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        <title>News from Within: Palestine/Israel</title>
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News from Within: Palestine/Israel is a podcast of the Alternative Information Center (AIC). The AIC is a joint Palestinian-Israeli organization which prioritizes political advocacy, critical analysis and information sharing on the Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
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            <title>News from Within Podcast: Palestinian Perspective on Carter's Visit and the Prospects of a Ceasefire</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1162&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>



On 21 April in Jerusalem, former US President Jimmy Carter delivers a speech during a meeting held by the Israeli Council of Foreign Relations.


News from Within Podcast: A Palestinian Perspective on Carter's Visit and the Prospects of an Israeli/Palestinian Ceasefire

On
Monday the 28th of April, 2008, I spoke with Nassar Ibrahim in the
offices of the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour.  Nassar, a longtime Palestinian writer,
journalist and activist, is Policy Director of the AIC. We discussed the
implications of the recent visit of former US President Jimmy Carter to the Middle
East, the possibility of a long-term ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the context
of recent US and Israeli diplomatic maneuvers in the region, and Palestinian
plans for events to commemorate 60 years since the Nakba.





 

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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 08:21:52 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>



On 21 April in Jerusalem, former US President Jimmy Carter delivers a speech during a meeting held by the Israeli Council of Foreign Relations.


News from Within Podcast: A Palestinian Perspective on Carter's Visit and the Prospects of an Israeli/Palestinian Ceasefire

On
Monday the 28th of April, 2008, I spoke with Nassar Ibrahim in the
offices of the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour.  Nassar, a longtime Palestinian writer,
journalist and activist, is Policy Director of the AIC. We discussed the
implications of the recent visit of former US President Jimmy Carter to the Middle
East, the possibility of a long-term ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the context
of recent US and Israeli diplomatic maneuvers in the region, and Palestinian
plans for events to commemorate 60 years since the Nakba.





 

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            <title>News from Within Podcast: On &quot;Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche&quot;</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1138&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>



 Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche  by Arthur Nelsen


On  Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche 

On 29 March 2008, Arthur Neslen spoke at the AICafe in the offices
of the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour. Arthur is the author of Occupied
Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche, which was published in 2006 by
Pluto Press. The book features a series of first person narratives,
gathered from interviews with more than 50 Israelis from across the social and
political spectrum, shedding light on the dynamics of Israeli identity and consciousness. 


Arthur was formerly the London correspondent for Aljazeera.net and
the website's only Jewish journalist. He was international editor of Red Pepper
Magazine for five years, and worked between 2001 and 2004 as a broadcast
journalist at the BBC. Additionally, he has written for publications including the
Guardian, the Independent, the Observer, the New Statesman and Private Eye.


 

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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>



 Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche  by Arthur Nelsen


On  Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche 

On 29 March 2008, Arthur Neslen spoke at the AICafe in the offices
of the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour. Arthur is the author of Occupied
Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche, which was published in 2006 by
Pluto Press. The book features a series of first person narratives,
gathered from interviews with more than 50 Israelis from across the social and
political spectrum, shedding light on the dynamics of Israeli identity and consciousness. 


Arthur was formerly the London correspondent for Aljazeera.net and
the website's only Jewish journalist. He was international editor of Red Pepper
Magazine for five years, and worked between 2001 and 2004 as a broadcast
journalist at the BBC. Additionally, he has written for publications including the
Guardian, the Independent, the Observer, the New Statesman and Private Eye.


 

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            <title>News from Within Podcast: Social and Political Currents in Lebanon</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1089&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>Social and Political Currents in Lebanon 




On 14 February, in separate parts of Beirut, two public events occured, embodying the contrasting currents of Lebanese society: One, the funeral of assassinated Hezbollah leader Imad Mugniyah and the other, the third anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri.




On
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, Alter-Inter spoke with Nahla Chahal at her office in Paris, France.
Nahla is an author, journalist, researcher and columnist at
the al-Hayat pan-Arab daily newspaper. During the 1970s, she was one of
the leaders of the Organization of Communist Action of Lebanon (OACL) and a participant in the Lebanese Communist Party. She is
currently president of the Arab Women Researchers Association and Coordinator
of the International Civil Campaigns for the Protection of the Palestinian
People (CCIPPP). 


They discussed the current
social and political situation in Lebanon, the position of
the Lebanese Left and progressive forces, Hezbollah domestic strategies, the
implications of the assassination of Imad Magniyah, the continuing impact of
the summer 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, and a look towards
the near future in Lebanon
and the region.




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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:35:06 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>Social and Political Currents in Lebanon 




On 14 February, in separate parts of Beirut, two public events occured, embodying the contrasting currents of Lebanese society: One, the funeral of assassinated Hezbollah leader Imad Mugniyah and the other, the third anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri.




On
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, Alter-Inter spoke with Nahla Chahal at her office in Paris, France.
Nahla is an author, journalist, researcher and columnist at
the al-Hayat pan-Arab daily newspaper. During the 1970s, she was one of
the leaders of the Organization of Communist Action of Lebanon (OACL) and a participant in the Lebanese Communist Party. She is
currently president of the Arab Women Researchers Association and Coordinator
of the International Civil Campaigns for the Protection of the Palestinian
People (CCIPPP). 


They discussed the current
social and political situation in Lebanon, the position of
the Lebanese Left and progressive forces, Hezbollah domestic strategies, the
implications of the assassination of Imad Magniyah, the continuing impact of
the summer 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, and a look towards
the near future in Lebanon
and the region.




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            <title>News from Within Podcast: Personal and Historical Perspective on Joint Palestinian/Israeli Struggle</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1120&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description> 



Michael Warschawski


A Personal and Historical Perspective on the Joint Palestinian/Israeli Struggle

On 29 January 2008, Michael (Mikado) Warschawski spoke at the offices of the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in Beit Sahour. Michael is a well-known Israeli anti-colonial activist, journalist and author. A former activist in the seminal anti-Zionist Israeli organization Matzpen from the 1960s through the 1980&amp;amp;rsquo;s, he is a cofounder of the Alternative Information Center and a leader in the global anti-war movement and World Social Forum Process.


