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2008-04: interviews, comment, context
Mearsheimer/Walt, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by Charles Judson Harwood Jr.
April 2008
• Bombing Iran's IAEA safe-guarded nuclear facilities
• Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
• Colony settlements
• Blockade, reprisals
• Iran uranium timeline
• Iraq wmd war timeline: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008
• Congress debates, votes
• Norman Finkelstein (independent scholar), remarks, “Israel/Palestine: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace” (Brown University, List Art Building room 120 (225 seats), Providence Rhode Island, Tuesday April 15 2008, 7-10pm) (organizing sponsor, Arab Club), Brown events calendar, YouTube video (Paul Hubbard, PHubb), “No dispute, No controversy, No complexity” (omits Q&As) {1:46:05, search, search}: 1/3 {35:22, 60.23mb.flv}, 2/13 {35:38, 60.29mb.flv}, 3/13 {35:05, 56.41mb.flv}.
• Norman Finkelstein, remarks, “Israel/Palestine: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace” (Boston College, Chestnut Hill Campus, Gasson Hall room 305 (auditorium, 99 seats), Boston Massachusetts, Wednesday April 16 2008, 4:30pm) (sponsors, ASA: Arab Student Association, MSA: Muslim Student Association, BU College of Arts & Sciences: Fine Arts Department, Sociology Department, MEIS: Mideast and Islamic Studies Department, and GJP: Global Justice Project), BU events calendar, audio (Stan Robinson), “Professor Norman Finkelstein speaking at Boston College (April 16, 2008)” (omits Q&As) {1:24:11, 38.55mb.mp3, source, source, source, source}, broadcast, Stan Robinson, Steve Cornie, Sherif Fam (hosts, producers) (radio WZBC, “Boston College Radio,” blog, Truth and Justice Radio, Newton Massachusetts, Sunday April 20 2008, 6-10am at 7-8:30am) (“If you want peace, work for justice.” Pope Paul VI).
• Jimmy Carter, remarks (speech, Q&As), introduced by David Arnold (AUC president) (AUC: The American University in Cairo, Ewart Memorial Hall, 13 Kasr El Aini Street, Cairo, Thursday April 17 2008), AUC calendar, AUC audio {61:58, 56.7mb.mp3, source}, reported, Suchitra Vijayan, “Jimmy Carter at The American University, Cairo” (Children of the alley blog, April 18 2008) (photo) (“Today I became a fan of a spirited old man’s vision of peace and became disappointed with a presidential candidate {Obama}, who failed to step up to what was right and instead become, yet another politician.”), Anonymous, “Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Shares Hopes for Peace in Middle East at AUC” (AUC news, April 17 2008), with these links to other reports: “Carter, Set To Meet Hamas, Is Pressured” (The New York Sun), “Carter Meets Exiled Hamas Leaders in Syria” (USA Today), “Carter Meets with more Hamas Leaders, Defends Peace Efforts” (The Associated Press), “Carter Blasts Israel's Closure of Gaza After Meeting Hamas Leaders” (CNS News), “Carter meets with Hamas officials in Egypt” (CNN), “Carter Arrives in Damascus for Talks with Syrian President, Hamas Leader” (PR-Inside.com), “Carter Hints at an Opening between Israel and Hamas” (Kansas City), “Palestinian Official Says Talks With Israelis Yield Little” (The New York Times), “Carter calls Gaza Blockade a Crime and Atrocity” (Reuters), “Egypt: Carter Meets Again with Hamas” (Los Angeles Times), “Carter meets Hamas Delegation in Cairo” (The Associated Press), “Jimmy Carter Meets Hamas Delegation” (CBS News), “Former president meets with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal” (ABC News).
