Matthew Berkman's Ph.D. dissertation, "Coercive Consensus: Jewish Federations, Ethnic Representation, and the Roots of American Pro-Israel Politics," explores the evolution of the Israel lobby and today's influence from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on domestic elections and foreign policy decisions. Although Berkman is a strong supporter of justice,...
In May a decades-long legal battle ended with the Israeli Supreme Court ruling that Palestinians living in an area in the south Hebron Hills in the Occupied West Bank could be forcibly expelled from their homes to make way for an Israeli firing zone. The ruling affects some 1200 Palestinians...
Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “From the Architects of Repression to Transcending the Israel Lobby at Home & Abroad” with Walter Hixson (3-4-22) For this week's episode, producer Jeremy Rothe-Kushel speaks with diplomatic & cultural historian, Walter Hixson about his book "Architects of Repression: How Israel and Its Lobby...
Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — “From Imperialism & War to Architects of Repression: Settler Colonialism & the US-Israel Special Relationship” with Walter Hixson (12-17-21) For this week's episode, producer Jeremy Rothe-Kushel speaks with cultural historian and author Walter Hixson about his recently published books "Architects of Repression: How Israel...
Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — "Psychoanalysis Under Occupation; Practicing Resistance in Palestine" with Lara & Stephen Sheehi (Part 2 -- 12-10-21) For this week's program, we listen to the second part of producer Jeremy Rothe-Kushel's interview with Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi, co-authors of the recently published and groundbreaking...
Understanding Israel Palestine: Beyond the Walls — "Psychoanalysis Under Occupation; Practicing Resistance in Palestine" with Lara & Stephen Sheehi (Part 1 -- 11-19-21) For this week's program, we listen to the first part of Jeremy Rothe-Kushel's interview with Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi, co-authors of the recently published and groundbreaking book...
For this week’s show, producer Jeremy Rothe-Kushel speaks with Kirby Sommers, author of books like "Jeffrey Epstein: Predator, Spy" & "Ghislaine Maxwell: An Unauthorized Biography" and an advocate for victims of sex trafficking, about what the deep political background of espionage not covered in the upcoming Ghislaine Maxwell trial can...
In beginning to critically deconstruct the key role of the Anti Defamation League in the Israel Lobby, producer Jeremy Rothe-Kushel speaks with Jewish American Journalist & Pro-Palestinian activist Jeffrey Blankfort, about his work to expose the ADL and its collaborators for colluding with apartheid Israel and South Africa on espionage...
