The Erasure of Palestine - Farsakh, Loewenstein & Bennis (Panel I)- Palestine Center Annual Conference 2009

The 2009 Palestine Center Annual Conference - First Panel - PalestineCenter on blip.tv: "The 2009 Palestine Center Annual Conference - First Panel"
13 November 2009
Washington DC - The Palestine Center

First Panel Chaired by: Nadia Hijab
Featuring:
Leila Farsakh, Asst. Prof. Univ. Of Mass. - Boston
Jennifer Loewenstein, ICAHD USA
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies



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GRITtv: Phyllis Bennis: Israel Discourse has Changed

GRITtv: Phyllis Bennis: Israel Discourse has Changed:

"Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and the Transnational Institute wants politicians, particularly President Obama, to know that criticizing Israel is no longer political suicide. Despite Republican fearmongering, 78% of Jewish voters supported Obama, and the rise of the new, pro-peace J Street lobby, which held its first convention this week, did not happen in a vacuum. The discourse, she notes, has changed and Americans no longer wholeheartedly support militaristic policies in Israel. There is room for debate on these issues, and politicians should fear hiding from it more than they fear addressing the issues."



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Peace by Piece with Phyllis Bennis: The Goldstone Report and Current Issues on Palestine

Peace by Piece with Phylis Bennis:

Discussion of the Goldstone Report and current issues in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.

Guest: Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Author of 'Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer'




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GRITtv: Boycotting Israel (Phyllis Bennis, Diana Buttu, Neve Gordon)

GRITtv: Boycotting Israel:

"International pressure is mounting on Israel to end the occupation. More than 1,000 filmmakers, actors, and writers recently called for a protest of the Toronto Film Festival?s spotlight on Tel-Aviv. You can read the Toronto Declaration here. Meanwhile an international boycott is growing. Neve Gordon, in a recent editorial, explains why it is time to boycott Israel. Since then he has received harsh criticism from within Israel but also a great deal of support. He says that The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctionscampaign is the only way to save Israel from itself. Launched by Palestinian activists in 2005 the BDS movement has now become a global effort. Diana Buttu, a former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization, Gordon, a senior lecturer at Ben-Gurion Univesity and the author of Israel's Occupation, and Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies on organizing to end the occupation. To find out more about what you can do visit endtheoccupation.org."



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Phyllis Bennis Addresses Veterans for Peace Convention (2 Parts)

Part 1 : Phillis Bennis Addresses Veterans for Peace Convention:

Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies Spoke at VFP (Veterans for Peace) National Convention, August 5 - 9, 2009

Saturday 7pm, Grand Ballroom, U-MD Student Union

Part 1



Part 2

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Phyllis Bennis on Netanyahu's speech

The Real News Network interview with Phyllis Bennis



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Hearts and Minds: US & Israel Lobby - Phyllis Bennis, Norman Finkelstein, Alon Ben-Meir (2 parts)

Hearts and Minds /US and Israel lobby/12 /05/ 2009/ part1:

The full show is now available on the first video shown here

"The US and Israel lobby and its effects on peace process."

w/ Norman Finkelstein, Phyllis Bennis, and Alon Ben-Meir.



The following are the first two parts amounting to the first half of the show. I added them before the full show was available and will leave them for convenience purposes.

Part 1


Part 2


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Israel's Assault on Gaza by Phyllis Bennis

Israel's Assault on Gaza by Phyllis Bennis:

56:33 - Mar 19, 2009

"Author and fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies, Phyllis Bennis speaking at an event in Grand Rapids, Michigan on March 13, 2009. IPS fellow Phyllis Bennis is also a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She has been a writer, analyst and activist on Middle East and UN issues for many years. While working as a journalist at the United Nations during the run-up to the 1990-91 Gulf War, she began working on U.S. domination of the UN, and stayed involved in work on Iraq sanctions and disarmament, and later U.S. war and occupation in Iraq. In 1999 Phyllis accompanied a group of congressional aides to Iraq to examine the impact of U.S.-led economic sanctions on humanitarian conditions there, and later joined former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday, who resigned his position as Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq to protest the impact of sanctions, in a speaking tour. In 2001 she helped found and currently co-chairs the U.S. Campaign to End Israeli Occupation. She works closely with the United for Peace and Justice anti-war coalition, and since 2002 has played an active role in the growing global peace movement."



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Phyllis Bennis talks to TRNN on Israel: "an incredible shift in discourse"

Israeli troops admit abuses in Gaza:

"Bennis: Israeli soldiers come forward saying they had no restrictions rules of engagement"



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The Siege of Gaza - Rev. Edwin Makue & Phyllis Bennis on GRITtv with Laura Flanders

GRITtv with Laura Flanders » The Siege of Gaza:

This interview was broadcast Wednesday November 26, 2008 2:00 pm

"Rev. Edwin Makue, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies on the Israeli siege of Gaza.

Since the blockade began in 2006 it has become increasingly difficult for journalists and foreign aid workers to reach Gaza. According to Makue, who is on a speaking tour with the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, there are many similarities in Israel's occupation and South African Apartheid. The controlled movement of people through check points and a strong Israeli police presence, the ongoing process of land alienation, and the psychological damage of a sixty year occupation have been labeled a form of Apartheid by many, including former US President Jimmy Carter.

