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.
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.
"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.
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.
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’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.
On 11 December 2007, Shir Hever gave a lecture at the AICafé, located in the offices of
the AlternativeInformationCenter (AIC)
in Beit Sahour. Shir, an economist, is author of the Economy of the Occupation series
of the AIC.
His
lecture, titled “The Israeli Economy on the Brink,” 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’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’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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