Challenging Gaza siege

Al Jazeera English (Inside story) - 24 August 2008 - Part 1

Al Jazeera English (Inside story) - 24 August 2008 - Part 2

Jeff Cohen and Scott Ritter

Journalist and media analyst, Jeff Cohen, and former UN weapons inspector, Scott Ritter, discuss US foreign policy in the Middle East and the growing threat of confrontation and war with Iran. (102 min - January 14, 2008 - pdxjustice Media Productions)

Tanya Reinhart against Israeli apartheid

The late Tanya Reinhart (1943–2007), linguist and anti-apartheid activist, speaks at St. Mary's Church in Harlem, New York City, on February 16, 2007, against Israeli apartheid. Reinhart died a month later. (The Struggle Video Network - Stanley Heller - (23 min) Watch it on Google Video)

Chomsky v. Dershowitz on the Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel & Palestine After Disengagement: Where Do We Go From Here? Noam Chomsky and Alan Dershowitz debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Politics - JFK Jr. Forum (November 29, 2005). Transcript on Democracy Now!

Finkelstein: facts are uncontroversial

"Israel & Palestine: Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace". A comprehensive speech of Norman Finkelstein. He explains why, contrary to common perceptions shaped by the commercial news media, the basic facts about the Israel-Palestine conflict are not controversial. (Seattle, May, 8, 2008, 102 min). (pdxjustice Media Productions)(Q&A)

The Lobby

The Israel lobby - The influence of AIPAC on US Foreign Policy (April 9, 2007). A 51 min episode of the Dutch documentary program Tegenlicht (Backlight) from the Dutch VPRO public television. Interviews with John Mearsheimer, Lawrence Wikerson, Richard Perle, Tony Judt, John Hagee, Earl Hilliard, Kenneth Roth, Michael Massing and Daniel Levy. "Is one allowed to question that reality, or is the pro-Israel lobby so strong, financially and politically, that the relationship with Israel is taboo and therefore unmentionable? And what happens to those who dare expose the unmentionable?"

Edward Said, May 8, 2003

The late Edward Said (1935 - 2003), was professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and a sought-after commentator on Middle Eastern politics, as well as America's foremost spokesman for the Palestinian cause. Author of "Orientalism" (1978), an examination of Western perceptions of the Islamic world. His criticism extended to the United States, which he used to call a dishonest broker in the peace process due to its long-standing support for Israel. This video "Imperial Continuity: Palestine, Iraq, and U.S. Policy" (99 min) was produced by University of Washington, May 8, 2003. Care of ResearchChannel.

Shimon Peres, for what is worth

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January 30th, 2007. In Qatar (then Deputy Prime Minister) Israeli President Shimon Peres spoke at a Doha Debates Special event. Peres was questioned on a wide range of issues. (Transcript)

The Challenge of Jerusalem

Geneva, Annapolis and beyond. Panelists: Menachem Klein, a former member of the Israeli political advisory team for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak; Ghaith Al-Omari, a former senior policy advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; Daniel Levy, director of the Prospects for Peace Initiative. (The Century Foundation, New York, NY, Feb 5th, 2008) (by Fora TV)

Battle for the Holy Land: Jerusalem

Neve Gordon, on academic freedom

Neve Gordon, Professor, Department of Politics and Government, Ben-Gurion University (Israel), speaks in defense of academic freedom, comparing US and Israeli situation. (Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago, October 12, 2007). Care of DePaul Academic Freedom Committee, a student organization at DePaul University that seeks to preserve academic freedom on campus.

Jenin Jenin

Jenin Jenin, directed and co-produced by Palestinian actor and director Mohammad Bakri, includes testimony from Jenin residents after the Israeli army's Defensive Wall operation, during which the city and camp were the scenes of fiercefighting. The operation ended with Jenin flattened and scores of Palestinians dead. Palestinians as well as numerous human rights groups accused Israel of committing war crimes in the April 2002 attack on the refugee camp. An interview with Mohammad Bakri on Democracy Now!

Camp David according to Shlomo Ben-Ami

World Affairs Council of Northern California - San Francisco, CA - Feb 9th, 2006. Shlomo Ben-Ami, former Foreign Minister of Israel, former Minister of Public Security, Israel's former Ambassador to Spain and chief Israeli negotiator at the Camp David summit. His point of view.

Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land - U.S. Media & the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict by Media Education Foundation "exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites - oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others - work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported". The film was directed by Bathsheba Ratzkoff and Sut Jhally of the Media Education Foundation. Excerpt and transcript on Democracy Now!

Interview with Mordechai Vanunu

March 24, 2006 (WeAreWideAwake) WAWA's exclusive uncensored interview with Mordechai Vanunu that did not go through Israeli Military censors. Click here to watch it on Windows Media Player (21.3 MB).

Ilan Pappe on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Ilan Pappé, born 1954 in Haifa to German-Jewish parents who had fled Nazi persecution, is one of the "New Historians" who have re-examined and hold controversial views of the history of Israel and of Zionism. He is one of the predominant Israeli supporters of the One State Solution where Palestinians and Israelis can live in one state for two people. He is known for his anti-Zionist opinions and his analysis of Zionism in the colonial context. In 2007, Pappé left his position as a senior lecturer of Political Science at the University of Haifa, claiming that he found it "increasingly difficult to live in Israel" with his "unwelcome views and convictions." He is to join the History Department at the University of Exeter in Britain. (Wikipedia)

Jimmy Carter on "Palestine: Peace not Apartheid"

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September 10, 2007. The original content of this program is licensed by DemocracyNow! under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

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The Doha Debates at the Oxford Union

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The Doha Debates were invited by the Oxford Union to stage this event on May 1st, 2007. This Debate was broadcast on BBC World on May 5th and 6th, 2007. Norman Finkelstein, Martin Indyk, Andrew Cockburn and David Aaronovitch debated the motion: "This House believes the pro-Israeli lobby has successfully stifled Western debate about Israel's actions". The motion was passed by two-thirds of the audience. Transcript.

London Review of Books: Israel Lobby debate

The Israel Lobby: Does it have too much influence on U.S. foreign policy?
Cooper Union (New York City) September 28, 2006. Produced by ScribeMedia.org on behalf of the London Review of Books. Panelists: Shlomo Ben-Ami, Martin Indyk, Tony Judt, Rashid Khalidi, John Mearsheimer, Dennis Ross. Transcript

The Doha Debates: on the Right of Return

This Debate, held in Doha (Qatar) on March 28th, 2007, was broadcast on BBC World on April 14th and 15th, 2007.
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Speaker biographies (Bassem Eid, Ilan Pappe, Yossi Beilin, Ali Abunimah)

Finkelstein debates Shlomo Ben-Ami

Finkelstein v. Dershowitz (part 2)

Finkelstein v. Dershowitz