This week Wael and Will talk with students who've recently attended the Students for Justice in Palestine national conference earlier this month.  Daro Behroozi is a student at Columbia University majoring in anthropology and Tanya Keilani is a Palestinian American graduate student also in the department of anthropology at Columbia.  For the second half of the program, a live conversation with the Executive Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Jeff Halper.  Jeff Halper is wrapping up a busy speaking tour through the United States but agreed to talk about recent developments and a broad look ahead for the struggle.

This week Wael and Will talk with Seattle school teacher and social justice activist, Jesse Hagopian, about the Interfaith Peace Builders African Heritage delegation visit to Palestine-Israel.  Also on the program are Real News Middle East correspondent, Lia Tarachansky, and columnist Noam Sheizaf, discussing the new Israeli anti-boycott law, Israeli social protests and the likely impact of the recent violence near Eilat, Gaza and the Egyptian border. 

To find out more about the African Heritage delegation, please visit:  http://www.interfaithpeacebuilders.org/del38/

To read reports and commentary by Noam Sheizaf, check out +972 online:  http://972mag.com/author/noams/

And to view reports by Real News Network correspondent, Lia Tarachansky, check out:  http://therealnews.com/t2/

 

This week we talk about the plans for UN recognition of an independent Palestinian
State, expected this coming fall at the United Nations.  Will and Wael will be
talking with Palestinian Economy Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, about the move by
the Palestinian Authority to have Palestine recognized as an independent state at
the United Nations.  Following the discussion, Electronic Intifada founder, Ali
Abunimah, provides his perspective on the move towards internationally recognized
Palestinian statehood.

One Land, Many Voices hosts Wael Elasady and William Seaman return to the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions campaign with guest Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the global BDS movement and author of the recently published book, Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights.  Also, special feature from Noam Chomsky's April 20th talk on the Middle East at Pacific University in Forest Grove!