Michael discussed the formation and historical role of the joint Palestinian-Israeli struggle for peace and justice and its current trajectory, examining it through the prism of personal experience and the history and sociopolitical perspective of the AIC.


 

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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:23:27 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary> 



Michael Warschawski


A Personal and Historical Perspective on the Joint Palestinian/Israeli Struggle

On 29 January 2008, Michael (Mikado) Warschawski spoke at the offices of the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in Beit Sahour. Michael is a well-known Israeli anti-colonial activist, journalist and author. A former activist in the seminal anti-Zionist Israeli organization Matzpen from the 1960s through the 1980&amp;amp;rsquo;s, he is a cofounder of the Alternative Information Center and a leader in the global anti-war movement and World Social Forum Process.


Michael discussed the formation and historical role of the joint Palestinian-Israeli struggle for peace and justice and its current trajectory, examining it through the prism of personal experience and the history and sociopolitical perspective of the AIC.


 

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            <title>News from Within Podcast: The Israeli Economy on the Brink</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1045&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>The Israeli Economy on the Brink

On 11 December 2007, Shir Hever gave a lecture at the AICaf&amp;amp;eacute;, located in the offices of
the Alternative Information Center (AIC)
in Beit Sahour. Shir, an economist, is author of the Economy of the Occupation series
of the AIC. 


His
lecture, titled &amp;amp;ldquo;The Israeli Economy on the Brink,&amp;amp;rdquo; highlights the disparity
between the way that the Israeli economy is generally depicted in the local and
international media, and the economic reality. 
In recent years, Israel&amp;amp;rsquo;s
economy has been portrayed as prosperous if not booming, and the political
situation is represented as having little effect on the Israeli market. 


However,
Shir&amp;amp;rsquo;s analysis gives evidence that the Israeli economy is deeply affected by
the occupation of the Palestinian territories and by decades of unending military
conflict. Through his analysis of the economic trends in Israel, we
learn a lot about the potential directions the conflict may take, and possibilities
for its eventual resolution.


 








</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:04:12 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>The Israeli Economy on the Brink

On 11 December 2007, Shir Hever gave a lecture at the AICaf&amp;amp;eacute;, located in the offices of
the Alternative Information Center (AIC)
in Beit Sahour. Shir, an economist, is author of the Economy of the Occupation series
of the AIC. 


His
lecture, titled &amp;amp;ldquo;The Israeli Economy on the Brink,&amp;amp;rdquo; highlights the disparity
between the way that the Israeli economy is generally depicted in the local and
international media, and the economic reality. 
In recent years, Israel&amp;amp;rsquo;s
economy has been portrayed as prosperous if not booming, and the political
situation is represented as having little effect on the Israeli market. 


However,
Shir&amp;amp;rsquo;s analysis gives evidence that the Israeli economy is deeply affected by
the occupation of the Palestinian territories and by decades of unending military
conflict. Through his analysis of the economic trends in Israel, we
learn a lot about the potential directions the conflict may take, and possibilities
for its eventual resolution.


 








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            <title>News from Within Podcast: The Annapolis Conference in the Shadow of the One State Reality</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1030&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>The Annapolis Conference in the Shadow of the One State Reality

On 28
November 2007, Meron Benvenisti presented a lecture in West
Jerusalem at the monthly Last Wednesday Forum of the Israeli
Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), which it hosts together with its
outreach center Daila. Meron Benvenisti served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem under Teddy
Kollek from 1971 to 1978, administering the city&amp;amp;rsquo;s annexed Palestinian sectors.
In 1982, he established and directed the West Bank Database Project, one of the
first attempts to gather comprehensive data on Israeli settlement and
governmental policies in the West Bank. He is
a regular contributor to the major Israeli daily Haaretz, and author of
numerous books, including:  Jerusalem:
The Torn City (1977); Intimate Enemies: Jews and Arabs in a Shared Land (1995);
City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem (1996); and Sacred
Landscape: The Buried History of the Holy Land
since 1948 (2000).  








</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:14:01 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>The Annapolis Conference in the Shadow of the One State Reality

On 28
November 2007, Meron Benvenisti presented a lecture in West
Jerusalem at the monthly Last Wednesday Forum of the Israeli
Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), which it hosts together with its
outreach center Daila. Meron Benvenisti served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem under Teddy
Kollek from 1971 to 1978, administering the city&amp;amp;rsquo;s annexed Palestinian sectors.
In 1982, he established and directed the West Bank Database Project, one of the
first attempts to gather comprehensive data on Israeli settlement and
governmental policies in the West Bank. He is
a regular contributor to the major Israeli daily Haaretz, and author of
numerous books, including:  Jerusalem:
The Torn City (1977); Intimate Enemies: Jews and Arabs in a Shared Land (1995);
City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem (1996); and Sacred
Landscape: The Buried History of the Holy Land
since 1948 (2000).  








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            <title>News from Within Podcast: The Annapolis Conference and the Left and Democratic Movement in Palestine</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1023&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>The Annapolis Conference and the Left and Democratic Movements in Palestine

On Sunday, 18 November 2007, I spoke with Dr.
Naim Abu Tair. Dr. Naim operates a private medical clinic in East
Jerusalem. In addition, he was formerly the director and president
of the Palestinian Health Work Committee, and is currently the General Director
of the Bisan Center
for Research and Development and co-chair of the board of the Alternative Information
Center. 


We spoke about the situation for Palestinians in East
Jerusalem, and his assessment of the Hamas/Fatah split and the competing
Palestinian governments in Gaza and the West Bank. We also discussed the Left and Democratic
forces in Palestinian society, and a forecast of the results of the upcoming US
backed Middle East conference in Annapolis,
which is due to take place at the end of November. 





</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:50:20 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>The Annapolis Conference and the Left and Democratic Movements in Palestine

On Sunday, 18 November 2007, I spoke with Dr.
Naim Abu Tair. Dr. Naim operates a private medical clinic in East
Jerusalem. In addition, he was formerly the director and president
of the Palestinian Health Work Committee, and is currently the General Director
of the Bisan Center
for Research and Development and co-chair of the board of the Alternative Information
Center. 


