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Understanding Israel Palestine
This show is inspired by Citizens for Justice in the Middle East, a local group that has advocated for 20 years for a fair and even-handed U.S. foreign policy that recognizes the rights of both Palestinians and Israelis. Our program offers interviews with journalists, scholars, policy experts and activists to offer multiple perspectives, and to clarify the underlying issues that are often obscured by headline news.
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson was chief of staff to General Colin Powell when Powell was Secretary of State from 2001-2005. Wilkerson offers his insider perspective on the U.S.-Israeli “special relationship,” which he says has left Israel feeling immune from investigation, prosecution or accountability for any crimes it commits. The U.S. accedes to these crimes and even affirms them. Wilkerson discusses the price tag paid by U.S. politicians and diplomats who do speak honestly about Israeli offences, the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the effect of the Citizens United ruling, the causes of the Iraq war.
