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Listen to the July 19, 2009 talk at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society by Sol Thea Kelley-Jones and Nathan Beck: "When Breathing is Defiance: Stories from Occupied Palestine". Also listen to the April 12, 2009 talk at Prairie by Sol Thea Kelley-Jones on "Conversations in Conflict". This was while her play, The Birds that are Your Hands, was being performed at Broom Street Theater. The play deals with those enclosed by borders and walls in Palestine and at the Mexican/US border. Also hear her April interview by Matt Rothschild at http://66.170.18.164/playlists/jones09.mp3.
Read New Testimony From Gaza describing testimony by Israeli soldiers that a policy set by top commanders led to unnecessary civilian deaths and massive physical damage in the recent Gaza action, in The American Prospect, July 15, 2009. Listen to Matt Rothschild's Jan. 2009 interview of Jennifer Loewenstein, the Associate Director of the Middle East Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a leading expert on the impact of Israeli policies on Gaza and the West Bank, via the mp3 download link at http://www.progressive.org/radio/loewenstein09.html. Read the Capital Times 1/27/09 story about Amira Hanania, a Palestinian journalist on the West Bank, at http://www.madison.com/tct/top5/434932. She spoke on campus in January, and is a key subject in the documentary film Live from Bethlehem, which premiered before her talk. A video of an interview of the UW's Matt Sienkiewicz, the film's producer/cinematographer, at http://www.wpt.org/directorscut/203sienkiewicz.cfm, has several clips from the film. You can listen to Matt Rothschild interview Amira Hanania at http://www.progressive.org/radio/hanania09.html. Read the Michael Billington review of Seven Jewish Children in The Guardian and the Tony Kushner/Alisa Solomon article 'Tell Her the Truth' in The Nation. Listen to Matt Rothschild's Aug. 2008 interview of Father Elias Chacour, the Archbishop of Galilee of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, at http://66.170.18.164/playlists/chacour08.mp3. See the related website of Pilgrims of Ibillin, which is "dedicated to supporting organizations and individuals committed to achieving peaceful coexistence and mutual respect among Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities" in Israel/Palestine. Listen to Matt Rothschild's April 28, 2008 interview of Dr. Ghada Karmi, author of "In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story" and "Married to Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine" at http://66.170.18.164/playlists/karmi08.mp3. Listen to Matt Rothschild's April 2008 interview of Amira Hass, a reporter for the Israeli paper Ha'aretz, at http://66.170.18.164/audio/haasx08.mp3. Listen to Rachel Corrie - Witness In Palestine, a 1/27/08 Spirit In Action program by Eau Claire Quaker Mark Helpsmeet, at http://madisonwi.us/WIDE-LP/Citywide/wh/Tue/SIA080127RACHELCORRIE.MP3. The program includes part of the October 2006 memorial service for Rachel Corrie held at the UU Fellowship in Eau Claire, where Rachel's aunt has been a long time member. See also the websites of the Madison-Rafah Journal, American Jews for a Just Peace, B'Tselem, Foundation for Middle East Peace, CodePink: Israel & Palestine, and the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice. |