• 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).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), remarks {pf}, press conference (King David Hotel), AJE video excerpts, reported, David Chater (field correspondent), Sami Zeidan (presenter), “Carter Says Hamas Willing to Accept 1967 Borders” (AJE: Al Jazeera English TV, “News,” Doha Qatar, Monday April 21 2008) (“World News from Al Jazeera's Doha news centre”), “24-hour English-language news and current affairs” channel, launched November 15 2006, broadcast by cable, satellites, internet (“How to watch Al Jazeera English”) (schedule), video copy, segment-4, “Mosaic News - 04/21/08: World News From The Middle East” {30:00, AJE report 4:05 at 9:20-13:25, 13.2mb.mp4, 86.7mb.mp4, 87.4mb.flv, 245.7mb.mp4, source, xml, rss: mosaic, mir, dj, JC search: linktv, DJ, i.archive} (Link TV, Mosaic: World News from the Middle East, video 2492, April 21 2008, 1:30am, 6:30am, 11:30am, 7:30pm ET) (daily 30-minute compilation of news segments with English audio), broadcast in North America via satellites (DirecTV and Dish Network), DJ transcript (none).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), remarks {pf}, press conference (King David Hotel), video excerpts, reported, Ken Houston (studio), comment, Kevin Hardwick (associate professor, political science, Canisius College; host, Hardline with Kevin Hardwick, WBEN radio, Buffalo New York), BTV video, “Carter: Hamas Will Accept Israel” (copy) {7:07, 34.1mb.flv} (“Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has said that Hamas is prepared to accept the right of Israel to "live as a neighbor next door in peace"”) (Bridges TV, Bridges News, Orchard Park New York, April 21 2008, 7-7:30pm ET), by cable, satellite, broadband internet (YouTube Bridges.tv video).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem, 1:40pm), interviewed by Steve Inskeep (Washington D.C., 6:40am), introduced by Renée Montagne (Culver City California, 3:40am) (NPR: National Public Radio, Morning Edition, Washington D.C., Monday April 21 2008, 5-7am, at 6:40-6:45am ET) (hour-2, segment-d, first item) {317kb.pdf}, “Ex-President Carter Meets with Hamas Leaders,” NPR transcript, audio (flv, rm, wm) {5:06, flv, 2.37mb.rm, 6.33mb.wma, rss, rss, menu, menu} (2-hour program audio segments) (“the most widely heard radio news program in the United States” “with nearly 13 million listeners”), broadcast and repeated, at different local times, by more than 600 U.S. radio stations (256 listed here), of the 800 NPR affiliates {110kb.pdf, source}, by NPR itself overseas, NPR Worldwide (schedule), via satellites (audio channel on TV tuners and feeds to cable radio and some broadcast radio) and satellite radio (NPR, WorldSpace channel 301) (Afristar-1 east beam, parts of western Africa and Europe, footprint), by WRN: World Radio Network in parts of Europe, Africa, Asia (schedule) (12-2pm GMT), via 10 satellites (audio channel on TV tuners and feeds to cable radio) and satellite radio (WRN, WorldSpace channel 305), and by AFN: American Forces Network (nf), both broadcast radio (schedule, pf) and base cable radio (schedule).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), interviewed by Adrian Finighan (London) (CNN, London, Monday April 21 2008) (“Jimmy Carter talks to CNN's Adrian Finighan about Hamas, Israel and peace in the region”), CNN transcript (none), CNN video (rss, aol) {3:34, 15.43mb.flv, ditto, xml, rss, search: cnn, ms, aol, google}, by cable, by satellite TV (CNN-U.S. program: North America, CNNi program: North America, Latin America, Europe/MiddleEast/Africa, Asia/Pacific, South Asia), audio simulcast, by satellite radio (CNN, Sirius channel 132, XM channel 122, CNNi program on WorldSpace channel 300), reported, Anonymous (CNN), “Hamas: No plan to recognize Israel” (ditto) (CNN, Monday April 21 2008) (CJHjr: A very misleading, deceptive, and therefore deceitful, title, Hamas