The Takeover of Gaza: What Next?
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- Written by Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center
- Published: 02 December 2007 02 December 2007
For the next few podcasts, we will bring to you highlights from the conference, The Bilbao Initiative: Another Future is Possible, held in Bethlehem on Friday, 27 July 2007.
Endorsed in 2003, by over 20 Palestinian and Israeli organizations, the Bilbao Declaration presents the minimum conditions under which a just and lasting peace can be formed, as well as providing a concrete foundation upon which Palestinian and Israeli activists can work together.
Over 100 Palestinian, Israeli and international social activists met at the conference, to jointly analyze the current political situation, endorse the Bilbao Declaration and form a steering committee to update this 2003 document for use in future joint advocacy.
In this show, we bring you the lecture of Dr. Majed Nassar, titled, “The Takeover of Gaza: What Next?” Dr. Nassar is Deputy Director of the Palestinian Health Works Committee (HWC) and a board member of the Alternative Information Center (AIC).
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Cheap Wars and Israel's Roaring Economy: An Interview with Political Economist Jonathan Nitzan
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- Written by Shir Hever and Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center Shir Hever and Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center
- Published: 02 December 2007 02 December 2007
On Monday, July 23, 2007, Shir Hever, economic researcher with the Alternative Information Center (AIC), interviewed, Prof. Jonathan Nitzan about two recent articles which he co-authored with Shimshon Bichler, titled “Cheap Wars” and “Israel’s Roaring Economy.”
Jonathan Nitzan is a professor of Political Economy at York University in Toronto Canada and the author of numerous articles and books dealing with the regional and international political economy, including The Global Political Economy of Israel, published in English in 2002, which he co-authored with frequent collaborator, Shimshon Bichler.
The publications of Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler, including the articles discussed in this interview, are freely available from The Bichler and Nitzan Archives at www.bnarchives.net.
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Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Part II
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- Written by Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center
- Published: 09 September 2007 09 September 2007
Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict, Part II
On 19th of June 2007 in West Jerusalem, Clemens Messerschmid presented the second of a two-part lecture series sponsored by the Alternative Information Center, titled Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict. Mr. Messerschmid is a German hydrogeologist who has worked for many years on international water projects in the West Bank.
In this lecture, Clemens focuses on the hydro-political developments during the Oslo and post-Oslo periods up to the present, examining the diverging agendas of Palestinians and
Israelis, and also of the donor states and their water projects.
Finally, Clemens presents a critical discussion of possible solutions to the situation, examining their technical and political merits.
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Till the Last Drop, The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank
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- Written by Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center
- Published: 09 September 2007 09 September 2007
Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict
On June 12th 2007, at the Daila center in West Jerusalem, Clemens Messerschmid, presented the first of a two-part lecture series sponsored by the Alternative Information Center, titled Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict. Mr. Messerschmid is a German hydrogeologist who has worked for many years on international water projects in the West Bank.
He introduced the physical settings of water resources in the region and their extremely asymmetrical allocation between the Palestinians and Israelis.
In addition, he gave an introduction to the hydrogeology of the shared aquifers and an overview of the historical development of their utilization, focusing on the years of overt occupation between the 1967 War and The Oslo Interim Agreement of September 1995.
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Binational Currents in Israel and Palestine on the Anniversary of 40 Years of Occupation
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- Written by Benjamin Fribley, Michael Warschawski and Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center Benjamin Fribley, Michael Warschawski and Bryan Atinsky, Alternative Information Center
- Published: 19 June 2007 19 June 2007
On 12 June, the Alternative Information Center (AIC) spoke with Michael Warschawski, longtime Israeli political observer and analyst, as well as co-founder of the AIC, about understanding binationalism in both an Israeli and Palestinian context, against the backdrop of 40 years of occupation. We spoke to him about the Israeli/Palestinian peace movement in the light of the larger struggle against globalization and neo-colonialism, as well as discuss some issues regarding the future of the peace movement in Israel, including one of its more controversial figures, Tali Fahima.
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