We spoke about the situation for Palestinians in East
Jerusalem, and his assessment of the Hamas/Fatah split and the competing
Palestinian governments in Gaza and the West Bank. We also discussed the Left and Democratic
forces in Palestinian society, and a forecast of the results of the upcoming US
backed Middle East conference in Annapolis,
which is due to take place at the end of November. 





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            <title>News from Within Podcast: The Prospects for War or Peace in the Middle East</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1003&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>The Prospects for War or Peace in the Middle East


On 2 October 2007, I spoke with Prof. Dror Ze&amp;amp;rsquo;evi, Senior Lecturer in the
Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Ben Gurion University and President of The Middle
East   Islamic Association of Israel. He is the author of An Ottoman
Century: The District of Jerusalem in the 1600s, and more recently Producing
Desire: Changing Sexual Discourse in the Ottoman Middle
East, 1500-1900. He also writes periodically on current issues
for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth. 


We spoke
about the situation in the Gaza Strip, US/Israeli relations, the issue of
academic and economic boycott, rising tensions between Israel, Syria
and Iran,
and the prospects for war or peace in the region.


The
following are the personal views of Prof. Ze&amp;amp;rsquo;evi, and do not necessarily
reflect the positions of The Middle East   Islamic Association of Israel.


</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:07:03 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>The Prospects for War or Peace in the Middle East


On 2 October 2007, I spoke with Prof. Dror Ze&amp;amp;rsquo;evi, Senior Lecturer in the
Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Ben Gurion University and President of The Middle
East   Islamic Association of Israel. He is the author of An Ottoman
Century: The District of Jerusalem in the 1600s, and more recently Producing
Desire: Changing Sexual Discourse in the Ottoman Middle
East, 1500-1900. He also writes periodically on current issues
for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth. 


We spoke
about the situation in the Gaza Strip, US/Israeli relations, the issue of
academic and economic boycott, rising tensions between Israel, Syria
and Iran,
and the prospects for war or peace in the region.


The
following are the personal views of Prof. Ze&amp;amp;rsquo;evi, and do not necessarily
reflect the positions of The Middle East   Islamic Association of Israel.


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            <title>News from Within Podcast: An Analysis of Current Israeli Approaches to the Palestinian Situation</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=971&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>An Analysis of Current Israeli Approaches to the Palestinian Situation in the Wake of the Hamas Takeover of Gaza 


We continue
in this podcast with highlighting lectures from the recent conference, The Bilbao Initiative: Another Future is Possible,
held in Bethlehem
on Friday, 27 July 2007. The conference was sponsored by the Alternative Information
Center (AIC), The Palestinian Health
Work Committies (HWC), the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG), and the Bisan Center
for Research and Development. 


In this
show, we bring you the lecture of Naomi Chazan. She examines the current political
situation in Israel
and various Israeli approaches to the Palestinian situation in the wake of the
Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip and end of the Palestinian unity government. 


Naomi is a
former Member of the Knesset for the Meretz Party and currently a professor of
Political Science and researcher at the Hebrew University&amp;amp;rsquo;s
Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace.


</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:58:16 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>An Analysis of Current Israeli Approaches to the Palestinian Situation in the Wake of the Hamas Takeover of Gaza 


We continue
in this podcast with highlighting lectures from the recent conference, The Bilbao Initiative: Another Future is Possible,
held in Bethlehem
on Friday, 27 July 2007. The conference was sponsored by the Alternative Information
Center (AIC), The Palestinian Health
Work Committies (HWC), the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG), and the Bisan Center
for Research and Development. 


In this
show, we bring you the lecture of Naomi Chazan. She examines the current political
situation in Israel
and various Israeli approaches to the Palestinian situation in the wake of the
Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip and end of the Palestinian unity government. 


Naomi is a
former Member of the Knesset for the Meretz Party and currently a professor of
Political Science and researcher at the Hebrew University&amp;amp;rsquo;s
Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace.


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            <title>News from Within Podcast: The Takeover of Gaza: What Next?</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=963&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>The Takeover of Gaza: What Next?


For the
next few podcasts, we will bring to you highlights from the conference, The Bilbao Initiative: Another Future is Possible,
held in Bethlehem
on Friday, 27 July 2007. 


Endorsed in
2003, by over 20 Palestinian and Israeli organizations, the Bilbao Declaration
presents the minimum conditions under which a just and lasting peace can be
formed, as well as providing a concrete foundation upon which Palestinian and
Israeli activists can work together. 


Over 100
Palestinian, Israeli and international social activists met at the conference,
to jointly analyze the current political situation, endorse the Bilbao
Declaration and form a steering committee to update this 2003 document for use
in future joint advocacy. 


In this
show, we bring you the lecture of Dr. Majed Nassar, titled, &amp;amp;ldquo;The Takeover of
Gaza: What Next?&amp;amp;rdquo; Dr. Nassar is Deputy Director of the Palestinian Health Works
Committee (HWC) and a board member of the Alternative Information
Center (AIC). 




</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:25:41 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>The Takeover of Gaza: What Next?


For the
next few podcasts, we will bring to you highlights from the conference, The Bilbao Initiative: Another Future is Possible,
held in Bethlehem
on Friday, 27 July 2007. 


Endorsed in
2003, by over 20 Palestinian and Israeli organizations, the Bilbao Declaration
presents the minimum conditions under which a just and lasting peace can be
formed, as well as providing a concrete foundation upon which Palestinian and
Israeli activists can work together. 


Over 100
Palestinian, Israeli and international social activists met at the conference,
to jointly analyze the current political situation, endorse the Bilbao
Declaration and form a steering committee to update this 2003 document for use
in future joint advocacy. 


In this
show, we bring you the lecture of Dr. Majed Nassar, titled, &amp;amp;ldquo;The Takeover of
Gaza: What Next?&amp;amp;rdquo; Dr. Nassar is Deputy Director of the Palestinian Health Works
Committee (HWC) and a board member of the Alternative Information
Center (AIC). 




