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For The Week Ending April 19, 2002
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMLISTEN to this week's half-hour program of Between The Lines by clicking on one of the links below. MP3 files available until April 24, 2002.
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International Solidarity Movement Activists
Adam Shapiro, a 30-year-old American activist, found himself in the media spotlight after he accompanied an ambulance to Yassir Arafat's besieged Ramallah headquarters on Easter weekend, soon after Israel launched a large scale military attack against West Bank cities. Shapiro, who has lived in the occupied territories for 2 1/2 years, is among hundreds of non-violent International Solidarity Movement volunteers who have put their lives on the line to offer protection and humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire there.
The young man from Brooklyn, N.Y., was forced to stay overnight in Arafat's compound after he convinced Israeli officers to permit an ambulance safe passage to evacuate the wounded from the Palestinian leader's headquarters. The next morning, he had breakfast with Arafat and eventually Israeli forces which had surrounded the area with tanks and troops allowed him to leave. Shapiro's experience was widely reported in the U.S. and international press, provoking death threats against his parents living in New York from those who charge Shapiro with being a traitor and supporting terrorism.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris reached Shapiro in Ramallah by cell phone and asked him about the work of the International Solidarity Movement and what he has witnessed during the current Israeli military assault on West Bank cities.
Visit the International Solidarity Movement's Web site at www.palsolidarity.org
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Ignores Root Causes of Middle East Violence Interview by Scott Harris
The Israeli army's recent attack against major West Bank cities and refugee camps has been repeatedly justified by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a necessary step to "uproot the infrastructure of terrorism" and to prevent further Palestinian suicide bomb attacks against civilians in Israel. President Bush, alarmed at growing unrest in the Arab world, demanded that Israel immediately withdraw from Palestinian territory, a call Sharon has resisted by continuing military operations.
Despite Israel's often violent effort to ban the international press corps from covering the hostilities, reports of summary executions; the bulldozing of homes on top of their inhabitants and the denial of medical care, food and water to civilians as ordered by the Israeli Army have circulated around the world. Groups like the International Red Cross and Amnesty International have increasingly made public statements condemning Israel's conduct in the current clash. But with few exceptions, U.S. media outlets, and especially television commentators, provide viewers with a decidedly pro-Israeli view of the conflict.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Peter Hart of the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting or FAIR, who examines the corporate media's coverage of the violent struggle between Israelis and Palestinians, and the symbolic use of language in network newscasts.
Contact FAIR by calling (212) 633-6700 or visit their Web site at www.fair.org
on Washington, D.C. for April 20 Protest Groups denounce Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 foreign and domestic policies Interview by Scott Harris
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11th terror attacks, President Bush and his policies are widely supported by a great majority of Americans according to public opinion polls. The war in Afghanistan, which was launched in October to destroy Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network -- the group believed to have masterminded the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- is viewed by many around the country as a resounding success. The nation is assured that the terrorist threat is being neutralized even as bin Laden and many of his associates are still at large.
The White House has since deployed U.S. troops to several nations including the Philippines, Yemen and the Republic of Georgia, and the Bush administration has openly pointed to Iraq as being the next target in the war against terrorism. But not everyone in America is happy with the Bush policies. Citizens have raised questions about the 4,000 civilians estimated to have been killed by U.S. bombs in Afghanistan; the concern that violence alone will not stop future terrorist attacks; the secret detention of thousands of immigrants and the defunding of critical social programs here in the U.S.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Ted Glick, of the Independent Progressive Politics Network, who serves on the steering committee of a coalition of groups organizing a major demonstration April 20 in Washington, D.C., dubbed the march to "Stop the War at Home and Abroad." Glick outlines the reasons why thousands of citizens will be coming to the nation's capital to condemn the Bush administration's foreign and domestic policies.
To contact the April 20 Mobilization Committee, call (202) 265-3980 or visit their Web site at www.unitedwemarch.org
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