Understanding Israel Palestine

Keifah Addera tells her story from Tuwani, how she helped organize the women in Tuwani to realize some amazing accomplishments: sending young women to university and bringing electricity to the […] The post Tuwani woman's story of the village women organizing to get electricity appeared first on KKFI .

Khaled Elgindy, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute who directs its program on Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, discusses the internal and external factors that created the split in […] The post A Divided House: The Split between Fatah and Hamas appeared first on KKFI .

We explore the controversy around the Mapping Project, a publication that sparked extensive controversy after it went live on June 3.  The Mapping Project identifies and maps hundreds of policing institutions, […] The post The Mapping Project controversy; Samidoun supports Palestinian prisoners appeared first on KKFI .

Maha Nassar’s book Brothers Apart: Palestinian Citizens of Israel and the Arab World tells the story of Palestinian writers and intellectuals in Israel for two decades following the 1948 war. […] The post How Palestinian intellectuals after 1948 shaped national identity appeared first on KKFI .

In May a decades-long legal battle ended with the Israeli Supreme Court ruling that Palestinians living in an area in the south Hebron Hills in the Occupied West Bank could […] The post Palestinians in Masafer Yatta face forcible transfer appeared first on KKFI .

Part I (first 27 minutes). Dr. Virginia Tilley, Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Carbondale was co-author with Richard Falk of a 2017 report for the […] The post Part I: Israel and apartheid Part II: Israel's attack on USS Liberty in 1967 war appeared first on KKFI .

Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known Palestinian reporter for Al Jazeera,was shot dead May 11, 2022 as she covered an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the Occupied West […] The post Did Israel Assassinate Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh? appeared first on KKFI .

After the United Nations partitioned the Palestine Mandate giving 55% to the proposed Jewish state, Israel declared independence, the large-scale expulsions of Palestinians began and almost immediately violence broke out, […] The post Documentary Tantura chronicles massacre during 1948 Nakba appeared first on KKFI .

In this episode we interview two guests; both promote Palestinian art and cultural production as necessary for the survival of the Palestinian people. Susan Greene has been enabling communities in […] The post Palestinian Art As Resistance appeared first on KKFI .

Michael Lynk, an associate professor of law at the University of Western Ontario and U.N. Special Rapporteur for the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967, […] The post U.N. Rapporteur Says Israel Guilty of Apartheid in Occupied Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace speaks about tensions in Jerusalem as Palestinians, Jewish settlers, Israeli Police and IDF soldiers all staked their claims for control […] The post Turbulence at al Aqsa Mosque and artists standing up for Palestinians appeared first on KKFI .

Rebecca Stein, Associate Professor of anthropology at Duke University and author of Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine gives an overview of how cameras have been […] The post Palestinian Activists' Use of Smartphone Video appeared first on KKFI .

Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights, discusses the aims of the BDS movement and compares its targeted sanctions against Israeli Occupation and apartheid with […] The post Omar Barghouti Compares Sanctions on Russia and Israel appeared first on KKFI .

Our New Year's Eve show reviews some key events in Israel-Palestine in 2021 with clips from the past year's programs. Jeff Halper, founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, […] The post Israel-Palestine in 2021 appeared first on KKFI .

Edward Ahmed Mitchell, deputy executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, recounts how CAIR recently discovered that Steven Emerson, an American journalist and anti-Muslim activist, has worked with the […] The post Israel Spies on U.S. Muslims; Local Churches Harassed in Jerusalem appeared first on KKFI .

In this Christmas Eve broadcast, Sami Awad, founder of the Holy Land Trust, talks from Bethlehem about conditions in Bethlehem, what this year's Christmas looks like there, community life and […] The post Peace through Personal Transformation in Bethlehem appeared first on KKFI .

Richard A. Falk, professor emeritus of international law and practice at Princeton University and former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since1967, discusses […] The post International law on Russia in Ukraine and on Israel in Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “From the Architects of Repression to Transcending the Israel Lobby at Home & Abroad” with Walter Hixson (3-4-22) For this week's episode, producer […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “From the Architects of Repression to Transcending the Israel Lobby at Home & Abroad” with Walter Hixson (3-4-22) appeared first...

Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “From Imperialism & War to Architects of Repression: Settler Colonialism & the US-Israel Special Relationship” with Walter Hixson (12-17-21) For this week's episode, […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “From Imperialism & War to Architects of Repression: Settler Colonialism & the US-Israel Special Relati...

Madeleine Cereghino, director of government relations for  Americans for Peace Now, a non-partisan non-profit that defines itself as a Jewish pro-peace organization, talks about settlement expansion in the West Bank […] The post Criticizing Israel out of love appeared first on KKFI .

Lubna Alzaroo grew up in Hebron, possibly the most violent city in the West Bank. How do the 800 Israeli settlers make life hell for the 150,000 Palestinians in Hebron? […] The post Growing up in Hebron Lubna Alzaroo explains appeared first on KKFI .

Jamie talks with Virginia Tilley, professor at University of Illinois, about why the two-state solution would still leave Israel an apartheid state.  Tilley co-wrote with Richard Falk the 2017 UN […] The post An apartheid state would continue in a two-state "solution" appeared first on KKFI .

Born into a prominent Zionist family, son of a famous Israeli general in the Six-Day War, author, activist and karate instructor Miko Peled discusses how his views on Israel and […] The post Miko Peled's Journey from Israel to Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

On Oct. 21, Israel charged six prominent Palestinian human rights groups with being terrorist organizations. Israeli, European, and international human rights organizations, U.N. experts, and others have denounced the charge […] The post Israel Moves to Shut Down Palestinian Civil Society appeared first on KKFI .

Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — "Psychoanalysis Under Occupation; Practicing Resistance in Palestine" with Lara & Stephen Sheehi (Part 2 — 12-10-21) For this week's program, we listen to […] The post Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — "Psychoanalysis Under Occupation; Practicing Resistance in Palestine" with Lara & Stephen Sheehi (Part 2 — 12-10-21) appea...