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            <title>News from Within Podcast: Cheap Wars and Israel's Roaring Economy</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=960&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>Cheap Wars and Israel&amp;amp;#39;s Roaring Economy: An Interview with Political Economist Jonathan Nitzan


On Monday,
July 23, 2007, Shir Hever, economic researcher with the Alternative
Information Center
(AIC), interviewed, Prof. Jonathan Nitzan about two recent articles which he
co-authored with Shimshon Bichler, titled &amp;amp;ldquo;Cheap Wars&amp;amp;rdquo; and &amp;amp;ldquo;Israel&amp;amp;rsquo;s
Roaring Economy.&amp;amp;rdquo; 


Jonathan
Nitzan is a professor of Political Economy at York
University in Toronto
Canada
and the author of numerous articles and books dealing with the regional and
international political economy, including The Global Political Economy of
Israel, published in English in 2002, which he co-authored with frequent
collaborator, Shimshon Bichler. 


The
publications of Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler, including the articles
discussed in this interview, are freely available from The Bichler and Nitzan
Archives at www.bnarchives.net. 




</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:48:07 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Shir Hever and Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>Cheap Wars and Israel&amp;amp;#39;s Roaring Economy: An Interview with Political Economist Jonathan Nitzan


On Monday,
July 23, 2007, Shir Hever, economic researcher with the Alternative
Information Center
(AIC), interviewed, Prof. Jonathan Nitzan about two recent articles which he
co-authored with Shimshon Bichler, titled &amp;amp;ldquo;Cheap Wars&amp;amp;rdquo; and &amp;amp;ldquo;Israel&amp;amp;rsquo;s
Roaring Economy.&amp;amp;rdquo; 


Jonathan
Nitzan is a professor of Political Economy at York
University in Toronto
Canada
and the author of numerous articles and books dealing with the regional and
international political economy, including The Global Political Economy of
Israel, published in English in 2002, which he co-authored with frequent
collaborator, Shimshon Bichler. 


The
publications of Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler, including the articles
discussed in this interview, are freely available from The Bichler and Nitzan
Archives at www.bnarchives.net. 




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            <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/ClemensMesserschmidTilltheLastDropThePalest_0/AIC.NfW.ClemensMesserschmid_July13_2007.mp3" length="8649532" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Till the Last Drop, The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Pt. II</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=944&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in
the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict, Pt. II


On 19th of June 2007 in
West Jerusalem, Clemens Messerschmid presented
the second of a two-part lecture series sponsored by the Alternative Information
Center, titled  Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water
Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional
Conflict.  Mr. Messerschmid is a German hydrogeologist who has
worked for many years on international water projects in the West
Bank. 


In this
lecture, Clemens focuses on the hydro-political developments during the Oslo and post-Oslo periods
up to the present, examining the diverging agendas of Palestinians and
Israelis, and also of the donor states and their water projects.


Finally, Clemens presents a critical discussion of possible solutions to the
situation, examining their technical and political merits.




</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:37:06 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in
the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict, Pt. II


On 19th of June 2007 in
West Jerusalem, Clemens Messerschmid presented
the second of a two-part lecture series sponsored by the Alternative Information
Center, titled  Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water
Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional
Conflict.  Mr. Messerschmid is a German hydrogeologist who has
worked for many years on international water projects in the West
Bank. 


In this
lecture, Clemens focuses on the hydro-political developments during the Oslo and post-Oslo periods
up to the present, examining the diverging agendas of Palestinians and
Israelis, and also of the donor states and their water projects.


Finally, Clemens presents a critical discussion of possible solutions to the
situation, examining their technical and political merits.




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        <item>
            <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/ClemensMesserschmidTilltheLastDropThePalest/AIC.NfW.ClemensMesserschmid_July8_2007.mp3" length="77971456" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Till the Last Drop, The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=938&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in
the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict

On June 12th
2007, at the Daila center in West Jerusalem, Clemens Messerschmid, presented
the first of a two-part lecture series sponsored by the Alternative Information
Center, titled  Till
the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and
Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict.  Mr. Messerschmid is a German
hydrogeologist who has worked for many years on international water projects in
the West Bank.


He introduced the physical settings of water resources in the region and their
extremely asymmetrical allocation between the Palestinians and Israelis.


In addition, he gave an introduction to the hydrogeology of the shared aquifers
and an overview of the historical development of their utilization, focusing on
the years of overt occupation between the 1967 War and The Oslo Interim
Agreement of September 1995.




</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:47:03 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in
the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict

On June 12th
2007, at the Daila center in West Jerusalem, Clemens Messerschmid, presented
the first of a two-part lecture series sponsored by the Alternative Information
Center, titled  Till
the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and
Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict.  Mr. Messerschmid is a German
hydrogeologist who has worked for many years on international water projects in
the West Bank.


He introduced the physical settings of water resources in the region and their
extremely asymmetrical allocation between the Palestinians and Israelis.


In addition, he gave an introduction to the hydrogeology of the shared aquifers
and an overview of the historical development of their utilization, focusing on
the years of overt occupation between the 1967 War and The Oslo Interim
Agreement of September 1995.




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        <item>
            <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/BinationalCurrentsinIsraelandPalestineontheAnniversaryof40YearsofOccupation/AIC.NfW.MichaelWarschawski_June19_2007.mp3" length="42655744" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Binational Currents in Israel and Palestine</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=915&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Binational Currents in Israel and Palestine on the Anniversary of 40 Years of Occupation

On 12 June,
the Alternative Information Center (AIC) spoke with Michael Warschawski, longtime
Israeli political observer and analyst, as well as co-founder of the AIC, about
understanding binationalism in both an Israeli and Palestinian context, against
the backdrop of 40 years of occupation. We spoke to him about the
Israeli/Palestinian peace movement in the light of the larger struggle against
globalization and  neo-colonialism, as well as discuss some issues
regarding the future of the peace movement in Israel, including one of its more
controversial figures, Tali Fahima.




</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:22:02 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Benjamin Fribley, Michael Warschawski and Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Binational Currents in Israel and Palestine on the Anniversary of 40 Years of Occupation

On 12 June,
the Alternative Information Center (AIC) spoke with Michael Warschawski, longtime
Israeli political observer and analyst, as well as co-founder of the AIC, about
understanding binationalism in both an Israeli and Palestinian context, against
the backdrop of 40 years of occupation. We spoke to him about the
Israeli/Palestinian peace movement in the light of the larger struggle against
globalization and  neo-colonialism, as well as discuss some issues
regarding the future of the peace movement in Israel, including one of its more
controversial figures, Tali Fahima.




