The Land of Milk and Honey » Questions for the experts
The reason that I started this blog 10 days early was so that I could introduce some of the people that I will be meeting and interviewing whilst in the Middle East.
Unfortunately the mounting pressure of approaching exams has meant that I haven’t been able to justify taking a break to write. Fortunately I can’t take another minute of the discussion between Glaucon and Thrasymachus, so I’ll take this opportunity to share some details.
These aren’t all of the interviews and meetings, just some of the ones which I am more excited about. The reason I’m telling you now, by the way, is so that (for the particularly political of you) if there are any questions you might have for anybody I can pass them on.
Captain Rutland – An Israeli Defense Force Spokesperson. If there are any questions people want asked I expect they are for the Captain. Unfortunately I have had to discuss questions before the interview was arranged, so do feel free to offer questions but I can’t promise they’ll be answered
Michael Warschawski – Founder of the Alternative Information Center. Former leader of the Marxist Revolutionary Communist League. A Founder of Yesh Gvul. Sentenced to 30 months prison in 1987 for “providing services for illegal (Palestinian) organizations.” Writer, journalist and activist
Amir Mizroch – Amir is the News Editor of the Jerusalem Post, one of the main newspapers in Israel
Angela Godfrey-Goldstein – Action Advocacy Officer for the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Angela’s main concerns are with the Israeli settlements throughout the Occupied Territories, and the destruction of Palestinian property which is often a part of that. Angela has offered to take me on a tour of the walls and the ‘tools of occupation’
Shir Hever – Alternative Information Center leader and economist. Part-writer of the Economy of the Occupation. An important analyst of the Israeli/Palestinian situation
Dr Dalit Baum – Project Coordinator, Who Profits from the Occupation. Leader in The Coalition of Women for Peace. Dalit is recognised as a brilliant Middle Eastern analyst, and I am meeting her on the recommendations of Shir Hever and Angela Godfrey-Goldstein
I am hoping to meet with Dr Hanan Ashrawi, whose staff have agreed to help organise an interview, but I am currently trying to overcome transport problems
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