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PeaceCast is a podcast produced in Washington by Americans for Peace Now, the sister-organization of Israel’s preeminent peace movement, exploring issues and trends relating to peace and security for Israel, focusing on Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians and efforts to resolve it. If you care about Israel, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, about Israel’s future as a democracy and a Jewish state, this podcast is for you. Episodes feature experts, activists, advocates and scholars whose work or passion is Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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Now displaying: January, 2020

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Jan 31, 2020

Joel Singer was the Israeli legal architect of the Oslo Agreements. He is an expert on annexation and what it means for Israel and prospects for peace. 
His full biography is available on his web site, where he runs a blog, which includes an article referred to in this conversation. 

To support this podcast please donate here: https://peacenow.org/donate

Jan 30, 2020

This episode features a conversation with Daoud Kuttab, a veteran Palestinian journalist who splits his time between the West Bank and Amman, Jordan. He is the Director-General of the Community Media Network in Amman and a regular contributor to leading publications in both English and Arabic.

Check out his and his very active Twitter account  and his web site 

Jan 22, 2020

Hadar Susskind is a longtime activist and Jewish nonprofit professional. Currently, he is the campaign director for Hatikvah Slate, a slate that several progressive Jewish organizations – including Americans for Peace Now – have put together to run for the World Zionist Congress.

Hatikvah’s web site

Haaretz story about Hatikvah Slate and the WZO elections

Jan 13, 2020

This episode features a conversation with Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch. Shakir investigates and documents human rights abuses in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.

We talked about his recent deportation from Israel and about Human Rights Watch’s new report, Born Without Civil Rights.

Omar’s bio: https://www.hrw.org/about/people/omar-shakir

A link to the report: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/palestine1219_web_0.pdf

PeaceCast’s April 9th, 2018  interview with Omar: https://peacenow.libsyn.com/38-snipers-on-the-gaza-border

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