</itunes:summary>
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        <item>
            <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/UriAvneryGushShalomIsraelsMissedOpportunitiesforPeaceFromtheSixDayWarofJune1967tothePresent/AIC.NfW.UriAvnery_June06_2007.output.mp3" length="18890752" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Israel's Missed Opportunities for Peace From 1967 to the Present</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=895&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israel&amp;amp;#39;s Missed Opportunities for Peace: From the Six-Day War of June 1967 to the Present

This week
marks the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War of June 1967, which
resulted in Israel&amp;amp;rsquo;s
occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights.
As time has passed and the occupation has become an increasingly permanent
reality, the question remains as to why peace has continued to be unattainable
for Israel.
Many claim that even the June 1967 War was a direct consequence of Israel&amp;amp;rsquo;s
inability or unwillingness to accept the comprises that peace requires. 


On Monday,
the 4th of June, 2007, we spoke with long-time Israeli peace
activist Uri Avnery
at his home in Tel Aviv. Mr. Avnery, who was born in Germany in 1923 and moved to
Mandate Palestine at the age of ten, is an Israeli journalist and former
Knesset member. 


We
discussed his assessments of the political context before and after the &amp;amp;rsquo;67 War,
missed opportunities for negotiation during this period, his involvement in
1970 in an indirect communication between the Egyptian leader Gamel Abd-al-Nasser
and the Israeli government, in which Nasser made clear that he was ready to
make peace and establish both diplomatic and commercial relations with Israel,
and finally, we spoke of the ongoing situation today on the eve of the war&amp;amp;rsquo;s
anniversary.


 

</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:16:08 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Sergio Yahni and Bryan Atinsky, The Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israel&amp;amp;#39;s Missed Opportunities for Peace: From the Six-Day War of June 1967 to the Present

This week
marks the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War of June 1967, which
resulted in Israel&amp;amp;rsquo;s
occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights.
As time has passed and the occupation has become an increasingly permanent
reality, the question remains as to why peace has continued to be unattainable
for Israel.
Many claim that even the June 1967 War was a direct consequence of Israel&amp;amp;rsquo;s
inability or unwillingness to accept the comprises that peace requires. 


On Monday,
the 4th of June, 2007, we spoke with long-time Israeli peace
activist Uri Avnery
at his home in Tel Aviv. Mr. Avnery, who was born in Germany in 1923 and moved to
Mandate Palestine at the age of ten, is an Israeli journalist and former
Knesset member. 


We
discussed his assessments of the political context before and after the &amp;amp;rsquo;67 War,
missed opportunities for negotiation during this period, his involvement in
1970 in an indirect communication between the Egyptian leader Gamel Abd-al-Nasser
and the Israeli government, in which Nasser made clear that he was ready to
make peace and establish both diplomatic and commercial relations with Israel,
and finally, we spoke of the ongoing situation today on the eve of the war&amp;amp;rsquo;s
anniversary.


 

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            <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/AhmadAbuHaniyahTheAlternaTheExperienceofAdministrati/AIC.NfW.AhmadAbuHaniyah_May31_2007.mp3" length="31380002" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: The Experience of Administrative Detention Prisoners in Israeli Prisons</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=887&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - The Experience of Administrative Detention Prisoners in Israeli Prisons


Ahmad Abu Haniya, the Youth Project
Coordinator for the Alternative
Information Center,
was released from administrative detention on 14 May 2007, after two years of
imprisonment without any trial or formal charges being brought against him. 


Ahmad was detained at an
Israeli military checkpoint on his way to work on 18 May 2005 and placed in
administrative detention, which is imprisonment without charge or trial. As
with all of the approximately 800 Palestinian administrative detainees
currently being held by Israel,
Ahmad and his attorney were not even permitted to know the accusations against
him.  


During his
time in prison, Ahmad was adopted as an appeal case by Amnesty International,
and supported by the American National Lawyers Guild.   


The
detention of Ahmad and so many other Palestinians, blatantly violates
international humanitarian law, which permits administrative detention only as
an exceptional and highly regulated measure. Administrative detention violates
the fundamental right to liberty and due process, and has been used by Israel as a tool to oppress political activists
in Palestine
who struggle non-violently against the Israeli occupation and for a just peace
between Palestinians and Israelis. 


We spoke
with Ahmad on the 21st of May, one week after his release from
prison, at the offices of the AIC in Beit Sahour.


 

</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 16:41:44 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, The Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - The Experience of Administrative Detention Prisoners in Israeli Prisons


Ahmad Abu Haniya, the Youth Project
Coordinator for the Alternative
Information Center,
was released from administrative detention on 14 May 2007, after two years of
imprisonment without any trial or formal charges being brought against him. 


Ahmad was detained at an
Israeli military checkpoint on his way to work on 18 May 2005 and placed in
administrative detention, which is imprisonment without charge or trial. As
with all of the approximately 800 Palestinian administrative detainees
currently being held by Israel,
Ahmad and his attorney were not even permitted to know the accusations against
him.  


During his
time in prison, Ahmad was adopted as an appeal case by Amnesty International,
and supported by the American National Lawyers Guild.   


The
detention of Ahmad and so many other Palestinians, blatantly violates
international humanitarian law, which permits administrative detention only as
an exceptional and highly regulated measure. Administrative detention violates
the fundamental right to liberty and due process, and has been used by Israel as a tool to oppress political activists
in Palestine
who struggle non-violently against the Israeli occupation and for a just peace
between Palestinians and Israelis. 


We spoke
with Ahmad on the 21st of May, one week after his release from
prison, at the offices of the AIC in Beit Sahour.


 

</itunes:summary>
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        <item>
            <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/JamalZahalkaChairmanoftheIsraelsInvestigationofAzmi/AIC.NfW.JamalZahalka_May24_2007.mp3" length="39088110" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Israel's Investigation of Azmi Bishara in Context</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=877&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israel&amp;amp;#39;s Investigation of Azmi Bishara in Context 


On Monday, 21 May 2007, we
spoke with Dr. Jamal Zahalka, Chairman of Balad, the National Democratic
Assembly Party, at his office in the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem. 


