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Expelled Mayor of Hebron - Fahed Qawasmeh - Part 2 Expelled Mayor of Hebron - Fahed Qawasmeh - Part 2
Date: 6/11/1980Call Number: CE 307Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About his deportation by Israeli forces at 1 am on May 2, 1980 without reason or standing trial. Tells that 1,663 political leaders and intellectuals were expelled from Palestine by Israeli occupying forces. Describes Israeli forces expropriating Palestinian property and religious institutions, demolishing homes to build Kibbutzes, over 3,000 residents of Hebron being held in Israeli prisons and tortured, collective punishment of Palestinians with curfews and travel restrictions, and the problem of Palestinians starving. Also criticizes President Carter for approaching Egypt instead of the PLO with concern to Palestine. Applauds the Austrian Chancellor for recognizing the PLO as Palestine's body of government.
Tawfiq Zayyad - Part 1 Tawfiq Zayyad - Part 1
Date: 10/14/1976Call Number: CE 308Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Mayor of Nazareth and Rakah member of the Knesset describes the segregation of Nazareth into an Arab quarter and a Zionist one, the expulsion of 100,000 Palestinians the expropriation of Palestinian homes and restrictions against Palestinians buying land. Describes the militant campaigns by Zionist forces to rid Galilee, Ikrit, and Nazareth of Arabs and how refugees live a few kilometers from their original homes. Explains so-called free elections in Israel - Israeli ministers visit Nazareth and threaten to withhold Israeli funding if a pro-PLO candidate is elected. Attempts to delegitimize Arabs and communists from political process and preventing them from teaching, working in the government, traveling and frequent arrests.
Tawfiq Zayyad - Part 2 Tawfiq Zayyad - Part 2
Date: 10/14/1976Call Number: CE 309Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Mayor of Nazareth and Rakah member of the Knesset describes the segregation of Nazareth into an Arab quarter and a Zionist one, the expulsion of 100,000 Palestinians the expropriation of Palestinian homes and restrictions against Palestinians buying land. Describes the militant campaigns by Zionist forces to rid Galilee, Ikrit, and Nazareth of Arabs and how refugees live a few kilometers from their original homes. Explains so-called free elections in Israel - Israeli ministers visit Nazareth and threaten to withhold Israeli funding if a pro-PLO candidate is elected. Attempts to delegitimize Arabs and communists from political process and preventing them from teaching, working in the government, traveling and frequent arrests. Jeffrey Witwer on generating solar energy in the Middle East - Part 2
Leila Jammal - Part 1 Leila Jammal - Part 1
Call Number: CE 310Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
An Arab, and Israeli citizen, describes growing up under Israeli occupation. She describes the segregation of Palestinians and Zionists in the schools, Arab history and geography being excluded from education, limited Arabic language studies, unaffordable university fees, the taking over of her town, Akar, by Israel, Israeli police violence, her father being sent to prison and tortured without trial, the IDF massacre of Palestinians at Kfar Qasim.
Leila Jammal - Part 2 Leila Jammal - Part 2
Call Number: CE 311Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
An Arab, and Israeli citizen, describes growing up under Israeli occupation. She describes the segregation of Palestinians and Zionists in the schools, Arab history and geography being excluded from education, limited Arabic language studies, unaffordable university fees, the taking over of her town, Akar, by Israel, Israeli police violence, her father being sent to prison and tortured without trial, the IDF massacre of Palestinians at Kfar Qasim.
Leila Jammal - Part 3 Leila Jammal - Part 3
Call Number: CE 312Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
An Arab, and Israeli citizen, describes growing up under Israeli occupation. She describes the segregation of Palestinians and Zionists in the schools, Arab history and geography being excluded from education, limited Arabic language studies, unaffordable university fees, the taking over of her town, Akar, by Israel, Israeli police violence, her father being sent to prison and tortured without trial, the IDF massacre of Palestinians at Kfar Qasim.
Lebanon's Civil War - Part 2 Lebanon's Civil War - Part 2
Date: 9/1/1976Call Number: CE 314Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Lebanon's Civil WarCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with Said Hamami on Israel's role in the Lebanese conflict, the Palestinian presence as a factor, PLO acceptance of a Palestinian mini-state, and the PLO's relations with Egypt.
Lebanon's Civil War - Part 3 Lebanon's Civil War - Part 3
Date: 9/1/1976Call Number: CE 315Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Lebanon's Civil WarCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Said Hamami and Zuhair Mohsen on the dilemma between as-Sa'iqa and the Palestinian Liberation Army. Said Hamami on Syrian President's Assad's motives to invade Lebanon and how the conflict is not one that is strictly Muslim versus Christian.
Lebanon's Civil War - Revised Version Lebanon's Civil War - Revised Version
Date: 9/1/1976Call Number: CE 316Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Lebanon's Civil WarCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Commentaries by Colin Edwards on the conflict in Lebanon, its socioeconomic factors, and how it is not just Muslim versus Christian. Also on Syrian President Assad's decision to invade Lebanon to repress the PLO and other Leftist groups in support of the rightist extremists.
Lebanon's Civil War - For NPR Lebanon's Civil War - For NPR
Date: 9/1/1976Call Number: CE 317Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: NPRCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Commentaries by Colin Edwards on the conflict in Lebanon, its socioeconomic factors, and how it is not just Muslim versus Christian. Includes history of coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon. Also on Syrian President Assad's decision to invade Lebanon to repress the PLO and other Leftist groups in support of the rightist extremists. History of the activity and motives of the rightist "Christian" organizations and militias. PLO representative in London Said Hamami on the prospect of an independent rightist "Christian" state in Lebanon.