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Hesham Tillawi Interviews Joharah Baker at Current Issues TV

ccun.org, November 5, 2007

 

http://easylink.playstream.com/winlive/currentissueslive.asx
 
Current Issues TV  www.currentissues.tv   http://easylink.playstream.com/winlive/currentissueslive.asx
 
http://easylink.playstream.com/winlive/currentissueslive.asxJoin Us today at 6:30 PM Central Time with Joharah Baker. We will discuss the forgotten: Palestinian Men, Women, and Children  kidnapped by Israel, more than 10,000 of them held  in Israeli prisons under the most inhumane conditions that make Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib look like a walk-in-the-park.
 
Joharah Baker has been the Editor-in-Chief of Palestine Report for five years. She also translates and edits reports for Palestinian organizations and international NGOs such as USAID and the World Bank. She is a writer for the Media and Information Programme at the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH).

  From Joharah's latest article " 

"For Israel, killing Palestinians, whether armed members of military groups or unarmed civilians, has become more or less, run-of-the-mill. The world hardly blinks an eye when a Palestinian is killed by Israeli soldiers, settlers or in this case, prison wardens. Perhaps this is partly because the Palestinians are on such unfortunate standing these days with the international community, that in some twisted way, their lives are deemed less valuable than others. But mostly, this imbalance in the sanctity and value of human life – especially between an Israeli and a Palestinian one – is due to the complex and intricate web of deception Israel has weaved around the definition of Palestinian." Read More...

            
 
No More Wars For Israel Conference
 
 
  

Hesham Tillawi Keynote speech at the No More Wars For Israel Conference
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3832784085187827936&pr=goog-sl

55 min 48 sec - Oct 25, 2007
Average rating:   (27 ratings)
Description: The No More Wars For Israel Conference was held in Irvine, California on October 12-14. Hesham Tillawi of Current Issues TV was the Keynote speaker. The war on Iraq was made for Israel, if you don't believe it watch this video. Hesham Tillawi proves beyond a reasonable doubt with documents that Mearshiemer and Walt were wrong, Ben Laden did not attack us because of our policy in the Middle East

 Current issues with Hesham Tillawi can be viewed Live every Tuesday evening at 7:30 and Thursday at 6:30 PM Central Standard Time on Cox Cable system Channel 15 in Louisiana as well as Live on the Internet at www.currentissues.tv and can be contacted at Tillawi@currentissues.tv The show is also broadcast on Bridges TV via cable, satellite, and broadband and on Amazonas satellite World Wide. Current Issues the radio show airs live around the World on Broadband and shortwave 5.050 and many stations around the U.S. every Saturday 4-6 PM Central Time on www.republicbroadcasting.org



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