Dr. Zahalka, a Palestinian
citizen of Israel from Kfar
Kara in the Galilee, has been a Member of the
Knesset since 2003, becoming the head of Balad following the resignation of
Azmi Bishara in April of this year. 


We talked with Dr. Zahalka
about the work of the Balad Party; the implications of recently published
political documents by leaders of the Israeli Arab community, which call for
the legal transformation of Israel into a State for all its citizens; the
Israeli establishment&amp;amp;rsquo;s reaction to these demands; and the social and political
context of the current allegations and legal investigation against Azmi
Bishara, the former head of Balad, for espionage and money laundering.


 

</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 18:35:14 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky and Susana Mendoza, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israel&amp;amp;#39;s Investigation of Azmi Bishara in Context 


On Monday, 21 May 2007, we
spoke with Dr. Jamal Zahalka, Chairman of Balad, the National Democratic
Assembly Party, at his office in the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem. 


Dr. Zahalka, a Palestinian
citizen of Israel from Kfar
Kara in the Galilee, has been a Member of the
Knesset since 2003, becoming the head of Balad following the resignation of
Azmi Bishara in April of this year. 


We talked with Dr. Zahalka
about the work of the Balad Party; the implications of recently published
political documents by leaders of the Israeli Arab community, which call for
the legal transformation of Israel into a State for all its citizens; the
Israeli establishment&amp;amp;rsquo;s reaction to these demands; and the social and political
context of the current allegations and legal investigation against Azmi
Bishara, the former head of Balad, for espionage and money laundering.


 

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            <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/NassarIbrahimAlternativeInformationCenterAICAnalysisoftheCurrentSituationintheGazaStrip/AIC.NfW.NassarIbrahim_May18_2007.mp3" length="21868609" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Analysis of the Current Situation In the Gaza Strip</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=867&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Analysis of the Current Situation In the Gaza Strip 


On the 18th
of May, 2007, I spoke with Nassar Ibrahim, Palestinian author, political
analyst and co-director of the Alternative
Information Center,
at his office in Beit Sahour. We discussed the current situation in the Gaza
Strip, ongoing Palestinian factional violence and its relation to the Israeli occupation
and international economic boycott, and practical actions that need to be taken
on both a local and international level to create a more secure and stable
situation in the region. 




</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 14:05:33 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Analysis of the Current Situation In the Gaza Strip 


On the 18th
of May, 2007, I spoke with Nassar Ibrahim, Palestinian author, political
analyst and co-director of the Alternative
Information Center,
at his office in Beit Sahour. We discussed the current situation in the Gaza
Strip, ongoing Palestinian factional violence and its relation to the Israeli occupation
and international economic boycott, and practical actions that need to be taken
on both a local and international level to create a more secure and stable
situation in the region. 




</itunes:summary>
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        <item>
            <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/AIC.NfW.ShirHever_May3_2007/AIC.NfW.ShirHever_May3_2007_64kb.mp3" length="95420416" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Israeli Economic Policies towards the Palestinians between 1967 and Today</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=845&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israeli Economic Policies towards the Palestinians between 1967 and Today 


The economic policies that Israel enforces,
control the lives of Palestinians in the territories occupied since 1967.
However, the power structure and the decision-making processes within Israel have
changed drastically in recent years. 


The policies Israel implemented in the OPT have shifted
between centralization and de-centralization of power, between unification of the
economies of Israel
and the OPT and separation of the two. These policies were not decided by
Israeli officials autonomously&amp;amp;ndash;they were influenced by pressure
from above (i.e., the international community and its financial institutions)
and more importantly by pressure from below (i.e., the Palestinian Intifada). 


What exactly are the economic
policies that sustain the occupation? Who came up with them? What are the
reasons underlying the recent changes in the Israeli political-economic policy?
How are all of these decisions affected by the economic needs of Israel?


On Tuesday, the 17th April, 2007 at the offices of the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour, AIC Economist Shir Hever discussed these issues in a lecture titled &amp;amp;ldquo;Israeli Economic Policies towards the Palestinians between 1967 and Today&amp;amp;rdquo;





 

</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 10:05:52 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israeli Economic Policies towards the Palestinians between 1967 and Today 


The economic policies that Israel enforces,
control the lives of Palestinians in the territories occupied since 1967.
However, the power structure and the decision-making processes within Israel have
changed drastically in recent years. 


The policies Israel implemented in the OPT have shifted
between centralization and de-centralization of power, between unification of the
economies of Israel
and the OPT and separation of the two. These policies were not decided by
Israeli officials autonomously&amp;amp;ndash;they were influenced by pressure
from above (i.e., the international community and its financial institutions)
and more importantly by pressure from below (i.e., the Palestinian Intifada). 


What exactly are the economic
policies that sustain the occupation? Who came up with them? What are the
reasons underlying the recent changes in the Israeli political-economic policy?
How are all of these decisions affected by the economic needs of Israel?


On Tuesday, the 17th April, 2007 at the offices of the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour, AIC Economist Shir Hever discussed these issues in a lecture titled &amp;amp;ldquo;Israeli Economic Policies towards the Palestinians between 1967 and Today&amp;amp;rdquo;





 

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            <enclosure url="http://alternativenews.googlepages.com/AIC.NfW.AmnonRazKrakotzkin_April22_2.mp3" length="8468187" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Against Models and Solutions - Towards a Bi-National Thinking</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=834&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Against Models and Solutions: Towards a Bi-National Thinking 


In the present podcast, we bring you the last of our three part series, presenting
highlights from the international conference, Building a Future Together:
Alternatives to the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which took place in Bethlehem, on 2-3
December 2005. This lecture is from Dr. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, titled Against
Models and Solutions: Towards a Bi-National Thinking. Dr. Raz-Krakotzkin is
a senior lecturer in Jewish History at Ben
Gurion University
of the Negev in Beersheva. 


