Most people don’t understand why the Middle East conflict has raged for half a century. It is because Israel has stolen vast quantities of land and property from the Palestinians beginning in 1948 and continuing today.

"By bringing the warlords back to power, the US has replaced one misogynist fundamentalist regime with another." Mariam Rawi

Abe Bonowitz, Bill Pelke, and Juan Melendez are on a Journey of Hope, travelling around the country speaking out and educating people about the reality of capital punishment. Bill Pelke lost his grandmom to a brutal murder and initially sought her killer's execution, but he had an epiphany and now works against the death pewnalty. Juan Meledez spent 17 years, 8 months and a day on Florida's death row for a crime he did not commit. He was set free in January 2002. Juan has become an activist, working to end capital punishment. Abe Bonowitz, is with Citizens United Against the Death Penalty. The trio was in Monterey, CA on Valentine's Day for a conference of defense attorneys. This recording is the full, event, as recorded. Unfortunately after Bill Pelke's talk, my batteret was low, so I switched it, but Abe Bonowitz began talking before my recorder started up again. About two minutes are lost.

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On February 23, the Int'l Court of Justice in The Hague will begin hearing oral arguments regarding the legal consequences of Israel’s construction of a wall in the West Bank. I spoke with Ian Williams, UN correspondent for The Nation Magazine, who is currently in the U.K. We discussed the ramifications of the legal challenge to the wall, and also get his take on the US occupation of Iraq, and the Katherine Gunn affair. 29:11

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...Sick Nicaraguan Banana Workers Interview with Kathy Hoyt, co-coordinator of the Nicaragua Network, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus