Internet Archive - Collection: AlternateFocus

Silencing the Good News

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:33:25 GMT

Alternate Focus presents a 3-minute egg on the lack of news coverage on peaceful arabs..

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Sabeel: "The Way"

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:00:00 GMT

Sabeel, Arabic for "The Way", was founded by Liberation Theologist Naim Ateek, Episcopal Canon, Jerusalem, to reach out to Christians, Muslims and Jews struggling for peace in Palestine/Israel. Stating a 10-point process that articulates a Palestinian perspective, Dr....

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A Palestinian Woman

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:23:38 GMT

This documentary short film brings the viewer close to the conditions isolating Palestinians within their communities. It is filmed next to the separation barrier that Israel continues to build in the occupied Palestinian territories....

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Universal Jurisdiction: Prosecuting Israeli Crimes in US Courts

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:43:31 GMT

Universal Jurisdiction interviews three United States attorneys who explain how they and others are using American courts on behalf of Palestinian claimants to seek justice for alleged rights violations committed by Israeli officials in Palestine....

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Bridges to Baghdad: Naba Saleem Hamid

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:40:55 GMT

Naba Saleem Hamid is a professor of biology at the University of Baghdad. Educated in Iraq and in England, Dr Hamid sees herself as a non-political person who refused to join the Baath Party during the Saddam Hussein regime....

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The Camps: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:10:01 GMT

A documentary filmed in late 2005 that brings the viewer close to the living conditions and unresolved problems for Palestinian refugees in the Lebanon camps. Viewers see the camps with a focus on the issues of health, unemployment, education and the cultural memory of this community of refugees exp....

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Burning Conscience: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:06:41 GMT

A searing interview with Avichai Sharon and Noam Chayut, both veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces and members of Breaking the Silence. Sharon and Chayut served during the second intifada, an on-going bloodbath that has claimed the lives of over three thousand Palestinians and nine-hundred-fifty I....

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Searching for Peace

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:40:56 GMT

This 30 minute film, sponsored by the Foundation for Middle East Peace, is a vivid, compassionate portrayal of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Through the voices of Israeli and Palestinian citizens of diverse backgrounds, it reveals their hopes and fears and explores the issues that divide them....

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Off the Charts

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:13:57 GMT

Like most Americans, Alison Weir, the editor of a small-town newspaper in California, knew very little about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, other than what she had gleaned from the evening news or newspaper headlines....

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Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine Teach-In

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:13:06 GMT

This three part production records a teach-in during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the summer of 2006, held in San Diego, Ca. Legal aspects of war and responsibility are discussed as is the current situation in Iraq....

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Salman Abu Sitta: The Geography of Occupation

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:16:48 GMT

Professor Salman H. Abu-Sitta of the London-based Palestine Land Society gives a personal account of how he became a refugee in Palestine in 1948. Using data from his research, Abu-Sitta shows how over 600 Palestinian villages were systematically depopulated by the advancing Israeli forces, leaving ....

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American Inquisition

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:13:51 GMT

In may of 2004 images of prisoner abuse in Iraq shocked the world. Was this the work of a few "bad apples," or did the the responsibility go all the way to the top? American Inquisition traces the origins of policies that gave rise to the use of torture....

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Universal Justice

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:25:54 GMT

Universal Justice interviews three United States attorneys who explain how they and others are using American courts on behalf of Palestinian claimants to seek justice for alleged rights violations committed by Israeli officials in Palestine....

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James Zogby: The Mess We Are In

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

"I think the American people get it. I think our leadership doesn't get it. They've made a mess." James Zogby discusses American policy in the Middle East. (2005).

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Refuseniks

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Though from very different backgrounds, the two Israeli soldiers in this two-part show have come to the same conclusion: yesh kevl (there is a limit). Ram Rahat immigated to Israel from Canda. Ishai Sagi was born and raised in a kabuttz....

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Alternative Media

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman began her career in community radio in 1985 at Pacifica Radio's New York Station, WBAI. She produced WBAI's Evening News for 10 years. Broadcasting from a converted fire station in New York City since 1996, the Democracy Now! War and Peace Report airs one hour of inte....

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Bulldozing Peace

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Noura Erekat discusses the Caterpillar corporation's involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Producers: George Nasser & Ed Sweed (2006).

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Divesting from Violence

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

In June of 2004, the Presbyterian Church USA became the first major religious institution in America to take a step toward divesting from companies that support the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories....

