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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.
Keifah Addera tells her story from Tuwani, how she helped organize the women in Tuwani to realize some amazing accomplishments: sending young women to university and bringing electricity to the village. Tuwani is one of many small villages in Masafer Yatta where olive growers and sheep herders have been beseiged by violent attacks by settlers while living under military rule for 55 years. Since May, Israel has stepped up demolitions of homes in the area; Israel’s plan to expel villagers would be the biggest mass expulsion of Palestinians since the Six-Day war.
This is a story of sumud, resistance and steadfastness against violence by the military and by the illegal settlers.
