Understanding Israel Palestine

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 […] The post Tensions Grow Among U.S. Jews over Israel appeared first on KKFI .

Fida Jiryis, author and advocate for Palestinians’ right to freedom, dignity and the internationally recognized right of return to their homeland, tells the story of her return to Palestine in […] The post Author Fida Jiryis: the challenge of return to Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

Writer, anthropologist and activist Jeff Halper, co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, talks about the conpletion of the conquest of Palestine, the dire choices facing Palestinians, now restricted […] The post Message to Palestinians: Submit, Get Out, or Die appeared first on KKFI .

In this our second episode of the Nakba Project we listen to more stories of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon taken from videotaped interviews in the Nakba Archive. 20 years ago […] The post Palestinians explain their experience in 1948 Nakba appeared first on KKFI .

This episode is the first in a series taken from the Nakba Archive, a collection of more than 500 recorded interviews of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon by a team of […] The post Palestinian refugee's personal story of 1948 ethnic cleansing appeared first on KKFI .

Richard Falk, international law expert and former U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, discusses the significance of Israeli […] The post Decoding Israeli Extremism appeared first on KKFI .

Omar Barghouti, the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights, discusses the aims of the BDS movement, U.S. support for Israeli apartheid and the double standard evident […] The post Omar Barghouti on the BDS movement and Israeli apartheid appeared first on KKFI .

In this our last episode of the year 2022, we reflect on harbingers of hope. On the political front, in response to Israel’s November election that added fascist elements and […] The post Palestinians Finding Hope in 2023 appeared first on KKFI .

In this our last episode of the year 2022, we reflect on harbingers of hope. On the political front, in response to Israel’s November election that elected fascist elements and […] The post Finding hope for Palestinian justice appeared first on KKFI .

The Rev. Dr. Alex Awad talks about the realities of today's Bethlehem where, like elsewhere in the West Bank, local residents are experiencing the expropriation of their land. A  Christian […] The post Christmas in Bethlehem Today appeared first on KKFI .

The documentary film "Boycott" looks at how and why 34 U.S. states have passed laws targeting Americans who boycott Israeli products in support of Palestinian rights. "Boycott" tells the story […] The post "Boycott" Investigates Anti-Boycott Laws Threatening Free Speech appeared first on KKFI .

The word Intifada in Arabic means a shaking off. The First Intifada began in December 1987, thirty-five years ago, and lasted more than five years, ending in 1993 when its […] The post First and Second Intifadas: the story has not yet ended appeared first on KKFI .

Dov Waxman, professor of political science and the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel Studies at UCLA, assesses the likely consequnces of the far-right coalition government taking shape […] The post The Rise of the Right in Israel appeared first on KKFI .

Voices From the Holy Land chose The Settlers for its November online film salon. A 60-minute online panel discussion about the film has been edited for this episode of UIP. […] The post The Settlers and debate about Zionism appeared first on KKFI .

Son of a famous Israeli general in the Six-Day War, Israeli peace activist Miko Peled discusses his memoir "The General's Son" and how he came to reject the Zionist principles […] The post Miko Peled: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

Chen Alon and Osama Iliwat discuss how they came to join Combatants for Peace, a group that brings together combatants on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to work for […] The post Combatants For Peace Share Their Stories appeared first on KKFI .

Beth Miller, political director of Jewish Voice for Peace Action, discusses the recent elections in the United States and in Israel; Jonathan Kuttab, international human rights lawyer and director of […] The post Update on U.S. and Israeli Elections; The #SaveShadi Campaign appeared first on KKFI .

We explore three alternative resolutions to what we will term the “conflict” between Israelis and Palestinians. Which frameworks are being considered today to resolve this conflict that has lasted for […] The post Eve Spangler: Understanding Israel Going Forward appeared first on KKFI .

Alice Speri, a journalist for The Intercept, discusses her recent reporting on the U.S. government's failure to demand accountability for the death of its citizens at the hands of Israeli […] The post "Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans" appeared first on KKFI .

Ellen Siegel, an American RN, relates her eyewitness account of the 1982 massacre of refugees living in the Sabra Shatila camp in Lebanon.  She witnessed the killing of thousands of […] The post Eyewitness account of 1982 massacre in Sabra Shatila appeared first on KKFI .

We listen to a conversation between two men: Alan Edelman, a Zionist and longtime Kansas City Jewish professional, and Alex McDonald, a Quaker and non-Zionist who began twenty years ago […] The post A Zionist and non-Zionist have a conversation appeared first on KKFI .

Omar Shakir, Israel-Palestine director of Human Rights Watch, discusses Israel's Aug. 18 closure of seven leading Palestinian human rights organizations and the threat this poses to Palestinian human rights and […] The post Closure of Palestinian NGOS Poses "Existential Threat" appeared first on KKFI .

An offstage Voice begins the play It's What We Do by Pam Nice, prompting each of three Israeli soldiers to tell their stories of military actions in the occupied territories, […] The post Breaking the Silence – a dramatization appeared first on KKFI .

Khaled Elgindy, director of the Program on Palestine and israeli-Palestinian Affairs at the Middle East Institute, explains Israel's three-day assult on Islamic Jihad in August. William Deere, acting director of […] The post Israel's Assault on Islamic Jihad; Troubles at UNRWA appeared first on KKFI .

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson was chief of staff to General Colin Powell when Powell was Secretary of State from 2001-2005. Wilkerson offers his insider perspective on the U.S.-Israeli "special relationship," which […] The post A "Poisonous" U.S.-Israeli Relationship appeared first on KKFI .