This Ongoing War: A Blog: 27-Jul-06: Israel aialogue on Australian radio

Thursday, July 27, 2006

27-Jul-06: Israel aialogue 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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: One solid hour of serious and informed table discussion? That's amazing. Very little like that here in the states.; Thursday, July 27, 2006

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