and often painful, images of social and political struggle: from the demonstrations against the Israeli separation barrier in the late 2000s, to the campaign for African asylum seekers' rights in the 2010s, to the opposition to gentrification in the Mizrahi neighborhood of Givat Amal, and much more. Ziv's own dogged reporting has made him one of the most perceptive journalists in the field; through his camera, Ziv has opened up the injustices of the occupation to the world. Ziv discusses his journalistic method and the experience of documenting the violence of apartheid. One note: This conversation was recorded before August 18th, when Israeli forces https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-ngos-army-raids-offices/ (raided and sealed) the offices of six leading Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations in the occupied West Bank. Articles, Statements, and Websites Mentioned “https://www.972mag.com/bilin-photographing-a-decade-of-popular-struggle/ (Bil'in: Photographing a decade of popular struggle)” by Activestills “https://www.972mag.com/desperation-and-hope-in-the-eviction-of-givat-amal/ (Desperation and hope in the eviction of Givat Amal)” by Haggai Matar “https://www.972mag.com/reconstruction-of-umm-al-hiran-killings-proves-no-car-ramming-attack/ (Reconstruction of Umm al-Hiran killings disproves car-ramming claims)” by Yael Marom https://www.972mag.com/watch-visual-analysis-undermines-police-version-of-events-in-umm-el-hiran/ (Visual investigation of Umm al-Hiran incident), by Forensic Architecture and Activiestills “https://www.972mag.com/joint-attacks-israeli-settlers-soldiers/ (Joint militias: How settlers and soldiers teamed up to kill four Palestinians)” by Yuval Abraham “https://www.972mag.com/sent-to-rwanda-by-israel-we-have-no-food-or-work-dont-come-here/ (Sent to Rwanda by Israel: ‘We have no food or work. Don't come here)'” by Oren Ziv “https://www.972mag.com/at-tel-aviv-rally-a-mizrahi-asylum-seeker-alliance-is-born/ (At Tel Aviv rally, a Mizrahi-asylum seeker alliance is born)” by Joshua Leifer “https://www.npr.org/2022/06/24/1107254898/israeli-gunfire-shireen-abu-akleh-un-human-rights (Israeli gunfire killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, U.N. says)” by Bill Chappell “https://theintercept.com/2021/11/04/secret-israel-dossier-palestinian-rights-terrorist/ (Secret Israeli document offers no proof to justify terror label for Palestinian groups)” by Yuval Abraham, Oren Ziv, and Meron Rapoport “‘https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-ngo-directors-shin-bet/ (You will pay the price': Shin Bet threatens Palestinian NGO directors)” by Oren Ziv “‘https://www.972mag.com/gaza-soldiers-civilians-intelligence/ (We killed a little boy, but it was within the rules)'” by Yuval Abraham “https://www.972mag.com/netanyahu-authoritarian-protests-corruption/ (Netanyahu's authoritarian rule is turning Israelis against the state)” by Meron Rapoport “https://www.972mag.com/peace-now-balfour-settlements-outposts/ (Peace Now is taking direct action against settler outposts. Can it succeed?)” by Oren Ziv and Meron Rapoport “https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestine-israel-green-line/ (The End of the Green Line—Two Views)” by Haggai Matar Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).”