So why has it been so difficult to draw attention to and dismantle the Israeli occupation? According to Bennis, fear of being labeled an anti-semite and the equation of criticism of Israel with anti-semitism have made it an increasingly hostile environment for peace activists and critics of Israeli policy. Will that change under an Obama administration? Bennis says only if we the people make it happen."



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Will the Blockade of Gaza Continue? Phyllis Bennis on GRITtv with Laura Flanders

GRITtv with Laura Flanders » Will the Blockade of Gaza Continue?:

"On his first day in office Barack Obama made a round of phone calls to key players in the Middle East. At the same time, Israel and Hamas have declared unilateral ceasefires and Israel has agreed to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. GRITtv spoke to Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, in Washington, DC about US policy in the Middle East under Obama. Bennis is the author of Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer."



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Phyllis Bennis on International Law and the Recent Assault on Gaza

Phyllis Bennis on International Law and the Recent Assault on Gaza:

"http://www.democracynow.org/"



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Phyllis Bennis: Darkness in Gaza - GRITtv with Laura Flanders

GRITtv with Laura Flanders » Phyllis Bennis: Darkness in Gaza: "According to a report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Israeli Defense Forces were instructed to prepare for an aerial assault and ground invasion of Gaza six months ago, even as they were negotiating a ceasefire.

The story begins: 'Long-term preparation, careful gathering of information, secret discussions, operational deception and the misleading of the public - all these stood behind the Israel Defense Forces 'Cast Lead' operation against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, which began Saturday morning.'

Phyllis Bennis, director of The New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and the author of many books including Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer, says that this fact alone belies Israel's claim that the war in Gaza is a direct response to Hamas rocket fire. Bennis says that the war has much more to do with Israeli and US politics than with stopping Hamas rockets and that their hope is to finish the operation by the time Barack Obama is inaugurated. President elect Obama finally broke his silence yesterday deploring the loss of civilian life in Gaza and Israel. He said that, 'starting at the beginning of our administration, we’re going to engage effectively and consistently in trying to resolve the conflict in the Middle East.'

Bennis also argues that numerous violations of international law have occurred. One, the prohibition against collective punishment. The Geneva Conventions state that no member of an occupied population may be punished for an act they were not responsible for. Hamas rocket fire, which up until the invasion had killed zero Israelis, does not give Israel the right to punish the 1.5 million people of Gaza--half of whom are under the age of 14. Two, the prohibition against disproportionate attacks. Thus far over 600 Palestinians have been killed, at least 195 of them children. Seven Israeli soldiers have died in fighting. Three, the targeting of civilians is also a violation of international law.

So the international community has an obligation to bring an end to the war and suffering in Gaza."



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Israel and international law

Israel and international law:

"Bennis: Calling a TV station pro-Hammas does not make it a military target Pt.2/2"



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Historical amnesia and Gaza 1/3

Historical amnesia and Gaza:

"http://therealnews.com/t/in...

Phyllis Bennis: Where you decide to start the clock determines how you define the crisis Pt.1/3"



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UN official calls Israel 'Apartheid' - Interview with Phyllis Bennis

UN official calls Israel 'Apartheid':

"http://therealnews.com/t/in...
President of UN General Assembly urges Israel to be recognized as an Apartheid State"



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Phyllis Bennis - The Presidential Elections and the Future of the Middle East

Phyllis Bennis - The Presidential Elections and the Future of the Middle East:
57 min - Oct 17, 2008
pdxjustice Media Productions - www.pdxjustice.org

"Author and journalist, Phyllis Bennis, delivers the keynote address for the Peace Works 2008 conference in Olympia, Washington. The Peace Works 2008 Conference was convened by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice the weekend of October 17-19, 2008."



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Abu Dis - The Real News Network

Abu Dis - A city divided:

"More at http://therealnews.com/c.ph...
Phyllis Bennis: Israel has done what 2000 years of history could not - block the Silk Road from the sea"



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Phyllis Bennis is a Senior Analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC. She is the author of Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis and Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power.

Her newest book Understanding the US-Iran Crisis: A Primer will be available in September 2008.

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First new West Bank settlement in ten years?:

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Phyllis Bennis is a senior analyst with the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, and fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She is a writer, policy analyst and activist on US foreign Policy and the United Nations. She is author of Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's UN (Interlink Publishing, 2000), Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis (Olive Branch Press (September, 2002)), and Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: A primer (Trans-Arab Research Institute, (2002). Bennis helped found the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, and she works closely with the anti-war coalition, United for Peace and Justice.

Phyllis Bennis - "Dual Occupations: Iraq and Palestine in Bush's Empire"

Phyllis Bennis is a senior analyst with the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, and fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She is a writer, policy analyst and activist on US foreign Policy and the United Nations. She is author of Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's UN (Interlink Publishing, 2000), Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis (Olive Branch Press (September, 2002)), and Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: A primer (Trans-Arab Research Institute, (2002). Bennis helped found the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, and she works closely with the anti-war coalition, United for Peace and Justice.