Uri Avnery on CNI Radio, March 4th
Posted March 3, 2010
On March 4th, Uri Avnery will be our guest on the “CNI: Jerusalem Calling” internet-radio show. Avnery will join CNI board member and host Dr. E. Faye Williams to discuss the current social and political climate in Jerusalem, and potential road-maps for the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Uri Avnery is an Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement. A member of the Irgun as a teenager, Avnery sat in the Knesset from 1965-74 and 1979-81. He was also the owner of HaOlam HaZeh, an Israeli news magazine, from 1950 until it closed in 1993.
He is famous for crossing the lines during the Battle of Beirut to meet Yassir Arafat on July 3, 1982, the first time the Palestinian leader ever met with an Israeli. Avnery is the author of several books about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including 1948: A Soldier’s Tale, the Bloody Road to Jerusalem (2008); Israel’s Vicious Circle (2008); and My Friend, the Enemy (1986).
Partners for Peace program seeking interns and volunteers
Posted February 24, 2010
Are you passionate about the quest for a just peace in Israel and Palestine? The CNI Foundation is currently seeking interns and volunteers for its Partners for Peace program to help produce its upcoming Jerusalem Women Speak tour.
Partners for Peace works to educate the U.S. public about the need for peace and justice between Palestinians and Israelis. Through its flagship Jerusalem Women Speak (JWS) program, PFP brings three women (a Jewish Israeli, a Christian Palestinian, and a Muslim Palestinian) twice a year from Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to speak to American audiences. They come without having met one another before, without an arranged common agenda, to share their personal experiences of living in the midst of ongoing conflict. Read More…
Helena Cobban resigns as Executive Director of CNI and the CNI Foundation
Posted February 22, 2010
The Council for the National Interest and the CNI Foundation wish to announce that Helena Cobban has resigned as Executive Director of the two organizations. Her resignation took effect February 10th.
Ms. Cobban is returning to her professional career as a journalist, author, and blogger. The board of directors of both organizations wish her every success.
CNI Radio with the University of Haifa’s Dr. Asa’d Ghanem, Feb. 25th
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On February 25th, Asa’d Ghanem will be our guest on “CNI: Jerusalem Calling,” the CNI Foundation’s internet-radio show. Ghanem will join CNI board member and host Alison Weir to discuss George Mitchell’s peace efforts in the Middle East, the idea of transferring land and population to a future Palestinian state in exchange for retaining the largest Jewish settlements, and the erosion of the rights of Israeli-Palestinians in comparison to the rights of Jewish-Israelis.
Dr. Asa’d Ghanem is a lecturer at the School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa. In the context of Israel/Palestine, Ghanem’s work has covered issues such as Palestinian political orientations, the establishment and political structure of the Palestinian Authority, and majority-minority politics in a comparative perspective. He has been the initiator and designer of several policy schemes and empowerment programs for Palestinian-Arabs in Israel.
Dr. Ghanem has authored and edited numerous articles and books, including the following: Palestinian Politics After Arafat: A Failed National Movement (Indiana University Press, 2009); Ethnic Politics in Israel – The Margins and the Ashkinasi Centre (Routledge Press, 2010); Palestinians in Israel – Indigenous group politics in the Jewish state (Madar, 2008, in Arabic).
The show will air live online from Noon to 1 pm EST (5 pm to 6pm GMT). To listen, go to the show’s home-page, www.wsradio.com/cni, and click on the “Listen Live” button for Studio A, at the top left.
End the Occupation’s Josh Ruebner on CNI Radio, Feb. 18th
Posted February 16, 2010
On February 18th, Josh Ruebner will be our guest on the “CNI: Jerusalem Calling” internet-radio show. Ruebner will join CNI board member and host Dr. E. Faye Williams to discuss the cost and benefit of U.S. military aid to Israel, and how ignoring the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories hampers U.S. efforts at engagement in the Middle East.
Ruebner is the National Advocacy Director of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a national coalition of more than 325 organizations, including the CNI Foundation, which works to change U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine to support human rights, international law, and equality. He is a former Analyst in Middle East Affairs at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), a federal government agency that provides policy analysis to Members of Congress. Ruebner holds a graduate degree in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Read More…