agreed to recognize Israel de facto, within its borders, just not de jure, a standard Israel lobby deceit, to sow confusion where none exists, demean Hamas, portraying Hamas speakers as incoherent, befuddled, lunatics, instead of the rational people they are), reported, Atika Shubert (CNN Jerusalem correspondent) (CNN, The Situation Room, Washington D.C., Monday April 21 2008, 4-7pm), CNN transcript: 5-6pm {SR archive} (CJHjr: A likewise deceitful report, asserting confusion), earlier, Atika Shubert (CNN Jerusalem correspondent) (CNN, Newsroom, Washington D.C., Monday April 21 2008), CNN transcript: 10-11am ET {CNR archive} (CJHjr: A nearly honest report, reporting Hamas rocket attacks, on the nearby Israeli town of Siderot, but omitting to report their stated purpose, namely, lawful reprisal targeting, of civilians and civilian objects, in Israel, to induce Israel to stop its unlawful, criminal, targeting of the same, in Gaza).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), interviewed by Reena Ninan (blog) (Fox News, Jerusalem correspondent) (FNC: Fox News Channel, News Room, New York City, Monday April 21 2008), FNC transcript (none), FNC video “Carter on Hamas” (ditto) {18:09, rss} (“Jimmy Carter defends his meetings with Hamas, says he wouldn’t talk to Al Qaeda, in interview with Fox News”), {18mb.flv, 48mb.flv, 87mb.flv, 110mb.flv, 106mb.mp4, rss, rss, menu} (raw video, not broadcast, restarts at 2:20), FNC audio {18:09, 7.28mb.mp3}, reported, “Carter: Hamas Willing to Accept Israel as 'Neighbor Next Door in Peace'” {pf} (Associated Press, Jerusalem, Monday April 21 2008), “Hamas Prepared to Accept Cease-Fire With Israel 'Beginning' in Gaza” {pf} (Associated Press, Gaza, Tuesday April 22 2008).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), interviewed by Simon McGregor-Woods (ABC News middle east correspondent and middle east bureau chief, Jerusalem; chairman, FPA-IL: The Foreign Press Association in Israel), reported, Simon McGregor-Woods, introduced by Vinita Nair (anchor) (ABC News Now, “Inside the Newsroom,” New York City, Monday April 21 2008) (internet, not broadcast), ABC video, “Carter Says Hamas Willing to Accept Israel” {2:09, 7.52mb.flv, source, rss, menu, xml, search} (“Former US president says hardline group ready to accept 1967 borders”) (interview video not posted).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), interviewed by Jeremy Paxman (studio) (BBC 2 TV, Newsnight, London, Monday April 21 2008, 10:30-11:15pm) (blog) {BBCcat}, BBC video {18.5mb.flv}, YouTube video (larger) {9:09, 21.3mb.flv, search} (includes a following report).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), interviewed by Ethan Bronner (Jerusalem bureau chief), reported, “Carter Says Hamas and Syria Are Open to Peace” {pf} (The New York Times, April 22 2008) (“largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States” “trails in circulation only to USA Today and The Wall Street Journal”), audio interview, “An Interview With Jimmy Carter” (“Ethan Bronner interviewed the former U.S. president in Jerusalem on April 21, after Mr. Carter’s discussions in Syria with leaders of Hamas”), single file (80kbps) {15:58, 9.14mb.mp3, source}, in parts (128kbps) {15:51}: 1/6 (“A Referendum on Peace?”) {3:37, 9.14mb.mp3, xml, source}, 2/6 (“Talking With Hamas”) {2:44, 9.14mb.mp3}, 3/6 (“A Key to the Peace Process”) {1:34, 9.14mb.mp3}, 4/6 (“Disapproved by Washington”) {1:54, 9.14mb.mp3}, 5/6 (“On Syria”) {2:13, 9.14mb.mp3}, 6/6 (“The Elders”) {3:49, 9.14mb.mp3}, audio report, Ethan Bronner, interviewed by Jane Bornemeier (editor, New York Times radio), audio {7:46, 7.12mb.mp3, rss} (“The Times’s Ethan Bronner on former President Jimmy Carter’s meeting with Hamas and strides he says were made in the Middle East peace process”) (Backstory, April 21 2008, NYTimes.com podcasts) (“a daily conversation with Times reporters, on the stories they’re covering” “interviews with Times reporters on the top stories of the day”), audio report, Ethan Bronner, interviewed by Brian Lehrer, “Talking Personal Diplomacy” (Radio WNYC, The Brian Lehrer Show, “City Living,” New York City, April 22 2006, 10am ET), audio {17:17, 6.93mb.mp3, ditto, rss} (“Jimmy Carter’s visit with Hamas is causing quite a stir. We get the latest news and analysis from Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times.”).