Citizens for Justice in the Middle East provided our inspiration for this show. For twenty years CJME has advocated for a fair and even-handed U.S. foreign policy. CJME believes an even-handed policy should recognize the rights of both Palestinians and Israelis. An even-handed policy should work for a political solution promoting those rights. Thus, CJME’s mission has been to educate people about the injustices created by the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories.
This show extends that mission. For anyone confused about the current impasse, we offer historical information that helps explain it. For anyone who has been hearing only a one-sided narrative that lacks balance and context, we offer a balanced narrative.
Accordingly, we broadcast interviews with journalists, scholars, policy experts and activists who provide perspectives from both sides. In contrast to headline news that focus on the what but not the why, our programs clarify underlying issues. The programs reveal the counter-productive role the United States has played over the years in supporting one side over the other.
Public debate about the oppression of Palestinians continues to be stifled. For this reason, we offer these programs as a resource for those seeking truthful, uncensored information about relations between Israel, Palestine and the United States. Furthermore, we hope these programs get people to listen, learn, and do their own research into what is and has been taking place in Israel Palestine.
Recent Episodes
April 16, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Palestine Exception
Author Mitchell Plitnick discusses his new book "Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics" and speaks of why he and co-author Marc Lamont Hill believe U.S. liberals and progressives must include a concern for Palestinian human rights in their agenda.
ListenApril 9, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “The Israel Lobby and the Iraq War” with Greg McCarron and Jeremy Rothe-Kushel from The AnteDote (4/9/21)
In commemoration of the recent 18th anniversary of the launch of the Iraq War, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel curates and plays an excerpt of a live recording from March 20, 2021 by the co-hosts of The AnteDote (Greg McCarron & Jeremy Rothe-Kushel), from an AnteDote DeepCore: Texts room on Clubhouse where part of chapter 8 "Iraq and Dreams of Transforming the Middle East" from the 2007 book "The Israel Lobby & US Foreign Policy" by John Mearsheimer & Stephen Walt was read and discussed. In this chapter Mearsheimer and Walt assert with thorough factual backing, that the Israel Lobby as a whole, was a, if not the, central policy driver of the United States-led Iraq War in 2003.
ListenMarch 26, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
We Are Not Numbers in Gaza
Issam Adwan, project manager for We Are Not Numbers, talks about the program's pairing of youth in Gaza with Western journalists and writers who act as mentors in helping them write about life in Gaza for Western readers.
ListenMarch 19, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “Solutionary Ideas Beyond the Two State Solution” with Jonathan Kuttab (3/19/21)
For this week's program, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel interviews international human rights attorney and long-time Palestinian legal and civil society advocate Jonathan Kuttab about his solutionary ideas put forth upon the release of his book "Beyond the Two State Solution."
ListenMarch 5, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
“Facebook, We Need to Talk”
Seattle Activists with Jewish Voice for Peace discuss the "Facebook, We Need to Talk" Campaign, which urges Facebook to resist pressure to include criticism of Israel in its hate-speech policies.
ListenFebruary 26, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls – “Can Israel be both Jewish and Democratic?” & “Conflating Judaism & Zionism: Bad for the Jews” with Richard Silverstein (2/26/21)
For this week's show, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel speaks with Richard Silverstein about his recent journalism on matters suppressed by Israeli censors, and his upcoming webinar with Avraham Burg titled "Can Israel be both Jewish and Democratic?" based upon his article "Conflating Judaism & Zionism: Bad for the Jews."
ListenFebruary 12, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Settler Violence Escalates in Israel
Lara Friedman, director of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, discusses the increase in Jewish settlements and settler violence in the West Bank during the past year. For years Jewish settlers have harassed Palestinians, destroying their crops and trees and physically attacking them, with no consequences. Violence has increased recently with the Israeli state and settlers trying to gain maximum advantage before the Biden administration takes over. The new administration gives little sign of pushing back.
ListenFebruary 5, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls – “Epstein/Wexner/MEGA, Maxwell/Microsoft, NSA/Neuberger & the Compromising Intent of Israeli Cyber Espionage” w/ Whitney Webb (2/5/21) Copy
This week's show, a compilation of interview segments with journalist Whitney Webb put together by Jeremy Rothe-Kushel, focuses on the intent of Israeli cyber espionage & the networks of power behind the Israeli military intelligence-sponsored Epstein Maxwell compromise operation, hoping to further "Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls."
ListenJanuary 22, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
“The Process of Judaizing Has Been Completed” Copy
Founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Jeff Halper discusses Israel's settler colonial project -- its drive to transform an Arab country into a Jewish one through home demolitions in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel itself.
ListenJanuary 1, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
2020 Interviews: Looking Back to Look Forward
The Rev. Alex Awad, a Palestinian Christian, discusses Evangelical Christians' blind support for Israel. Mideast expert Dr. James Zogby speaks of Congress' responsibility for Israel's de facto annexation of the West Bank. Grant Smith of IMREP discusses the Israel lobby's efforts in Virginia and the U.S.' blind eye to Israeli espionage.
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