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2008 Jan.-March: interviews, news, events, comment, context
Mearsheimer/Walt, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by Charles Judson Harwood Jr.
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< January 2008 >
• Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
• Settlements• Blockade, reprisals
• Bombing Iran
• War Crimes Act
• Iran uranium timeline
• Iraq wmd war timeline: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008
• Congress debates, votes
• John Mearsheimer, interviewed before December 7 2007 by George Kenney, “Speaking Truth To Power” (Electric Politics, Washington D.C., posted January 4 2008), audio {1:32:02, 63.2mb.mp3 rss, rss, archive, archive, search, search, search}.
• John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt, “Israel's false friends: U.S. presidential candidates aren't doing the Jewish state any favors by offering unconditional support” {pf, copy, pf} (Los Angeles Times, Sunday Opinion, Sunday January 6 2008). “So Israel will end up controlling Gaza and the West Bank for the foreseeable future, turning itself into an apartheid state in the process. And all of this will be done with the backing of its so-called friends, including the current presidential candidates. With friends like them, who needs enemies?”
• Akiva Eldar, “Another obstacle to Zionism” {copy, pf, rss, rss, menu, search} (Haaretz, Tel Aviv, Monday January 7 2008).
• Ilan Pappé (professor of history, “20th Century ethno-politics,” Exon: University of Exeter, England, Penryn Cornwall Campus (Tremough), chair, Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian Studies in Haifa, formerly, senior lecturer in political science, University of Haifa), author, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Oneworld Publications, Oxford England, published October 12-19 2006, U.S. November 1) {U.K., U.S., Germany}, remarks, “The Dispossession of Palestine: Sixty Years On” (MMU: Manchester Metropolitan University, The Third Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture, Geoffrey Manton building, Manton Lecture Theatre 3 or 2, Oxford Road, Manchester England M13, Thursday January 17 2008, 7pm, cosponsors: MMU Palestine Solidarity Group, Manchester PSC: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Action Palestine), student union newspaper, Pulp {search}, Manchester Evening News {search}, Manchester Indymedia {search, search, newswire, Palestine}, facebook eid=7085289146, eid=6423024633, forthcoming: Ilan Pappé, The Bureaucracy of Evil: The History of the Israeli Occupation (Oneworld, July 1 2010) {U.K., U.S.}.
• Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2004 I.C.J. 136 (U.N. I.C.J.: International Court of Justice, The Hague, Advisory Opinion, July 9 2004) {8.1mb.pdf, source}, ICJ summary {128.5kb.pdf, source}, U.N. Doc. A/ES-10/273 (July 16 2004) {469kb.pdf, UNBISnet, browse}.
• Three Years Later: The Humanitarian Impact of the Barrier Since the International Court of Justice Opinion {1.5mb.pdf} (U.N. OCHA/oPt: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, occupied Palestinian territory, East Jerusalem, Special Focus, July 9 2007) (maps), copy {1.5mb.pdf, source} (U.N. OCHA, ReliefWeb, New York City, Geneva, Kobe, Complex Emergency: Occupied Palestinian Territory (CE)) (maps).
• John Dugard, his annual report, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories “Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, John Dugard” (U.N. Doc. A/HRC/7/17, Geneva, published Monday January 21 2008, 25 pages, UNHRC: U.N. Human Rights Council, 7th regular session, “item 7 of the provisional agenda”) {104kb.pdf, ditto, also via journal, 7session, OHCHR, this, this, and ODS}, discussed by the Council in Geneva, on March 6 2008.
• Norman Finkelstein (independent scholar), U.K. speaking tour, 8 universities in 5 days (Monday-Friday January 21-25 2008), poster, “Palestine’s Occupation: Roots of Conflict and Prospects for Peace, A Tour with Dr Norman Finkelstein” {1.2mb.jpeg, 420kb.jpeg, 68kb.jpeg, copy, source}.
• Norman Finkelstein, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Palestine’s Occupation: Roots of Conflict and Prospects for Peace” (ManUni: University of Manchester, “Britain’s largest single-site university,” UMSU: Students’ Union, Steve Biko Building, Main Debating Hall–Academy 2, Oxford Road, Manchester England M13, Monday January 21 2008, 7:30-10pm, cosponsors: Action Palestine (journal), Manchester PSC: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, FOSIS: Federation of Student Islamic Societies), poster, “Finkelstein on Palestine” {279kb.jpg}, student union newspaper, StudentDirect {search}, Manchester Evening News {search}, Manchester Indymedia {search, search, newswire, Palestine}, facebook eid=8725108453.
• Norman Finkelstein, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Palestine’s Occupation: Roots of Conflict and Prospects for Peace” (Keele University, Chancellor’s Building, Charles Strasser Lecture Theatre, near Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire England, Tuesday January 22 2008, 12-1:15pm, cosponsors: FOSIS: Federation of Student Islamic Societies, PSC: Palestine Solidarity Campaign), student union newspaper, Concourse {search}.