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), interviewed by Griff Witte (Jerusalem bureau), reported, “Carter: Hamas Ready To Live Beside Israel, Group Says Palestinians Must Back Any Deal” {pf} (The Washington Post, Tuesday April 22 2008, page A10) (“seventh largest newspaper in the country by circulation”).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), interviewed by Ashraf Khalil (Los Angeles Times), not mentioned in that day’s report, Joel Greenberg (Chicago Tribune, Jerusalem correspondent), “Jimmy Carter's Hamas talks yield little progress, He concludes his nine-day Mideast tour saying mediators have an opportunity to engage Hamas in pursuit of peace, but the group shows no sign of compromise” {pf} (Los Angeles Times, April 22 2008) (“the third-most widely distributed newspaper in the United States,” owned by Tribune Company, owners of Chicago Tribune), interview reported, Ashraf Khalil, “Israel: Sitting down with Carter” (Babylon & Beyond, blog, April 21 2008, Los Angeles Times) (“a staff blog from the Los Angeles Times featuring observations from Iraq, Iran, Israel, the Arab world and beyond” “Observations from Iraq, Iran, Israel, the Middle East and beyond”) {rss}.
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), interviewed by Joel Greenberg (Jerusalem correspondent), not mentioned in that day’s report, Joel Greenberg, “Jimmy Carter urges Israel, U.S, to engage Hamas, Palestinian group says no to cease-fire, but ex-president sees room for optimism” {pf} (Chicago Tribune, April 22 2008) (“the 5th largest newspaper in America by circulation”).
• Jimmy Carter (Jerusalem), interviewed by Kevin Peraino (Jerusalem bureau chief, Newsweek, New York City) (“second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S.,” majority-owned by Washington Post Company), not mentioned in the print edition, interview reported, Kevin Peraino, “Carter Rejects Criticism of Hamas Talks” {pf} (Why it Matters, blog, Newsweek, April 21 2008) {rss}.
• Jimmy Carter, “Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan: April 13-22, 2008” {pf} (Carter Center, Atlanta, Tuesday April 22 2008) (“After answering a number of questions in the public forum, I had a number of interviews including CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, Fox, Reuters, AP, AFP, Chicago Tribune, ABC, NPR, two Israeli TV channels, New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, and LA Times”).
• Jeff Carter (Jimmy Carter’s son), trip report, in reply to this: “Wulfman: Jeffc, your trip. How about filling us in on your Middle East trip with the former President and First Lady? ... I would like to hear what happened, from the horse’s mouth.” Jeff Carter (blogging as “Jeffc”), “Here it is Wulfman” (The Citizen Online, Fayetteville Georgia, “wulfman’s blog,” Thursday April 24 2008), excerpt, regarding Elliot Abrams (NSC: U.S. National Security Council, ExOP: Executive Office of the President, a/k/a White House):
“Abrams runs the Israeli-US connection much to the consternation of the State Department. All of the State Department negotiations with Abbas and such are a complete sham. After Condi gave a press conference in Israel last December saying that they had all agreed there would be no more settlements she got on her plane and before she landed in Washington, Israel had announced another 900 settlement units. Abrams wanted the news to greet her when she got home to show her who was really calling the shots.”
