Understanding Israel Palestine

In Part IV of a series on the Israel Lobby, Margot Patterson talks to journalist and author James Bamford about his recent article in The Nation magazine, "The Anti-Defamation League: […] The post Part IV of the Israel Lobby: The Unexamined Underside of the ADL appeared first on KKFI .

MJ Rosenberg, political commentator, joined the show this week to discuss the Israel lobby from his vantage point as a former insider. After working on Capitol Hill for various Democratic […] The post Part III of the Israel Lobby: The Evolution of AIPAC from an Insider's Perspective appeared first on KKFI .

In Part II of our series on the Israel Lobby, Grant F. Smith, the director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, a non-profit that does public interest research, […] The post Part II of The Israel Lobby: AIPAC's History as a Foreign Agent appeared first on KKFI .

In Part I of a series on the pro-Israel lobby, Stephen Walt, professor of international affairs at Harvard University and co-author, with John Mearsheimer, of the book The Israel Lobby […] The post Part I: The Israel Lobby, U.S. Foreign Policy and the War in Gaza appeared first on KKFI .

Margot Patterson concludes last week's conversation with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson about the U.S.-Israeli relationship. Wilkerson  was chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and now teaches government […] The post Medical Missions in Gaza: On the Ground Experiences appeared first on KKFI .

Wun Wong (they/them) from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine speaks about the destruction of cultural heritage in Palestine at the hands of the Israeli armed forces. Israel has targeted Palestinian […] The post The Crime of Scholasticide: Israel's War on Palestinian Knowledge appeared first on KKFI .

Twenty international aid organizations issued a public letter Jan. 29 protesting the decision of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and more than a dozen other Western nations to […] The post The Import of Cuts in Aid to Gaza and the ICJ Ruling on Genocide appeared first on KKFI .

Documentary filmmaker Maurice Jacobsen speaks about his efforts to tell Gaza's stories amid the carnage and destruction of Israel's onslaught. Maurice works with a team of Gazan filmmakers called the […] The post We All Live in Gaza: Reporting from the Rubble appeared first on KKFI .

Dr. Noam Perry of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) joined the show this week to discuss his organization's research into the business of military occupation and apartheid in Palestine/Israel […] The post The Israeli-American Business of Occupation and Apartheid with Dr. Noam Perry appeared first on KKFI .

Co-host Margot Patterson talks with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where she directs the New Internationalism Project, focused on U.S. mllitarism, tthe […] The post US. Militarism Raises Risk of Wider Mideast War appeared first on KKFI .

The Rev. Dr. Robert Smith joined the program this week to discuss his scholarly work on Christian Zionism and his activism for Palestinian liberation. An enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw […] The post Christian Zionism, Palestinian Liberation, and Indigenous Solidarity with Rev. Dr. Robert Smith appeared first on KKFI .

The Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, historian Rashid Khalidi discusses the current Israel-Hamas war in the context of the past century of Israeli settler colonialism […] The post The War in Gaza through the Prism of History: An Interview with Rashid Khalidi appeared first on KKFI .

Josh Paul worked at the  U.S. State Department for 11 years, serving as director in its Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. In this role he was responsible for U.S. defense diplomacy, […] The post The Unfettered Pipeline of U.S. Weapons to Israel appeared first on KKFI .

After over 11 years working as a Director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Josh Paul resigned from the State Department. In this role he was responsible for U.S. defense […] The post The Unfettered Pipeline of US Weapons to Israel with Former State Dept. Insider Josh Paul appeared first on KKFI .

Understanding Israel Palestine airs a conversation with three historians of the Holocaust discussing how since Oct. 7 the Holocaust has been invoked by Israeli leaders with accompanying calls for mass […] The post Hijacking Memory: The Holocaust and the Siege of Gaza appeared first on KKFI .

Professor Barry Trachtenberg, the Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest University, talks about turmoil on college campuses over the Israel-Hamas war, critical concerns about anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, […] The post Anti-Semitism Today: Perceptions, Politics and Realities appeared first on KKFI .

Tala Nasir, lawyer at Addameer, Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association sheds light on the issue of the Palestinian political prisoners. Addameer, the Arabic word for conscience, is a Palestinian […] The post Who Are the Palestinian Political Prisoners with Tala Nasir appeared first on KKFI .

Khaled Elgindy, director of the program on Israeli-Palestinian Affairs at the Middle East Institute, discusses mounting violence in the West Bank, the crack-down on free speech inside Israel, the ongoing […] The post U.S. Policy on Gaza a Run-Away Train with No Brakes or Destination appeared first on KKFI .

The Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, historian Rashid Khalidi discusses the current Israel-Hamas war in the context of the past century of Israeli settler colonialism […] The post The War in Gaza through the Prism of History: An Interview with Historian Rashid Khalidi appeared first on KKFI .

In his 2011 book Faith Misplaced: The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations: 1820-2001, Professor Ussama Makdisi  of University California Berkeley wrote, “No matter how one turns the kaleidoscope of US-Arab […] The post Faith Misplaced: The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations with Prof. Ussama Makdisi appeared first on KKFI .

Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh of Bethlehem University discusses the longue durée of the progressive Zionist colonization of the Holy Land. He highlights the current siege-like situation in the ghetto of Bethlehem […] The post 100 Years of Zionist Colonization of the Holy Land: The Longue Durée with Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh appeared first on KKFI .

Independent film-maker Maurice Jacobsen speaks about efforts he and long-time Palestinian colleagues in Gaza have been making to document the war in Gaza. He has been posting on the Internet […] The post Telling Gaza's Story appeared first on KKFI .

Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied by Israel since 1967, Michael Lynk discusses international law as it applies to the war in Gaza between […] The post International Law and the War in Gaza appeared first on KKFI .

Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab-American Institute, discusses Arab-Americans' outrage at the Biden administration's announcement Sept. 27th that it is accepting Israel into the U.S. visa waiver program, a […] The post Visa Waiver for Israel Violates Arab-Americans' Rights appeared first on KKFI .

The Rev. Dr. Fahed Abu-Akel joined Understanding Israel Palestine this week to share about his journey from his childhood in Palestine to Atlanta. He was born in the Christian village […] The post From the Nakba until Now: A Palestinian-Christian Perspective on the Holy Land with Rev. Dr. Fahed Abu-Akel appeared first on KKFI .