Understanding Israel Palestine

In August, the International Crisis Group and the U.S. Middle East Project published an in-depth report on events in Israel-Palestine between April and July. Based on over 100 interviews with […] The post “Beyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine” appeared first on KKFI .

The Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP), an interdenominational group of Palestinian-American Christians,  wrote a letter to the Biden administration in June urging it to recognize Hamas. The Rev. Dr. […] The post Palestinian Christians urge recognition of Hamas appeared first on KKFI .

Emmaia Gelman and Lara Kiswani talk about the little-known history of the Anti-Defamation League and why progressive groups have launched an information campaign to publicize the ADL’s history of surveilling […] The post The Troubling History of the ADL appeared first on KKFI .

Farah Nabulsi, the Palestinian-British director and writer of the award-winning short film, “The Present,” discusses her new film. “The Present” tells the story of a Palestinian man who sets out with […] The post “The Present” Shows Today’s Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

Farah Nabulsi, the Palestinian-British director and writer of the award-winning short film, “The Present,” discusses her new film. “The Present” tells the story of a Palestinian man who sets out with […] The post “The Present” Shows Today’s Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

Farah Nabulsi, the Palestinian-British director and writer of the award-winning short film, “The Present,” discusses her new film. “The Present” tells the story of a Palestinian man who sets out with […] The post “The Present” Shows Today’s Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

Farah Nabulsi, the Palestinian-British director and writer of the award-winning short film, “The Present,” discusses the success of her new film. “The Present” tells the story of a Palestinian man who […] The post “The Present” Shows Today’s Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “100 Years of Palestine’s Response to Zionism, and the Real Palestinian Political Consensus” with Zahir Zaydani (4-30-21)  For this week’s program, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “100 Years of Palestine’s Response to Zionism, and the Real Palestinian Political Consensus” with Zahir Zaydani (4-30...

Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “Palestinian Political Positions Then and Now, and the Prospects for the Unity Intifada” with Huwaida Arraf (7-2-21) For this week’s program, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “Palestinian Political Positions Then and Now, and the Prospects for the Unity Intifada” with Huwaida Arraf (7-2-21) appear...

Liel Maghan and Tareq Nassar of the Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI), also known as the Israel Palestine Center for Regional Initiatives, a joint Israeli-Palestinian NGO started in […] The post Divided Jerusalem appeared first on KKFI .

Eric Goldstein, acting Middle East and North Africa director of Human Rights Watch, discusses the human rights organization’s new report “A Threahold Reached: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid […] The post A Threshold Reached: Apartheid in Israel appeared first on KKFI .

Khalid Elgindy, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and director of its program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs, discusses the 11-day war between Israel and Hamas in May […] The post The 2021 Israeli-Hamas War appeared first on KKFI .

In commemoration of the recent 18th anniversary of the launch of the Iraq War, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel curates and plays an excerpt of a live recording from March 20, 2021 by […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “The Israel Lobby and the Iraq War” with Greg McCarron and Jeremy Rothe-Kushel from The AnteDote (4/9/21) appeared first on KKFI .

For this week’s program, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel interviews international human rights attorney and long-time Palestinian legal and civil society advocate Jonathan Kuttab about his solutionary ideas put forth upon the release of his […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “Solutionary Ideas Beyond the Two State Solution” with Jonathan Kuttab (3/19/21) appeared first on KKFI .

Mitchell Plitnick, author of the recently published book Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics, discusses how concern for Palestinian human rights is often excluded from the  progressive political […] The post The Palestine Exception appeared first on KKFI .

This week’s show, a compilation of interview segments with journalist Whitney Webb put together by Jeremy Rothe-Kushel, focuses on the intent of Israeli cyber espionage & the networks of power […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls – “Epstein/Wexner/MEGA, Maxwell/Microsoft, NSA/Neuberger & the Compromising Intent of Israeli Cyber Espionage” w/ Whitney Webb (2/5/21) C...

This week’s show, a compilation of interview segments with journalist Whitney Webb put together by Jeremy Rothe-Kushel, focuses on the intent of Israeli cyber espionage & the networks of power […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls – “Epstein/Wexner/MEGA, Maxwell/Microsoft, NSA/Neuberger & the Compromising Intent of Israeli Cyber Espionage” w/ Whitney Webb (2/5/21) a...

Issam Adwan is project manager of We Are Not Numbers, a program in the Gaza Strip that seeks to help young writers in Gaza develop their writing skills in English […] The post We Are Not Numbers in Gaza appeared first on KKFI .

Facebook is under pressure to include criticism of Israel in its hate-speech policy. After more than 100 Jewish organizations around the world pressed Facebook to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance […] The post “Facebook, We Need to Talk” appeared first on KKFI .

Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls – “Can Israel be both Jewish and Democratic?” & “Conflating Judaism & Zionism: Bad for the Jews” with Richard Silverstein (2/26/21) For this week’s […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls – “Can Israel be both Jewish and Democratic?” & “Conflating Judaism & Zionism: Bad for the Jews” with Richard Silverstein (2/...

Lara Friedman, director of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, discusses the increase in Jewish settlements on the West Bank during 2020 and the rise in settler violence. Both escalated […] The post Settler Violence Escalates in Israel appeared first on KKFI .

KANSAS CITY– A month after the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis Jamie Jackson interviewed journalist Eli Day about the solidarity of the Black community in the […] The post Journalist Eli Day Highlights Parallels between United States and Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

Since 1948, Israel has destroyed more than 160,000 Palestinian homes. Jeff Halper, founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, says house demolitions are the essence of Israel’s drive to […] The post “The Process of Judaizing Has Been Completed” appeared first on KKFI .

Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls (12/25/20) “End of 2020 Show: Interview Retrospective” December 25, 2020   Jamie Jackson features her interview with Mazen Qumsiyeh. http://qumsiyeh.org/   Margot Patterson features […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls – “End of 2020 Show: Interview Retrospective” (12/25/20) appeared first on KKFI .

The Rev. Alex Awad, formerly a United Methodist missionary in Jerusalem, laments that the existence and experience of Christian Palestinians is largely ignored by Christians in the United States. He […] The post 2020 Interviews: Looking Back to Look Forward appeared first on KKFI .