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…
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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…
[A petition is here – useful synopsis of issues involved] [Relevant videos are at the end of the entry] With all the heat engendered by the recent Swedish article, “Our sons plundered for their organs,” I feel that there is a need for some clarification and logical discussion. First, I’d…
We were only allowed to spend 24 hours in Gaza prison – an intense experience filled with images of destroyed buildings and devastated lives… A giant ghetto filled with invisible starvation… I haven’t had much time to do any personal writing, but immediately began some short speaking tours and have…
Press Release: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has finally given permission for the American Viva Palestinian convoy to enter Gaza. The convoy plans to depart their location in Cairo at 5 am Egyptian times and travel up to the border with Rafah at Al Arish, where the group plans to take…
Here are some photos from the rally in New York and of the humanitarian supplies we will be taking to Gaza.
At If American Knew we’ve created a new blog featuring a diverse compendium of reports on Israel-palestine, focusing largely on news that is unreported or under-reported by US media. By scanning through this compilation each day, clicking the ‘full story’ link on items of particular interest, readers will obtain an…
I’ve discovered that the Anti-Defamation League, whose devotion to Israel-right-or-wrong many people feel is extremely destructive, has listed me first in those it has decided are “anti-Israel.” In looking through their entry about me, I’ve noticed a number of distortions and inaccuracies; however, I generally don’t think it’s worthwhile to…