 

</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:04:23 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Against Models and Solutions: Towards a Bi-National Thinking 


In the present podcast, we bring you the last of our three part series, presenting
highlights from the international conference, Building a Future Together:
Alternatives to the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which took place in Bethlehem, on 2-3
December 2005. This lecture is from Dr. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, titled Against
Models and Solutions: Towards a Bi-National Thinking. Dr. Raz-Krakotzkin is
a senior lecturer in Jewish History at Ben
Gurion University
of the Negev in Beersheva. 


 

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            <enclosure url="http://alternativenews.googlepages.com/AIC.NfW.MajedNassar_April19_2007.mp3" length="8470656" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Against Israel</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=828&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Against Israel

In this podcast, we continue
presenting highlights from the International conference, Building a Future
Together: Alternatives to the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which took place
in Bethlehem, on
2-3 December 2005. Today, we bring you a lecture by Dr. Majed Nassar, titled Boycott,
Sanctions and Divestment Against Israel. Dr Nassar is Executive Director of the
Palestinian Health Work Committees and is member of the Board of Directors of
the Alternative Information Center
(AIC).


   

</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:04:13 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Against Israel

In this podcast, we continue
presenting highlights from the International conference, Building a Future
Together: Alternatives to the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which took place
in Bethlehem, on
2-3 December 2005. Today, we bring you a lecture by Dr. Majed Nassar, titled Boycott,
Sanctions and Divestment Against Israel. Dr Nassar is Executive Director of the
Palestinian Health Work Committees and is member of the Board of Directors of
the Alternative Information Center
(AIC).


   

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        <item>
            <enclosure url="http://alternativenews.googlepages.com/AIC.NfW.VirginiaTilley_April16_2007.mp3" length="9908352" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Local and International Perspectives on a Two State Solution</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=823&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Local and International Perspectives on a Two
State Solution 


In the
next few podcasts, we will be bringing you some highlights from the
International conference, Building a Future Together: Alternatives to the
Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which took place in Bethlehem,
Palestine on 2-3
December 2005. The conference was jointly organized by the Alternative Information
Center, the Palestinian
Health Works Committee, and the Alternative Tourism Group. 


On this
show, we bring you a lecture by Virginia
Tilley titled Local and International Perspectives on a Two State Solution.
Virginia Tilley is a professor of Political Science at Hobart
and William Smith
Colleges in NY and author of The One-State Solution: A
Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Deadlock from the University of Michigan Press.





 

Visit me at Podcast Pickle! (http://podcastpickle.com/cast/23460/#f1c1114a1aaf3b48c51b728aac7cc0f0) 
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:04:39 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Local and International Perspectives on a Two
State Solution 


In the
next few podcasts, we will be bringing you some highlights from the
International conference, Building a Future Together: Alternatives to the
Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which took place in Bethlehem,
Palestine on 2-3
December 2005. The conference was jointly organized by the Alternative Information
Center, the Palestinian
Health Works Committee, and the Alternative Tourism Group. 


On this
show, we bring you a lecture by Virginia
Tilley titled Local and International Perspectives on a Two State Solution.
Virginia Tilley is a professor of Political Science at Hobart
and William Smith
Colleges in NY and author of The One-State Solution: A
Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Deadlock from the University of Michigan Press.





 

Visit me at Podcast Pickle! (http://podcastpickle.com/cast/23460/#f1c1114a1aaf3b48c51b728aac7cc0f0) 
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            <enclosure url="http://alternativenews.googlepages.com/AIC.NfW.ShirHever_March21_2007.mp3" length="9406047" type="audio/mp3" />
            <title>News from Within Podcast: Israeli Responsibility for Damage to Population of East Jerusalem</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=787&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israel Responsible for over One Billion Dollars in Damage to East Jerusalem Palestinians 


In a press conference, held on 14 March 2007, Shir Hever, economist and researcher for the Alternative Information Center (AIC), presented findings from his recently published bulletin titled  The Separation Wall in East Jerusalem-Economic Consequences.  He discussed the damage that the Wall has and continues to produce for the population of East Jerusalem, and how this impacts the future prospects for achieving a just peace for both the Palestinians and Israelis.


 

</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:03:40 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, The Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary> News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israel Responsible for over One Billion Dollars in Damage to East Jerusalem Palestinians 


In a press conference, held on 14 March 2007, Shir Hever, economist and researcher for the Alternative Information Center (AIC), presented findings from his recently published bulletin titled  The Separation Wall in East Jerusalem-Economic Consequences.  He discussed the damage that the Wall has and continues to produce for the population of East Jerusalem, and how this impacts the future prospects for achieving a just peace for both the Palestinians and Israelis.


 

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            <title>News from Within Podcast: International Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=738&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description> News from Within Podcast: International
Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations - The Experience in
Latin America and its Relation to the Situation in Palestine 


On Feb 6
2007, the Alternative Information Center
(AIC) and the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), jointly hosted a lecture by Judge Juan Guzman at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem. Judge Guzman is a retired Chilean judge who became internationally famous for being the first judge to prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, after Pinochets return to Chile following more than a year of house arrest in London, England. He spoke together with Israeli human rights lawyer, Lea Tsemel on  International Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations: The Experience in Latin America and its Relation to the Situation in Palestine. 


</description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:duration>1:46:10</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, War Crimes, International Law, Occupation</itunes:keywords>
            <itunes:subtitle>News from Within: Palestine/Israel</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary> News from Within Podcast: International
Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations - The Experience in
Latin America and its Relation to the Situation in Palestine 


On Feb 6
2007, the Alternative Information Center
(AIC) and the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), jointly hosted a lecture by Judge Juan Guzman at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem. Judge Guzman is a retired Chilean judge who became internationally famous for being the first judge to prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, after Pinochets return to Chile following more than a year of house arrest in London, England. He spoke together with Israeli human rights lawyer, Lea Tsemel on  International Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations: The Experience in Latin America and its Relation to the Situation in Palestine. 


