On this week’s program, Zeina Zaatari will speak to Lina Abou-Habib, the Executive Director of the Collective for Research and Training on Development and Action and an advisor for the Global Fund for Women in San Francisco. Lina Abou-Habib worked with various groups attempting to ensure humanitarian aid, relief work and resources towards contributing to … Continued
On this week’s program, we will look at the latest in the continuing standoff over Iran’s nuclear program. Yesterday, Iran gave a 23-page written response to an offer by the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany for trade and other concessions if it suspends the enrichment of uranium. The UN Security Resolution 1696 … Continued
On August 11, after 31 days of Israel’s war on Lebanon, the United Nations Security Council Passed Resolution 1701. To discuss the meaning of this resolution and its implications for Lebanon, Israel as well as the U.S. government and its plans for what the Bush administration calls a "New Middle East", Shahram Aghamir speaks to … Continued
Four weeks ago, the U.S. funded and armed Israeli military launched a full-scale war against Lebanon, its infrastructure, its social fabric and its people. On this week’s program, Dr. Azmi Beshara will be in conversation with Dr. Samara Esmeir about the destructive political operations of the war, the alignments within Israel that gave birth to … Continued
Lebanon and Palestine under attack!: The war on Lebanon has entered its third week. Having recently returned from Southern Lebanon, Dr. Zeina Zaatari interviews As’ad AbuKhalil, Professor of Political Science at the California State University at Stanislaus about the current situation in Lebanon and the possible implications locally and regionally of the Israel’s ongoing invasion … Continued
Khalil talks with Palestinian rights activist Jeffrey Blankfort and Haifa University, Political Science Professor Ilan Pappe in Israel about the role of the U.S./Israeli propaganda machine in the current massacres in Lebanon and Gaza, and how a "free press" covers up and justifies Israel’s war crimes and why.
Featuring analysis from hosts of KPFA’s Voices of the Middle East.
To discuss the significance of Iran in the current Middle East Crisis marked by Israel’s war on Lebanon and attack on Gaza in Occupied Palestine, Shahram Aghamir speaks to Nasser Mohajer, an Iranian journalist and a long time activist.
Israeli forces continue bombarding Lebanon and the attacks are unrelenting in the Gaza. KPFA’s Voices of the Middle East and North Africa will be bringing you thorough analysis of the significance of these actions to the entire region.
