Videos, Letters, & Announcements, October 8, 2010

Current Issues TV with Hesham Tillawi www.currentissues.tv

Allan Hart thinks MOSSAD agents may have planned the 9/11 attacks.

Watch these two youtube videos to see the Interview Current Issues TV with Hesham Tillawi recently did with Alan Hart.

Alan Hart, correspondent for ITN’s News At Ten and the BBC’s Panorama programme (covering wars and conflicts wherever they were taking place in the world).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXX_1Rs-FU8 Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Cd8akUPYU Part 2

Hesham Tillawi, PhD International Relations is a Palestinian American writer, Political Analyst and a TV and Radio Talk Show Host. His program Current issues with Hesham Tillawi can be viewed Live every Thursday evening at 6:30 PM Central Standard Time on Cox Cable system Channel 15 in Louisiana, LUSFiber Channel, Nationwide on Bridges TV, and Worldwide on Amazonas Satellite, as well as Live on the Internet at http://www.currentissues.tv and can be contacted at tillawi@currentissues.tv Interviews then archived for on demand viewing at www.currentissues.tv Radio show broadcast on RBN www.republicbroadcasting.org every Saturday at 4-6 PM Central Time

I was talking this morning to Jumoke Fashola, BBC Radio London. We discussed music, Gaza, Jazza, OHE's new album, Robert Wyatt, Israel, Palestine and life in general. You may find it interesting.

Zionist groups brace for loss as Nancy Kaufman prepares to leave Metro Section, Boston Globe

Dear Editor,

With Palestinian sympathizers, Kaufman's leaving should be a grand celebration. This woman has done more harm through fund raisers, and having paid for our politicians' trips to Israel.

We wonder whether Mayor Menino and other politicians had a chance to see the dreadful condition of the Palestinians when they were invited to Israel. Most don't see the truth. Further, they are paid dearly by strictly pro-Israel PACs, groups mentioned in this writing, to keep their mouths shut.

We pro-Palestinian protesters recall clearly when Kaufman spoke out on television, calling the Episcopalian ministers, "bigots." They were merely trying to show (reveal) the Palestinian side of things, something Kaufman would never do.

Great that she is leaving Massachusetts. New York would be a much better setting for this miscreant.

It's a crude thrust to write that there is any Islamic anti-Semitism, or even to bring up Islam in this article. The Jewish people, with their misleading ideology and one-sided love for Israel, have caused much of the anti-Semitism seen here and in Europe.

Goodbye, Nancy!
Sincerely,

Paul Bradford
Carol Rae Bradford
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Groups Nancy Kaufman has been working with:

AIPAC
National Council of Jewish Women
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Jewish Community Relations Council, JCRC
A 40-member organization
The David Project
Americans for Peace + Tolerance, founded
by Chas. Jacobs, a pro-Israel group

PRESS RELEASE
1st October 2010

Allah’s existence to be debated at UK’s leading mosque.

On the 21st October, ‘The Muslim Debate Initiative’ is hosting an exclusive event at The London Muslim centre – the UK’s leading Mosque. For the first time, the doors of a British mosque will be open to the public to critically discuss Islam, in particular the Muslim concept of God. The event has been hailed as a confirmation that the British Muslim community is willing to engage in critical dialogue concerning their faith, with fellow non-Muslim citizens.

The discussion will feature:

Dr Brendan Larvor. Representing the British Humanist Association, Dr Larvor, studied philosophy and mathematics at Balliol College, Oxford, before embarking on a brief career as a systems analyst. He resumed his studies in philosophy, with an MA from Queen' s University, Ontario before returning to Balliol to write a doctoral thesis on the philosophy of mathematics of Imre Lakatos. He taught at the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford, before joining Hertfordshire in 1997.

Adam Deen. A former Islam channel presenter and Muslim philosopher who has been working in the field of Muslim apologetics for almost a decade, Adam has contributed to debates on issues ranging from religious philosophy and theology. His work draws on contemporary philosophy to defend Islam in debates. He has appeared on mainstream TV defending theism. He is also a researcher for EMRC, the European Muslim Research Centre and runs a popular blog www.adamdeen.com

Note to Editors:

The Muslim Debate Initiative, is a grassroots-to-high level project, formed by experienced Muslim debaters, apologists, political analysts, researchers and speakers from all sections of the Muslim community. MDI aims at promoting open debate, dialogue, discourse and discussion between all sections of the community.

MDI (The Muslim Debate initiative) presents: Does Allah exist?

Date: Thursday, 21st October 2010, time: 6.15pm - 8.30pm,

Venue: London Muslim Centre (adjacent to East London Mosque): 46-92 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1JX. www.londonmuslimcentre.org.uk

For all media enquiries and to attend this event please contact MDI at media@thedebateinitiative.com or on 078431 26715.

Activists Refuse to be Intimidated

CHICAGO, October 6, 2010

In the aftermath of FBI raids in Chicago and elsewhere directed at peace activists in Chicago and elsewhere around the U.S., activists gathered in Chicago on Wednesday, October 6 at Grace United Methodist Church (3325 W. Wrightwood) to raise funds to send a U.S. Boat to Gaza as part of the next Gaza Freedom Flotilla (www.ustogaza.org/).

Israel’s military assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla earlier this year has increased international scrutiny of Israel’s illegal siege of Gaza. Activists internationally are working to send another flotilla to break the blockade and highlight Israel’s violations of international law before the end of 2010.

One of the speakers was Colonel Ann Wright. Colonel Ann Wright is a former United States Army colonel and retired official of the U.S. State Department, known for her outspoken opposition to the Iraq War. She is most noted for having been one of three State Department officials to publicly resign in protest of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. She was a passenger on the Challenger 1, which, with the Mavi Marmara, was part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was attacked in international waters while trying to break the blockade and take humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Due to the recent FBI raids targeting peace and solidarity activists across the U.S., a member of the legal defense team for Chicago activists will also address the audience.

Perhaps one of the more dramatic points in the program will take place when Kevin Clark, Midwest coordinator for the Free Gaza Movement, issues a challenge to those attending the event regarding responding to intimidation from the FBI and other governmental agencies.

While the program will start at 7:00 PM with musical entertainment, the news media should plan being present no later than 7:45 PM.