The High Court has  ruled that settlers living in the outpost Mitzpe Kramim on the West Bank, and whose homes were built on privately owned Palestinian owned land, will not be evacuated.  The court relied on a provision of the law that specifies that if land was purchased in good faith and its true ownership was not known, the purchase remains in place. Mauricio Lapchik , the External Relations Coordinator of Peace Now condemned the High Court ruling and told KAN's Mark Weiss it could act as a dangerous precedent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En Cisjordanie, mercredi 20 juillet, lors d'une opération à l'initiative d'un mouvement nationaliste juif Nahala, des milliers de colons israéliens ont décidé de s'installer eux-mêmes sur des terres palestiniennes. Un rassemblement qui était prévu depuis des mois - en amont de la visite du président américain Joe Biden dans la région - et pour lequel l'organisation a récolté l'équivalent de plus de 1 400 000 dollars de dons. Pour ces colons, l'objectif était d'établir de nouveaux avant-postes, illégaux même au regard du droit israélien, car ils n'ont pas obtenu l'aval du gouvernement. Si tous ces avants-postes ont été évacués dans les jours suivants, la motivation des colons, elle, n'a pas cessé, et tous espèrent revenir sur les lieux. Au grand dam des Palestiniens, qui voient davantage de leurs terres confisquées, et la violence des colons s'intensifier. De notre correspondante dans les Territoires palestiniens,  C'est une petite terre palestinienne, coincée entre la zone industrielle des colonies d'Ariel et de Barkan. Depuis la route, on voit des tentes multicolores, certaines avec un drapeau israélien sur le dessus. Pour les colons, nous sommes dans le nouvel avant-poste de Gofna. Noam a fait le déplacement depuis Kyriat Ono : « On commence avec des tentes, puis des caravanes. Car c'est écrit : le peuple d'Israël doit être répandu dans tout Israël. Nous sommes là pour dire que cette terre nous appartient, que nous allons vivre où l'on veut » explique-t-il.  Sur place, il y a des familles entières avec des enfants en bas âge, beaucoup de jeunes, sac à dos remplis, d'où dépassent des paquets de céréales, des casseroles, des sacs de couchage… Certains rassemblent des pierres, comme pour construire des maisons, protégés par la police et l'armée israélienne, malgré l'illégalité d'une telle initiative. Ces nationalistes juifs chantent, dansent, et sous un tonnerre d'applaudissements, le député d'extrême droite Itamar Ben Gvir fait son entrée. Chef de file du parti suprémaciste juif Otzma Yehudit, ouvertement raciste, il rêve d'un « Grand Israël » englobant toutes les terres palestiniennes, la Jordanie, une partie de la Syrie et de l'Arabie saoudite, et estime que les 250 colonies existantes ne sont pas suffisantes. Un discours qui séduit Matan, 28 ans, de la colonie de Peduel, à huit kilomètres d'ici :  « Le gouvernement ne va pas assez loin, vraiment pas assez. Donc, notre but est de rester ici, pas une nuit ou deux, mais des semaines, des mois, jusqu'à ce que le gouvernement nous dise : ‘Ok, on est avec vous' ». À l'objection qu'il y a des Palestiniens ici, qu'ils sont sur leur terre, il répond : « Qui dit que la terre leur appartient ? Qui dit ça ? Qu'ils disent que la terre leur appartient, ça ne veut pas dire que c'est vrai. Nous ne sommes pas au milieu d'un village arabe là, ce n'est pas notre but. Enfin, dans le futur, peut-être, mais là, notre but n'est pas de nous installer au milieu d'un village arabe. » ► À écouter aussi : Deux Palestiniens tués lors d'un raid israélien en Cisjordanie Comme eux, des milliers de militants se sont donnés rendez-vous ce jour, du nord au sud de la Cisjordanie, pour y créer six nouveaux avants-postes illégaux, même au regard du droit israélien. Quelques militants de gauche essaient de les stopper, en vain. Dana Mills travaille pour l'organisation israélienne Peace Now : « On sait que les groupes d'intérêts des colons au gouvernement ont déjà obtenu ce qu'ils voulaient de la part de l'ancien gouvernement, donc ils volent de plus en plus de terres, en toute impunité ».  Sur la colline plus haut, il y a le village palestinien de Bruqin, où Ahmad, ingénieur, nous parle de la route en contrebas qu'il ne peut pas utiliser, réservée aux colons et des attaques, régulières, dans le village. « Et les oliviers, sur nos collines, ils les coupent tout le temps. Juste pour qu'on n'aille pas sur notre terre. »   Depuis le début de l'année, selon les défenseurs des droits de l'homme, au moins 71 Palestiniens ont été blessés par des colons et deux Palestiniens ont été tués. Environ 700 000 Israéliens vivent déjà dans des colonies en Cisjordanie occupée - soit 10% de la population juive israélienne - et ce, en violation totale du droit international.

