Michael Warschawski is an author, journalist and co-founder of the AIC and a well-known activist. In this blog "Mikado" shares his views and analyzes some press articles for a better understanding of the facts behind the headlines.
Nassar Ibrahim is a activist, book author, writer and specialist on Palestinian resistance. He was editor in chief of El Hadaf newspaper. In this blog, Nassar gives us the opportunity of an inside scope in the fight for justice and freedom.
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh teaches and does research at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities in occupied Palestine. He previously served on the faculties of the University of Tennessee, Duke and Yale Universities. He served on the board/steering/executive committees of a number of groups including Peace Action Education Fund, the US Campaign to End the Occupation, the Palestinian American Congress, Association for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine, and BoycottIsraeliGoods.org. He is now president of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People. He advised many other groups including Sommerville Divestment Project, Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Freedom Project, Sabeel North America, and National Council of Churches of Christ USA. He is an active member of a number of human rights groups (Amnesty, Peace action, Human Rights Watch, ACLU etc.). He published several books of which the most acclaimed "Sharing the Land of Canaan: human rights and the Israeli/Palestinian Struggle" which was also translated to Spanish. He also has an activism book published electronically on his web site (http://qumsiyeh.org). His main interest is media activism and public education. He published over 200 letters to the editor and 100 op-ed pieces and interviewed in TV and radio extensively (local, national and international). Appearances in national media included the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, C-Span, and ABC, among others. He also regularly lectures on issues of human rights and international law. He is currently finishing a book on Palestinian civil resistance going back to the beginning of the Zionist project in the 19th century until today.
Born in Berlin in 1933. He immigrated to Palestine with his parents after the Nazis came to power in 1934. Akiva served in both the Haganah and the IDF. After the seamen's strike of 1951 in Haifa, in which he participated, Akiva decided to join the Communist Party of Israel and became critical of Zionism, ideologically and practically. In 1962 Akiva was expelled from the CPI and, along with Moche Machovar, Oded Pilavsky and Jeremy Kaplan formed Matzpen - Socialist Organization in Israel.
