When you do a search of Google maps for “Israel,” you get a map that shows the entire area of mandate Palestine as Israel, despite the fact that the West Bank and Gaza Strip are not part of Israel and are, in fact, the Palestinian Territories — or, to be…
Month: October 2009
Yesterday, I discovered that Obama had signed a presidential memo changing a policy in which Israel, like almost all other nations, has been required to pay a protective tariff on dairy products exported to the U.S. This tariff is to protect American farmers, who have been devastated in recent years,…
I just received a phone call from Steve Schram, Director of Broadcasting for Michigan Radio. On the phone also was Rick Fitzgerald, from the University of Michigan Office of Public Affairs. It was clear that Mr. Schram did not want to discuss Michigan Radio’s previous actions, and I decided not…
I’m still waiting for a response from Michigan Radio. I notice that among its $5,000-level sponsors is the Michigan chapter of the Nature Conservancy, which does advocacy work. To reiterate: we’re not suggesting that Michigan Radio prohibit these groups from having ads; our point is that if some or all…
Weeks ago our organization tried to place an ad with NPR’s affiliate in Ann Arbor, Michigan Radio, about my speaking tour in Michigan. (They officially call this a “sponsorship” — for $1,000 you receive about 10 announcements.) Michigan Radio is a service of Michigan Public Media, the public broadcasting company…
Please remember to check Israel-Palestine Uncensored, our news blog, for daily (almost) updates on events in the region largely going uncovered by US media…
[petition calling for an investigation] A few weeks ago, following my article in CounterPunch “Israeli Organ Harvesting: The New ‘Blood Libel’?”(now available in Spanish, French, and Italian), the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs asked me to write a piece on this topic for their publication. In conducting research for…