In mid-July, President Biden is expected to make his first visit as President of the United States to Israel and the Persian Gulf. What is the point of his visit? What does it mean for U.S. policy vis-a-vis Israel and the Gulf? What does it mean for Palestinians? To explore these and other questions, FMEP and Jewish Currents held a conversation with U.S.-based experts Peter Beinart (CUNY), Dana El Kurd (University of Richmond), Lara Friedman (FMEP), and Trita Parsi (Quincy).  Participants:  ​​Peter Beinart teaches national reporting and opinion writing at the Newmark J-School and political science at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is editor-at-large for Jewish Currents, an MSNBC political commentator, and a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He is also a nonfiction author and former Rhodes Scholar. His first book, The Good Fight, was published by HarperCollins in 2006. His second book, The Icarus Syndrome, was published by HarperCollins in 2010. His third, The Crisis of Zionism, was published by Times Books in 2012. Peter tweets at @PeterBeinart Dana El Kurd is an assistant professor at the University of Richmond, a non resident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington, and non resident fellow at the Middle East Institute in the Palestine program. Her work focuses on authoritarianism, international intervention, and state-society relations in the Arab world. Her book, Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine, was released in January 2020 with Oxford University Press. She tweets at @danaelkurd. Lara Friedman is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP). With more than 25 years working in the Middle East foreign policy arena, Lara is a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, with particular expertise on Israel/Palestine and the role of the U.S. Congress. In addition to her work at FMEP, Lara is a Contributing Writer at Jewish Currents and a non-resident fellow at the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP). Prior to joining FMEP, Lara was the Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now, and before that she was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, serving in Jerusalem, Washington, Tunis and Beirut. She holds a B.A. from the University of Arizona and a Master's degree from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service; in addition to English, Lara speaks French, Arabic, Spanish, (weak) Italian, and muddles through in Hebrew. Lara tweets at @LaraFriedmanDC Trita Parsi is an award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign policy, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored three books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel. He was named by the Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 25 most influential voices on foreign policy in Washington DC in both 2021 and 2022, and preeminent public intellectual Noam Chomsky calls Parsi “one of the most distinguished scholars on Iran.” He tweets at @tparsi. Original music by Jalal Yaquoub.

Ben Caspit speaks this week with Hagit Ofran, co-director of the Settlement Watch Project at the anti-occupation NGO Peace Now. Police recently detained three Peace Now activists who allegedly intended to reach the West Bank outpost of Homesh with a bulldozer in order to demolish the illegal yeshiva operating there. Police also prevented dozens of the Peace Now activists and Meretz Knesset members from demonstrating there. Without the bulldozer campaign, the media and public opinion would have ignored the activists, explains Ofran. "We want to change a bit the language, because the settlers are completely violating the law. They are practically holding the Israeli public and government hostage. They decide where to go and they decide what Israel's security considerations should be," says Ofran. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Even if you only count until 1985, Lebanon was Israel's longest war and so it's no surprise that it left some of the deepest impressions. The birth of Peace Now, the murder of Emil Gruzweig and the personal struggles of soon-to-be famous Israelis like Avraham Burg and Donniel Hartman all illustrate how far Israel's social fabric was stretched by the conflict. Across the ocean in America Jews like Norman Podhoretz and the rabbis of the CCAR are asking about their support for the Jewish State, and the world media is focused on Lebanon. When this war ends, the story will be far from over.

Even if you only count until 1985, Lebanon was Israel's longest war and so it's no surprise that it left some of the deepest impressions. The birth of Peace Now, the murder of Emil Gruzweig and the personal struggles of soon-to-be famous Israelis like Avraham Burg and Donniel Hartman all illustrate how far Israel's social fabric was stretched by the conflict. Across the ocean in America Jews like Norman Podhoretz and the rabbis of the CCAR are asking about their support for the Jewish State, and the world media is focused on Lebanon. When this war ends, the story will be far from over.

Lebanon joins Gaza in firing rockets on Israel, a ‘Peace Now' activist is up in arms over a flyover that includes Judea and Samaria on Independence Day and President Biden plans to visit Israel.

In this episode, I speak to Shaqued Morag, Executive Director of Peace Now. We discuss her social and political activism, her views on land swaps and having allies in the government coalition, and her understanding of peace and justice. We also discuss the importance of strategic framing in changing your audience's view on issues such as the occupation. Organizations mentioned: Peace Now: https://peacenow.org.il/en Mahpach-Taghir: https://mahapach-taghir.org/en/home/

