Current Issues TV and Radio      www.currentissues.tv     Join us Thursday evening April 17  at 8:00 PM central with Miko Peled, Israeli peacemaker, and the son of the late General Matti Peled        "in order to achieve a lasting resolution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, Israel's domination over the land,the people and the discourse must be brought to an end, and the parties must negotiate as equals. At the same time, any effort to bring about such a solution needs to take into account that Israel will not permit such parity willingly and will use all of its power to maintain its domination."   "As I write these words, I realize it is 5 June 2007. I remember that day in June 40 years ago vividly; I was five years old and my father, Matti Peled was a general in the IDF, my brother a lieutenant in the armored corps. We believed that they were part of a long line of Jewish heroes that includes Joshua, King David, the Maccabees and now the IDF; they all had God on their side and were destined to be victorious. Today people around the world talk about the day that the war "broke out," as though war is an entity with a life of its own. But wars rarely break out; they are meticulously planned and carried out by people with the worst intentions. This particular war completed Israel's domination over Palestine, domination for which there seems no end in sight. And today, as my father and several other concerned Israelis predicted forty years ago, young Jewish boys who were raised on the principles of the Jewish democracy, willingly carry out the despicable duties of an occupation army"        On September 4, 1997,  Miko's niece, Smadar Elhanan was walking with friends in Jerusalem to buy books. Two weeks shy of her 14th birthday, Elhanan never came home. She was one of eight people killed by a series of  attacks at Ben Yehuda mall.  Miko's sister Nurit Peled-Elhanan, winner of the 2001 Sakharov Prize, said in an interview with an Israeli media outlet, "It's not the suicide bomber that I'm angry at. It's the occupation."    Current issues with Hesham Tillawi can be viewed Live every Tuesday evenings 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