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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.
In this episode Hamed Qawasmeh describes the work of the Hebron International Resource Network (HIRN), a collective coordinated by him that helps Palestinians facing threats from the Israeli occupation such as land confiscation, home demolitions, and difficulty crossing checkpoints. Our discussion turned to the challenges of responding quickly to people’s needs using grant money and the pitfalls of the international development agenda. Finally we turned our attention toward the fate of the residents of Masafer Yatta, now living under threat of eviction after an Israeli Supreme Court decision last year.
