Against Models and Solutions - Towards a Bi-National Thinking

In the present podcast, we bring you the last of our three part series, presenting highlights from the international conference, Building a Future Together: Alternatives to the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which took place in Bethlehem, on 2-3 December 2005. This lecture is from Dr. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, titled Against Models and Solutions: Towards a Bi-National Thinking. Dr. Raz-Krakotzkin is a senior lecturer in Jewish History at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva.

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Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Against Israel

In this podcast, we continue presenting highlights from the International conference, Building a Future Together: Alternatives to the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which took place in Bethlehem, on 2-3 December 2005. Today, we bring you a lecture by Dr. Majed Nassar, titled Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Against Israel. Dr Nassar is Executive Director of the Palestinian Health Work Committees and is member of the Board of Directors of the Alternative Information Center (AIC).

Listen to this podcast: {audio}http://alternativenews.googlepages.com/AIC.NfW.MajedNassar_April19_2007.mp3{/audio} 

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Local and International Perspectives on a Two State Solution

In the next few podcasts, we will be bringing you some highlights from the International conference, Building a Future Together: Alternatives to the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which took place in Bethlehem, Palestine on 2-3 December 2005. The conference was jointly organized by the Alternative Information Center, the Palestinian Health Works Committee, and the Alternative Tourism Group. On this show, we bring you a lecture by Virginia Tilley titled Local and International Perspectives on a Two State Solution. Virginia Tilley is a professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in NY and author of The One-State Solution: A Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Deadlock from the University of Michigan Press. 

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Israel Responsibile for over One Billion Dollars in Damage to East Jerusalem Palestinians

In a press conference, held on 14 March 2007, Shir Hever, economist and researcher for the Alternative Information Center (AIC), presented findings from his recently published bulletin titled The Separation Wall in East Jerusalem-Economic Consequences. He discussed the damage that the Wall has and continues to produce for the population of East Jerusalem, and how this impacts the future prospects for achieving a just peace for both the Palestinians and Israelis.

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International Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations

On Feb 6 2007, the Alternative Information Center (AIC) and the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), jointly hosted a lecture by Judge Juan Guzman at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem. Judge Guzman is a retired Chilean judge who became internationally famous for being the first judge to prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, after Pinochets return to Chile following more than a year of house arrest in London, England. He spoke together with Israeli human rights lawyer, Lea Tsemel on International Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations: The Experience in Latin America and its Relation to the Situation in Palestine. 

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