Understanding Israel Palestine

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Jamie Jackson

I want to promote more honest discussions about the situation in Israel-Palestine. Israel claims the right to exist as a Jewish state, a theocracy that gives legal rights to Jews while denying basic human rights to non-Jews. Israel’s viewpoint dominates US political decisions and is almost never questioned in the mainstream media. The viewpoint of Palestinians is not only ignored, it is being censored. As a Jew I feel especially called on to promote actions that can help bring about both peace and justice for all people in Israel-Palestine.

Jeremy Rothe-Kushel

Jeremy Rothe-Kushel is a permaculturally-informed, emancipatorily-biased & public interest-based all-source/open-source intelligence analyst, documentarian & broadcaster, and a producer of futureroots & hiphop music.

He has a working background in permaculture design and implementation, and music production, performance and education.  

As a Jewish American patriot of conscience, he sees both a moral responsibility & political necessity in honestly addressing the Jewish & American roles in supporting the occupation politics that extend from within Israel Palestine to here at home in the United States.

Keith Washburn

Keith Washburn comes to KKFI with some previous radio experience, mostly in racing. He has broadcast races from I-70 Speedway on 610 AM and hosted the Quarter Mile Review on Racing Boys Network.

Margot Patterson

Margot Patterson is a writer and editor. Most of her experience has been in print journalism, frequently writing on U.S. foreign policy and the Middle East. In 2019 she and co-hosts Jamie Jackson and Jeremy Rothe-Kushel started “Understanding Israel-Palestine,” a now-weekly program that seeks to provide listeners with a more informed perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than is often available in the mainstream press. She is a long-time contributor to KKFI’s “Jaws of Justice” program and has interviewed a wide range of policy experts, criminologists, law enforcement officials and former inmates on topics ranging from juvenile justice detention, mass incarceration and police training to domestic extremism, human trafficking, solitary confinement and new technologies of incarceration.

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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.

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