Ha’aretz Journalist Akiva Eldar on CNI radio, Jan. 28th
Posted January 25, 2010
Our guest on the “CNI: Jerusalem Calling” internet-radio show on January 28th will be Israeli journalist and author Akiva Eldar. Eldar’s cutting-edge political commentary and analysis can be read in the Israeli daily Ha’aretz (where is also an editorial writer) and in the Japanese daily Mainichi Shimbun.
Eldar has made a specialty of studying the intricate mechanisms various governmental and quasi-governmental bodies in Israel have used to push forward the colonial settlement project in the West Bank over the past 43 years. Last year he and Idith Zertal, his spouse, published a compendious study of the settlement venture titled Lords of the Land: The War Over Israel’s Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007.
On the show, Eldar and CNI Board Member Anna Baltzer will discuss the current state of (or stasis in) Pres. Obama’s peace diplomacy, the broader, year-long record of Obama’s Palestinian-Israeli diplomacy, with special reference to his policy on settlements, and the political situation in Israel today.
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, here, and click on the “Listen Live” button for Studio A, at the top left.
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