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            <title>News from Within PODCAST: Elections, Occupation and Solidarity - An Interview withTanya Reinhart</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=731&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>News from Within PODCAST: Elections, Occupation and Solidarity - An Interview with Professor Tanya Reinhart



Tanya Reinhart is a professor emeritus of linguistics and cultural studies at Tel Aviv University and currently Global Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at NYU and a professor at the University of Utrecht. She has written several books on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, has a column in Israels largest daily, Yideot Aharonot, and has had many articles published in international journals. Her latest book, The Roadmap to Nowhere: Israel/Palestine Since 2003, is published by Verso Press.


This interview was conducted in April 2006, shortly after the Israeli elections, and Prof. Reinhart discusses the implications of the election win by Olmerts Kadima Party, the Labor partys agreement to join in a coalition government, historical background about Amir Peretz, the current head of the Labor party, the ongoing international sanctions against the Hamas led Palestinian government, the international communitys relations with Israel and support for the continuation of the Occupation of Palestinian land, the opportunities and limits of the international and local movement against Israeli policies, and background about her support of academic boycott and its relation to leaving her position as professor at Tel Aviv University. 


Prof. Reinhart was interviewed by Bryan Atinsky of the Alternative Information Center (AIC). 


 

</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:19:47 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:keywords>Israel, Occupation, Palestine, Human Rights, Tanya Reinhart</itunes:keywords>
            <itunes:subtitle>News from Within: Palestine/Israel</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>News from Within PODCAST: Elections, Occupation and Solidarity - An Interview with Professor Tanya Reinhart



Tanya Reinhart is a professor emeritus of linguistics and cultural studies at Tel Aviv University and currently Global Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at NYU and a professor at the University of Utrecht. She has written several books on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, has a column in Israels largest daily, Yideot Aharonot, and has had many articles published in international journals. Her latest book, The Roadmap to Nowhere: Israel/Palestine Since 2003, is published by Verso Press.


This interview was conducted in April 2006, shortly after the Israeli elections, and Prof. Reinhart discusses the implications of the election win by Olmerts Kadima Party, the Labor partys agreement to join in a coalition government, historical background about Amir Peretz, the current head of the Labor party, the ongoing international sanctions against the Hamas led Palestinian government, the international communitys relations with Israel and support for the continuation of the Occupation of Palestinian land, the opportunities and limits of the international and local movement against Israeli policies, and background about her support of academic boycott and its relation to leaving her position as professor at Tel Aviv University. 


Prof. Reinhart was interviewed by Bryan Atinsky of the Alternative Information Center (AIC). 


 

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            <enclosure url="http://www.alternativenews.org/images/stories/mp3/Daniel_Dor.mp3" length="18047691" type="audio/mpeg" />
            <title>AIC Podcast: Interview with Daniel Dor</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=720&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>Media Objectivity? Reception, Reconstruction and (Re)presentation: An Interview with Daniel Dor 

A former journalist, Professor Daniel Dor teaches in the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University. He has worked as a senior news editor in two of Israels leading newspapers. He is also the author of a number of books in Hebrew, and one that was revised and translated into English, titled Intifada Hits the Headlines, by Indiana University Press. He has a second book in English now by Pluto Press, titled The Supression of Guilt. 


The interview was conducted by Bryan Atinsky and Elan Frankel of the AIC.




</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:01:49 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>Media Objectivity? Reception, Reconstruction and (Re)presentation: An Interview with Daniel Dor 

A former journalist, Professor Daniel Dor teaches in the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University. He has worked as a senior news editor in two of Israels leading newspapers. He is also the author of a number of books in Hebrew, and one that was revised and translated into English, titled Intifada Hits the Headlines, by Indiana University Press. He has a second book in English now by Pluto Press, titled The Supression of Guilt. 


The interview was conducted by Bryan Atinsky and Elan Frankel of the AIC.




</itunes:summary>
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        <item>
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            <title>AIC Podcast: Education Under Occupation Roundtable</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=713&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>AIC PODCAST: Discussion - Education under Occupation

The discussion focuses on the effects of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian and Israeli educational systems, and how local and international educational strategies can be effective in working to end the occupation. Palestinian, Israeli and International educators, discuss ways in which pedagogy can be an essential tool in working towards liberation, human rights, and democracy building or a means for subjugation and oppression. With: Michael  Mikado  Warschawski, Hanan Aruri, Howard S. Davidson, Ilan Pappe and others. 


 

</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center (AIC)</itunes:author>
            <itunes:duration>82:23</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>Education, Palestinian, Human Rights, Occupation, Israel</itunes:keywords>
            <itunes:subtitle>Palestinian Education Under Israeli Occupation</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>AIC PODCAST: Discussion - Education under Occupation

The discussion focuses on the effects of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian and Israeli educational systems, and how local and international educational strategies can be effective in working to end the occupation. Palestinian, Israeli and International educators, discuss ways in which pedagogy can be an essential tool in working towards liberation, human rights, and democracy building or a means for subjugation and oppression. With: Michael  Mikado  Warschawski, Hanan Aruri, Howard S. Davidson, Ilan Pappe and others. 


 

</itunes:summary>
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            <enclosure url="http://www.alternativenews.org/images/stories/mp3/Economy_of_the_Occupation.mp3" length="77369344" type="audio/mpeg" />
            <title>AIC Podcast: Lecture - History of the Occupation</title>
            <link>http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=246&amp;Itemid=383</link>
            <author>Alternative Information Center (AIC)</author>
            <description>AIC PODCAST - Lecture: The Economy of the Occupation, a brief History

This Podcast is a live - Cut of a lecture from the AICs Economy Researcher Shir Hever, recorded at the  Daila Center , Jerusalem at the 22nd June 2005. The lecture followes the main developments of the Israeli and Palestinian economies since the beginning of the occupation. The accompanying Presentation is available as pdf download at http://alternativenews.dyndns.org/download/History_occupation.pdf.




</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <itunes:author>Webmaster</itunes:author>
            <itunes:summary>AIC PODCAST - Lecture: The Economy of the Occupation, a brief History

This Podcast is a live - Cut of a lecture from the AICs Economy Researcher Shir Hever, recorded at the  Daila Center , Jerusalem at the 22nd June 2005. The lecture followes the main developments of the Israeli and Palestinian economies since the beginning of the occupation. The accompanying Presentation is available as pdf download at http://alternativenews.dyndns.org/download/History_occupation.pdf.




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