• Norman Finkelstein, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Palestine’s Occupation: Roots of Conflict and Prospects for Peace” (Cambridge University, Trinity College, Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Blue Boar Court, Cambridge England, Tuesday January 22 2008, 7:30-9:30pm, cosponsors: CUPAL: Cambridge University Palestine Society, ISoc: University of Cambridge Islamic Society, FOSIS: Federation of Student Islamic Societies, PSC: Palestine Solidarity Campaign) {uc.events, tc.events, uc.talks, uc.search}, student newspapers, Varsity {search}, TCS: The Cambridge Student {search}, Cambridge Indymedia {search, search, newswire, Palestine}, facebook eid=9460626413.
• Philip Weiss (blog), “The Long Fuse to the Iraq War” {pf} (“They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, Jacob Heilbrunn, Doubleday, 289 pages”) (The American Conservative, Arlington Virginia, January 28 2008, posted January 23).
• Norman Finkelstein, remarks, “A workshop with Dr. Norman Finkelstein: How can U.K. residents help the Palestinian cause” (Birkbeck, University of London, Birkbeck main building, lecture theatre room B33, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E, Wednesday January 23 2008, 1:30-3:00, 3:15-4:45pm) {events, lectures, search} (sponsor: FOSIS: Federation of Student Islamic Societies, London), poster, “Palestine’s Occupation: Roots of Conflict and Prospects for Peace, A Tour with Dr Norman Finkelstein” (Birkbeck event) {343kb.jpeg}, poster, “Palestine’s Occupation: A course on presenting and debating facts and figures, A course with Dr Norman Finkelstein” {86kb.jpg}, audio, “Helping the Palestinian Cause: Norman Finkelstein” {linked, linked}: 1/2, “Norman Finkelstein – Introductory remarks” {1:03:19, 58mb.mp3}, 2/2, “How can we help the Palestinian cause?” (workshop) {1:26:45, 80mb.mp3} (U.K. Indymedia, posted January 26 2008) {search, search, 2008, rss}, University of London, student union newspaper, London Student {offline} (“Europe’s largest student newspaper”).
• Norman Finkelstein, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Palestine’s Occupation: Roots of Conflict and Prospects for Peace” (LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science, Clement's Inn, Tower One, ground floor, room U8, London WC2A, Wednesday January 23 2008, 6-9pm) (cosponsors: LSESU Islamic Society, FOSIS: Federation of Student Islamic Societies, PSC: Palestine Solidarity Campaign) {LSE search, events, dailylist}, Google videos: 1/2 (speech) {1:51:20, search, search, linked}, 2/2 (Q&As) {56:56}, student union newspaper, The Beaver {search}, London Indymedia {search, newswire, open newswire, Palestine, archive}.
• Norman Finkelstein, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Palestine: Roots of Conflict and Prospects for Peace” (University of Sussex, BSMS Teaching Building, lecture theatre, near Falmer, near Brighton Sussex England, Thursday January 24 2008, 1:30-3:30pm), student union newspaper, The Badger {search}, U.K. Southcoast Indymedia {search, newswire, Palestine, archive}.
• “Middle East Debate,” “This House Believes That The State of Israel has a Right to Exist,” speakers: Norman Finkelstein, Ted Honderich, Ghada Karmi, Ilan Pappé (Oxford Union Society, Frewin Court, Oxford England, Debating Chamber, Thursday January 24 2008, 8:30pm) (no video, no audio, no transcript), “Jeremiah Haber” (pseudonym, pen name), “Norman Finkelstein at the Oxford Union -- Round Two” (The Magnes Zionist, blog, January 8 2008) (“If you believe in Israel’s right to exist, you are a two-stater; if you don’t, you are a one-stater.”), Oxon: University of Oxford (“the oldest university in the English-speaking world”), student newspapers, Cherwell {search}, OxStu: The Oxford Student {search}, Oxford Indymedia {search, newswire}, previously, Michael Sweeney, “Union snared in academics' feud” {pf} (Cherwell, October 26 2007).
• Norman Finkelstein, interviewed by Anas Altikriti (Al Hiwar TV (The Dialogue), Jousor (Bridges), London, Friday January 25 2008), satellite TV (Hotbird, Nilesat), YouTube alhiwarchannel video {52:54}: 1/7 {9:52, 22.8mb.flv, search, search, linked}, 2/7 {9:55, 22.9mb.flv}, 3/7 {6:51, 15.8mb.flv}, 4/7 {4:06, 9.5mb.flv}, 5/7 {9:16, 21.4mb.flv}, 6/7 {7:17, 16.8mb.flv}, 7/7 {5:38, 13.0mb.flv}.
