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Edition #968

Today we check in with the seemingly unending disaster that is the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
 
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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: UpFront - Reality Check- Gaza is still occupied - Al Jazeera English - Air Date: 10-23-15

Ch. 3: Song 1: Dreamtime - Uberzone


00:03:10 Ch. 4: Act 2: Gideon Levy: U.S. Criticizes Settlements While Giving Israel "Carte Blanche" to Continue Occupation - @democracynow - Air Date: 10-15-15

Ch. 5: Song 2: Zombie - The Cranberries


00:11:16 Ch. 6: Act 3: What Is Israel's Plan For Palestine? - Majority Report (@majorityfm) - Air Date: 09-02-15

Ch. 7: Song 3: Natural Blues (Lulu Rouge vs. Stella Polaris Remix) - Single - Moby


00:18:34 Ch. 8: Act 4: Unbalanced reporting on fatalities in Israeli/Palestinian conflict - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 10-23-15

Ch. 9: Song 4: We're Simple Minds - Club 8


00:22:30 Ch. 10: Act 5: Where are the Palestinian Gandhis? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 08-19-15

Ch. 11: Song 5: Standing - VNV Nation


00:30:06 Ch. 12: Act 6: Netanyahu's Holocaust Conspiracy Theory DEBUNKED - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 10-22-15

Ch. 13: Song 6: Diamond - Klint


00:34:07 Ch. 14: Act 7: Yousef Munayyer on what's missing in the Israel/Palestine Narratives - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 10-30-15

Ch. 15: Song 7: Classical Gas - Vanessa Mae


00:44:48 Ch. 16: Act 8: #SaveSusiya via Jewish Voices For Peace ( @jvplive ) - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 17: Song 8: This Fickle World - Theo Bard


00:48:06 Ch. 18: Act 9: What Peace Deal Could Look Like in Israel & Palestine - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 10-20-15


Voicemails

00:58:07 Ch. 19: Spring Valley is not a symptom of a larger problem - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX

01:00:08 Ch. 20: Stop trying to solve societies problems with police - Geoff from Florida

01:02:15 Ch. 21: The discomfort of losing privilege - Todd from Waverly, IA

01:03:50 Ch. 22: Need a new payment processing option - Rebecca from Takoma, WA

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


01:05:14 Ch. 23: Final comments on cops in schools, the discomfort of recognizing our privilege and a new donation method for BotL

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


Activism: #SaveSusiya via Jewish Voices For Peace ( @jvplive )

Take Action:

SIGN: Tell John Kerry to Defend Susiya! via Jewish Voice for Peace

FOLLOW: #EndTheOccupation & #IsraeliIncitement

Additional Activism/Resources:

SIGN: "Free Political Refugees Hisham Shaban Ghalia and Mounis Hammouda From ICE custody” via Not1More

Sources/further reading:

5 Questions Prime Minister Netanyahu Should be Asked Today via Amnesty International

"Families from threatened Palestinian villages Susiya and Um al-Kheir bring their stories to the US” at Mondoweiss

"Israel, Don’t Level My Village” — Nasser Nawaja at The New York Times

"16 Eye-Opening Photos Show What It's Like Going Back to School in Palestine and Israel” at Mic.com

"Mapping the dead in latest Israeli-Palestinian violence”

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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