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Greg Palast: The Most Important Investigative Reporter You've Never Heard Of

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Investigative reporter Greg Palast rakes the filthiest muck of globalization, corporate cons, and high-finance fraudsters in daily newspapers and on nightly national TV in England! Although he was born and raised in Southern California, Palast's consistently shocking reports rarely breach the wall c....

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History of a Conflict

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

The land known as the Holy Land has been the locus of three of the world's principal religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and a contested area since 1200BC. The original inhabitants, the Canaanites and Philistines, were conquered in 1000BC by the Jews who remained sovereign for about 280 year....

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Interview: Ghassan Andoni

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

An interview with Ghassan Andoni, co-founder and spokesperson of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine. Andoni talks about his organization's non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation....

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Interview: Asmi Bishara

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Head of the National Democratic Assembly political party, Azmi Bashara was born in Nazareth to Christian parents. He is a Palestinian and a citizen of Israel. He represents Israel's Palestinian minority in the Knesset....

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Interview: James Goldsborough

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Alternate Focus interviews James Goldsborough, former columnist for the San Diego Union Tribune. A long-time newspaperman who has worked in Europe and America since the 1960s, Goldsborough had provided a provocative voice to San Diego's conservative daily paper for more than a decade....

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Interview: Jeff Halper

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Jeff Halper is the Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House demolitions (ICAHD) and a Professor of Anthropology at Ben Gurion University. He has lived in Israel since 1973. Jeff has researched and written extensively on Israeli society and is the author of the book Between Redemption and R....

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Jesus Died in Iraq

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

In February of 2003, thousands of troops left San Diego heading for Iraq. Among them was Jesus Suarez. He and over 500 others were destined never to return alive. Lance Corporal Jesus Suarez del Solar was part of the contingent US and British forces massing at the Iraqi border in Kuwait....

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Maxine Waters

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Congresswoman Maxine Waters speaks about the Iraq War. Producer: Aaron Seeley (2005).

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Orpheus in Nazareth

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Arab Israeli citizens in Nazarath, Israel created Orpheus, a nonprofit group, to promote classical music among the Arab population in part because the Israeli government has been neglecting music education among their Arab population....

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Professor Shomali

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Professor Qustandi Shomali, Associate Professor, Doctorate in Communication & Information at Bethlehem University discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Producer: Ed Sweed (2004).

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Rounding Up All the Usual Suspects

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

In the wake of September 11, 2001, Congress enacted anti-terrorist legislation known as the USA PATRIOT Act. Provisions of the Act are having profound effects on immigrants from Arab countries. This show examines the impact of the Patriot Act on the Middle Eastern community in San Diego....

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The Empire Strikes Out

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

American and British forces swept into Iraq they were generally met with smiles and waves. But events did not turn out exactly as planned. The American troops began to suffer losses at the hands of the people they had supposedly liberated, and as U.S....

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This is Not Your War

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

The poignant testimony of Lynn Gras, an American nurse volunteer, who was giving training in neonatal intensive care in Palestinian hospitals under siege during the Israeli attacks on Gaza and Ramallah in May of 2003, forms the basis for this documentary....

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Three Wise Women

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

Each woman is from Palestine, Israel and Jerusalem. They each voice their perspective and influence with the Palestine / Israel dispute. Each shares stories on how they've personally experienced the woes of the war....

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Voices of Palestine

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

In this two-part show the candid opinions of street demonstrators are interwoven with speeches and prayers by Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders and peace activists in a San Diego church. Part One includes the moving testimony of the mother of a suicide bombing victim....

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Wall of Shame

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

The wall being constructed on the West Bank by the Israeli government is twenty-five feet high. Studded with guard towers and armaments, and encrusted with high-tech sensors, the wall cuts across the land, separating Palestinians from their own farms, their own neighbors, and from the Israeli settle....

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Wrong Turn in America

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

This is the story of Abdel Kewan, an Egyptian house-painter and handyman who had been working in America for over six years. One morning he stopped at the gates of a Marine base to ask directions after he had missed a turn on his way to paint a house....

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Bulldozing Peace

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:48:41 GMT

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Scott Ritter: Weapons of Mass Delusion

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:17:38 GMT

In the months before March 2003, protesters around the world were joined by heads of state, U.N. officials, and religious leaders speaking out against the invasion. They labeled it a "war of aggression." But while these events were unfolding, Scott Ritter, a former intelligence officer holding the r....

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