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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/22/Excavating_Memory_in_Jerusalem Saree Makdisi, author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, argues that one ulterior motive for Israel's separation barriers is to "render Palestinians invisible to Jewish colonists." Makdisi shows photos demonstrating how Israel attempts to disguise the walls. ----- In 2004, construction began in Jerusalem on the local branch of the Los Angeles-based Museum of Tolerance, designed by the leading American architect, Frank Gehry. The museum is now being built over the remains of what had been the largest and most important Muslim cemetery in Palestine, which had been in continual use from the time of the Crusades up until 1948. The clash between the two competing claims to the same site offers a paradigmatic case to explore and rethink the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, since all of the elements of the larger conflict are also in play in the struggle over this specific site. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation Professor Saree Makdisi is a professor of English Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of several books on British Romanticism, his area of expertise. He also writes on contemporary Arab politics and culture. Makdisi is the nephew of the late Edward Said and the grandson of Anis Makdisi, a distinguished professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut. Widely published in his academic area, Makdisi has also written many commentaries on Palestine for publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, London Review of Books and the San Francisco Chronicle. In 2008, Makdisi published his book Palestine Inside Out: Everyday Occupation. The book combines the personal experiences of daily life under occupation with an analysis of how the occupation functions as a whole.

Douglas Rickard shares how President Ahmadinejad is mirroring Adolf Hitler, how history will record whether you take a stand or not and what to do next http://www.douglasrickard.com http://www.cufi.org

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/20/Uncommon_Knowledge_Robert_Baer_and_Victor_Davis_Hanson Former CIA Operative Robert Baer and syndicated columnist Victor Davis Hanson analyze Israel's threat to "strike" Iran over that country's alleged nuclear program. Baer believes the threat will be realized, while Hanson argues that the US government has very little leverage within Israeli politics and would have limited ability to stop an attack from happening. ----- Does Iran possess the ability to produce nuclear weapons? Both Bob Baer and Victor Hanson agree that it does. On the questions that flow from this assertion, agreement is more difficult to find. What does Iran hope to accomplish by developing the bomb? Can the United States live with a nuclear Iran? Can Israel? Israeli Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh in an October interview asserted "If no crippling sanctions are in place by Christmas, Israel will strike...if we are left alone, we will act alone." Does Israel possess the ability to destroy the Iranian nuclear program? With each month bringing another deception and diversion from Iran, what can the United States do to prevent a conflagration in the Middle East? - Hoover Institution Robert Baer was a CIA case officer in the Directorate of Operations from 1976 to 1997, where he served in Middle Eastern countries, including Iraq and Lebanon. His latest book is The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower. Victor Davis Hanson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor emeritus at California University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He was a full-time farmer before joining CSU Fresno, in 1984 to initiate a classics program. Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge.

The British Foreign Secretary, Mr.David Miliband, says Britain intends to reinvigorate Middle East talks aimed at securing some form of durable peace settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.

The former Palestinian negotiator and now academic, Ahmad Khalidi, has been speaking to a London audience about life in Gaza and the political options for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Jackie and Dunlap talk with Joe The Plumber/Reporter, live from Gaza. Get the Red State Update CD at Amazon, iTunes, or http://www.redstateupdate.com Distributed by Tubemogul.

Various academics and Middle East experts meet in London to discuss the latest developments in the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians; and give their opinions on the new US Administration s foreign policy for the region.

http://www.instablogs.com/ India rejects Pakistani claim In the past two decades Pakistan has time and again launched two genres of war against India. First, the proxy war: wherein it clandestinely supported violent militant activities on the Indian soil. Second, the propaganda war meant to conceal its own nefarious designs and malign India for nothing. The recent Pakistani tantrum toes the same line. It has come under increasing international pressure to rein in terror groups following the Mumbai terror strikes. Caught in the eye of the storm, it has come up with yet another fantabulous concoction of Indian fighter planes violating the Pakistani airspace near Lahore and PoK. When the world refused to buy its story, the so called space violation was comfortably scaled down to technical incursion with no cause of alarm. Will Pakistan ever mend its ways? Hamas celebrates founding anniversary Over 300,000 flag-waving Palestinians attended a mass rally in Gaza on Sunday marking the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Hamas movement. Addressing the crowd, Palestinian de facto Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh vowed once again not to recognize the authority of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after his term expires on 9 January based on Palestinian constitution. He also pledged to compensate Palestinian pilgrims from Gaza who were prevented from going on the Hajj to Mecca due to Hamas' ongoing conflict with Abbas' Fatah movement. Haniyeh's speech had been billed as a 'State of the Gaza Strip' address. Haniyeh also criticized Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip, labeling it a "dirty war" against the civilian population of the Strip. Child Begging in Pkaistan Begging has become a routine experience in all parts of the country including educational institutes, ordinaries and even inside omni-buses. A large number of beggars are children under the age of 10 years who are not sent by their families to school for learning on account of their poverty. These children frequently get taunts and many a times abusive remarks from people who get irritated at their persistent requests for money. Around midday these poor children roam about restaurants in the hope of getting free food. In some parts of the country these poor children are subjected to sexual abuse and it is not hard to see that their experiences of open deprivation from basic life needs are likely to turn them into dysfunctional members of a reckless society. We certainly need more organizations like Children Foundation to save these kids from complete destruction. Mexican kidnappings An independent Mexican watchdog group, Citizen's Council for Public Security and Justice says more than 15,000 have been kidnapped across the nation since 1986. Official figures show 954 kidnappings from January 1 to November 30 2008, but rights groups say there are three to five more cases to each one reported. Since 1971, 856 kidnap victims have been killed, in a trend that is very much so on the increase. The explosive growth in the number of kidnappings can be explained by the participation of security forces, directly or indirectly, by selling protection, as well as negligence or incompetence. http://www.instablogs.com/

It is a city torn by politics and war, but whatever a citizens' race or religion, much of their customary street food is the same. Street Food asks what this says about a shared identity and how much hope it offers for the future?