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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.
An offstage Voice begins the play It’s What We Do by Pam Nice, prompting each of three Israeli soldiers to tell their stories of military actions in the occupied territories, actions they personally witnessed and participated in, actions that changed them immensely. Inspired to write her play, It’s What We Do, Nice used testimonies collected by Breaking the Silence, an organization founded in 2004 to give voice to the experiences of veteran Israeli soldiers. The play was first performed onstage in 2015. A video of the play was released in January 2018 and is now posted on youtube, enabling audiences around the world to gain a better understanding of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