• Norman Finkelstein, remarks, “Palestine’s Occupation: Roots of Conflict and Prospects for Peace” (University of Edinburgh, George Square Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh Scotland EH8, Friday January 25 2008, 6:30-9:30pm) (events, search) (cosponsors: EUPSS: Edinburgh University Palestine Solidarity Society, Edinburgh University Stop the War Society, Action Palestine, ISocED: The Islamic Society of Edinburgh University, FOSIS: Federation of Student Islamic Societies, Scottish PSC: Palestine Solidarity Campaign), poster, “The Occupation of Palestine: Historical Context and Prospects for Peace” {20kb.jpg}, audio (speech) {1:52:01, 51.2mb.mp3, 51.3mb.zip}, “Norman Finkelstein Edinburgh University (Jan 08)” (IA: Internet Archive), recorded and posted by David Thomson, “Finkelstein: Controversies and resolving the Israel/Palestine conflict” (with links to documents/video mentioned in the audio) (Israel's 60th Birthday, Progressive Podcast, Glasgow Scotland, January 26 2008) {rss, rss, linked, linked, linked, linked}, reported, Rob Saunders (Eine Kleine Nichtmusik, blog, Edinburgh, Saturday January 26 2008), “I'll stick with Mad magazine, thanks, the foreign coverage is better” (“Prof. Norman Finkelstein drew his audience’s attention to this editorial {pf} in Thursday’s Washington Post ... I can just imagine how the Post must have described the fall of the Berlin Wall. ‘Communist vandals ... destroy historic Berlin monument,’ perhaps. Or ‘Leftist layabouts break into West Berlin...’”), “Norman Finkelstein, Edinburgh University, 25 January 2008” (“He arrived late because of a delayed flight, and then spoke for around 100 minutes (“not quite Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro but long enough”) without notes and with no hesitation, repetition, or deviation. An impressive piece of oratory ... The guy is, simply, a treasure ... If Tony Blair spent more time talking to Norman Finkelstein and less talking to Condoleeza Rice ... he might have more chance of ceasing to be a total waste of DNA than he has shown to date.”), student newspaper, Student {search} (“Since 1887 – The UK’s oldest student newspaper”), Scotland Indymedia {search, search}, U.K. Indymedia {search, search, 2008, rss}, facebook eid=6824154823, eid=8912494413.
Note: Rob Saunders, his description, that Norman Finkelstein spoke “without notes and with no hesitation, repetition, or deviation,” this is a reference to British popular culture, a mark of excellence, an exceptional, master, talker. The difficulty of speaking so fluently, especially about an obfuscated topic, this difficulty is demonstrated on the BBC radio 4 program, Just a Minute (now too on BBC radio 7), where the guests are required to speak, not for 3 hours, but for just a minute, on a given subject, “without repetition, hesitation or deviation.”
By email, David Thomson says, he recorded the first 30 minutes of the Q&As, and then ran out of memory, couldn’t go the distance, to record the final 40 minutes. His Sony recorder is not Finkelstein-friendly, its minidisk capacity, a mere 2 hours 20 minutes. That set him dreaming, about this, a flash memory recorder, but wondering too, who will pay for it.
I imagine he would be glad to supplement his partial Q&A audio, and post it all, to the Internet Archive, if anybody else recorded the questions and answers, all the way to the end.
Near the end, he says, Norman Finkelstein explained his view, of the politics of the solution — one state versus two. What he said, Rob Saunders summarized it, in his blog report.
The final solution, to the Israel problem.
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< February 2008 >
• Nicholas Goldberg, interviewed by Amy Klein (religion editor), “Keeping it fair and balanced at the Los Angeles Times: Q&A with Op-Ed Editor Nicholas Goldberg” {pf} (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Friday February 1-7 2008) {cover: 96kb.jpg} (“the largest Jewish weekly outside New York City ... 150,000 educated, involved and affluent readers each week”), and see, Nicholas Goldberg (editor, op-ed page and the “Current” section), “Op-Ed, explained” {pf, rss, rss, menu} (Los Angeles Times, Monday October 23 2006) (Sunday Opinion), comment, Philip Weiss, “‘At Most Big Papers, the Israel Issue Is the Most Controversial Subject’--But Nowhere in the Presidential Debates” (Mondoweiss, blog, New York City, February 1 2008).
• A.G. Noorani, part 1, “Origins of a crime: The story of how Palestine was pushed out of the map by a Zionist conspiracy” {copy, pf, archive} (The Hindu Group, Frontline, “India's National Magazine,” volume 25, issue number 03, “Books,” Chennai India, February 2-15 2008, posted about January 29).
• A.G. Noorani, part 2, “Balfour's deceit: International recognition of Israel as a state cannot wipe out the facts of history” {copy, pf, archive} (The Hindu Group, Frontline, “India's National Magazine,” volume 25, issue number 04, “Books,” Chennai India, February 16-29 2008).
• Ilan_Pappé, interviewed by Naji Ali (formerly, Christopher Brown) (“lived and reported from Palestine for three years”), “"It's Genocide": Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe Talks About Gaza” (Crossing The Line: Life in Occupied Palestine, “A weekly podcast giving voice to the voiceless in occupied Palestine,” radio KPFA studios, Berkeley California, posted Friday February 29 2008), CTL audio {37:07 segment-2, 13:25 at 14:05-37:30, 14.8mb.mp3, rss, search, search}, audio copy {14.9mb.mp3, source, rss, menu, search, search} (Electronic Intifada, Chicago).
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< March 2008 >
