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Thursday, July 27, 2006

27-Jul-06: Israel Dialogue on Australian Radio

We took part earlier today in a round-table discussion on the current situation on Australia's ABC National Radio. The program is called Late Night Live with Phillip Adams, and it's now available for audio-streaming. Here are the details, copied from the program's website

Israel Dialogue [ Listen Now ]

A conversation about Israel with three Israelis who are indicative of the immigrant nation, and whose range of views is broadly representative of the breadth of public opinion in Israel.

At the moment there's very strong public support within Israel for the military assault against Hezbollah in Lebanon - various polls in Israel have put it at up to 95%, although the latest newspaper poll has it at 82%. There is a widely held conviction amongst Israelis that if they don't defend themselves, they're dead.

So did Israel have a choice? And what are the choices facing the nation in the foreseeable future? Is a lasting peace with its neighbours out of the question?

Guests


  • Isabel Kershner: Associate Editor at the Jerusalem Report; author of "Barrier: The seam of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict".
  • Arnold Roth: Lawyer; father of Malki, who was killed in a suicide attack in Jerusalem; he is a passionate advocate for the victims of terrorism in Israel.
  • Naomi Chazan: Professor of political science at Hebrew University; former senior member of the Israeli parliament - the Knesset - from 1992-2003; actively involved in Middle East peace negotiations for 30 years.
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4 comments:

  1. One solid hour of serious and informed table discussion? That's amazing. Very little like that here in the states.

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  2. This war is the result of our laziness to educate ourselves about Islam

    I listened to most of the Israel Dialog program on Australian Radio, What was appalling was the lack of understanding both Isabel Kershner and Naomi Chazan have shown for the “root causes” of the present war.

    The real cause of the present war is Islam , or to elaborate, the Islamic concept of jihad and the Islamic relationship towards the infidel, and the refusal of Israeli politicians and journalist to educate themselves about Islam .

    It is truly embarrassing the amount of nonsense Israeli journalists are about to write thinking that their own projections of how Muslims think is how they actually do. Why
    cannot they just not order one book through amazon ‘The Sword of the Prophet” ( I’ve read 23 since 9/11, and this one is the best ) and then base their opinions based on knowledge not fantasies .

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  3. I have just listened to the program and was drawn to your blog when it was mentioned on air. Thank you for contributing to such a fascinating discussion - best wishes to you and your family.

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  4. I came to your blog after listening to this fascinating discussion on LNL podcast. Thank you for your considered responses. Best wishes to you and your family.

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