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks to Yousef Munayyer (Arab Center DC) about how the near global embrace of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against Russia in response to its military assault on Ukraine contrasts to longstanding, far-reaching efforts to delegitimize, quash, and even criminalize these same tactics as a response to Israel's systematic violence against Palestinians and violations of Palestinian rights. Yousef Munayyer, PhD, is a non-resident Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC (ACW). He writes on the Arab-Israeli conflict and is a member of the editorial committee of the Journal of Palestine Studies. Some of his published articles can be found in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, Journal of Palestine Studies, Middle East Policy, and others. Dr. Munayyer holds a PhD in International Relations and Comparative Politics from the University of Maryland. He tweets @YousefMunayyer. Lara Friedman is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP). With more than 25 years working in the Middle East foreign policy arena, Lara is a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, with particular expertise on the Israeli-Arab conflict, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, and the role of the U.S. Congress. She is published widely in the U.S. and international press and is regularly consulted by members of Congress and their staffs, by Washington-based diplomats, by policy-makers in capitals around the world, and by journalists in the U.S. and abroad. In addition to her work at FMEP, Lara is a Contributing Writer at Jewish Currents and a non-resident fellow at the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP). Prior to joining FMEP, Lara was the Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now, and before that she was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, serving in Jerusalem, Washington, Tunis and Beirut. She holds a B.A. from the University of Arizona and a Master's degree from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. She tweets @LaraFriedmanDC Original Music by Jalal Yaquoub

The No.1 record on the greatest grunge album list, Nirvana Nevermind, turns 30. And as a very special bonus ep Bakko talks with music industry titan and Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg. Danny shares some stories of his background in the music industry, working with Led Zeppelin, how he ended up managing Nirvana. Thoughts on who Kurt was vs. the public perception. Courtney Love driving a divide with people working for the band. Expectations for Nevermind upon release. That record opening doors for all things Seattle. Becoming a confidant of Kurt's. Band tensions prior to his death and so much more.Official Nirvana Website: Complete Discography, Videos and moreCobras & Fire is part of the Pantheon Podcast Network, THE spot for the musically obsessed.pantheonpodcasts.comDanny Goldberg, President of Gold Village Entertainment, has worked in the music business as a personal manager, record company President, public relations man and journalist since the late 1960s. Gold Village Entertainment was formed in July 2007 and marks the return to artist management for Goldberg. A complete roster of artists can be found here. His latest book is “Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain” (Ecco, April 2019). Goldberg's previous books include, “How The Left Lost Teen Spirit”, “Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside The Rock and Roll Business” and “In Search of The Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea”.From 1983-1992, Goldberg was the founder and President of Gold Mountain Entertainment, an artist management firm whose clients included Nirvana, Hole, Sonic Youth, Bonnie Raitt, The Allman Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones and more. Directly prior to the creation of Gold Village Entertainment, Goldberg had been the CEO of Air America Radio from 2005 until mid-2006. Goldberg formed the independent label Artemis Records in 1999 and ran the company until January of 2005.Prior to forming Artemis and prior to the acquisition of Polygram by Universal in 1998, Goldberg was Chairman and CEO of the Mercury Records Group, which was the number one U.S. label group in terms of market share in 1998. The Mercury Records Group included music from virtually all major genres; pop, R&B, hip-hop, country, jazz and rock and roll via its labels Def Jam, Mercury, Mercury Nashville, Motown, Verve, and Deutsche Gramophone, all of which reported to and were supervised by Goldberg. Before joining Mercury, Goldberg was Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records in 1995, during which time Warner Bros. was the number one U.S. record label. In 1993-94, he was President of Atlantic Records, also a division of the Warner Music Group, which likewise attained the number one ranking among U.S. companies during Goldberg's tenure.Earlier in his career, Goldberg formed and co-owned Modern Records, which released Stevie Nicks' solo albums including her number one album “Bella Donna.” Prior to that, Goldberg was Vice-President of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records and worked with the band from 1973 through 1975. In 1980, Goldberg co-produced and co-directed the rock documentary feature, “No Nukes,” starring Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, and Jackson Browne, among others. In 2004 he was the Executive Producer of the documentary about Steve Earle, “Just An American Boy.” He was Executive Producer of the multi-platinum soundtrack of music from the television series “Miami Vice” and was Music Supervisor on numerous feature films including “Dirty Dancing.”Goldberg began his career as a music journalist having written for, among others, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and Billboard Magazine (for whom he reviewed the Woodstock Festival in 1969).” Danny was also a consultant on the HBO series “Vinyl”. He was Chair of the American Symphony Orchestra from 2008-2013 and is on the Board of Directors of The Nation Institute, The ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Americans for Peace Now, Brave New Films, and Public Citizen.Danny Goldberg (goldve.com)

The No.1 record on the greatest grunge album list, Nirvana Nevermind, turns 30. And as a very special bonus ep Bakko talks with music industry titan and Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg. Danny shares some stories of his background in the music industry, working with Led Zeppelin, how he ended up managing Nirvana. Thoughts on who Kurt was vs. the public perception. Courtney Love driving a divide with people working for the band. Expectations for Nevermind upon release. That record opening doors for all things Seattle. Becoming a confidant of Kurt's. Band tensions prior to his death and so much more.Official Nirvana Website: Complete Discography, Videos and moreCobras & Fire is part of the Pantheon Podcast Network, THE spot for the musically obsessed.pantheonpodcasts.comDanny Goldberg, President of Gold Village Entertainment, has worked in the music business as a personal manager, record company President, public relations man and journalist since the late 1960s. Gold Village Entertainment was formed in July 2007 and marks the return to artist management for Goldberg. A complete roster of artists can be found here. His latest book is “Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain” (Ecco, April 2019). Goldberg's previous books include, “How The Left Lost Teen Spirit”, “Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside The Rock and Roll Business” and “In Search of The Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea”.From 1983-1992, Goldberg was the founder and President of Gold Mountain Entertainment, an artist management firm whose clients included Nirvana, Hole, Sonic Youth, Bonnie Raitt, The Allman Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones and more. Directly prior to the creation of Gold Village Entertainment, Goldberg had been the CEO of Air America Radio from 2005 until mid-2006. Goldberg formed the independent label Artemis Records in 1999 and ran the company until January of 2005.Prior to forming Artemis and prior to the acquisition of Polygram by Universal in 1998, Goldberg was Chairman and CEO of the Mercury Records Group, which was the number one U.S. label group in terms of market share in 1998. The Mercury Records Group included music from virtually all major genres; pop, R&B, hip-hop, country, jazz and rock and roll via its labels Def Jam, Mercury, Mercury Nashville, Motown, Verve, and Deutsche Gramophone, all of which reported to and were supervised by Goldberg. Before joining Mercury, Goldberg was Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records in 1995, during which time Warner Bros. was the number one U.S. record label. In 1993-94, he was President of Atlantic Records, also a division of the Warner Music Group, which likewise attained the number one ranking among U.S. companies during Goldberg's tenure.Earlier in his career, Goldberg formed and co-owned Modern Records, which released Stevie Nicks' solo albums including her number one album “Bella Donna.” Prior to that, Goldberg was Vice-President of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records and worked with the band from 1973 through 1975. In 1980, Goldberg co-produced and co-directed the rock documentary feature, “No Nukes,” starring Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, and Jackson Browne, among others. In 2004 he was the Executive Producer of the documentary about Steve Earle, “Just An American Boy.” He was Executive Producer of the multi-platinum soundtrack of music from the television series “Miami Vice” and was Music Supervisor on numerous feature films including “Dirty Dancing.”Goldberg began his career as a music journalist having written for, among others, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and Billboard Magazine (for whom he reviewed the Woodstock Festival in 1969).” Danny was also a consultant on the HBO series “Vinyl”. He was Chair of the American Symphony Orchestra from 2008-2013 and is on the Board of Directors of The Nation Institute, The ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Americans for Peace Now, Brave New Films, and Public Citizen.Danny Goldberg (goldve.com)

A weekly podcast exploring stories at the intersection of faith and culture through an inclusive Christian lens. This week Mitch and Autumn talk about the unrest in the Middle East. Hadar Susskind, CEO of Americans for Peace Now, joins the show to talk about APN's hope and vision for peace between Israel and Palestine. Later, Leib Kaminsky, who has a passion and expertise in environmental justice, discusses the importance of conservation and educating the next generation.

In an interview for PeaceCast with Ori Nir of Americans for Peace Now, Dahlia describes the concept and goals of the series, decisions about topics and interviewees, main takeaways, lessons and surprises that emerged in the process.

In the latest episode of the ReThinking Foreign Policy podcast, I cover Donald Trump's positive coronavirus test, the budding war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and understating the true impact of racism. The main story addresses the recent controversy over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's decision to pull out of an event sponsored by Americans for Peace Now that will commemorate 25 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. See my articles on these matters at: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/09/28/aoc-ignites-a-debate-about-yitzhak-rabin/ and https://crimesmisdemeanors.com/2020/10/03/racism-is-about-a-lot-more-than-hurt-feelings/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mitchell-plitnick9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mitchell-plitnick9/support