"For the Record" Summaries and Transcripts
8 May 2008 - Married to Another Man: Israel’s Dilemma in Palestine
28 April 2008 - Five Months after Annapolis: Where Are We Headed?
20 February 2008 - Border and Beyond: Reassessing Middle East Policy
15 February 2008 - The Future of Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations: Is Peace Still Possible?
17 December 2007 - A Personal Struggle Against the Wall in Bethlehem
9 December 2007 - A Quiet Revolution: The First Palestinian Intifada and Nonviolence Resistance
19 November 2007 - Building on Shaky Ground: A Critical Assessment of the West Bank First Strategy
24 October 2007 - From Camp David to Annapolis: Requirements for a Genuine Peace
26 September 2007 - Combating Unemployment in Gaza: Creative Partnerships and the Palestinian Development Landscape
6 September 2007 - Eyewitness Lebanon, July-August 2006: An International Law Inquiry
2 August 2007 - Dynamics of the Middle East Since 2006
2 August 2007 - The Next Step in the Peace Process
2 August 2007 - American Perceptions and Misconceptions: How Media Coverage Effects the Way We View the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
5 July 2007 - Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis
27 June 2007 - Palestinian Water Crisis: Bilateral and Regional Perspectives
25 May 2007 - Ending 40 Years of Occupation: The Arab Peace Initiative as the Basis for a Just and Lasting Peace
27 April 2007 - Palestine & Peace: The Challenges Ahead
23 April 2007 - Building a Thriving Economy and a Strong Democracy
13 April 2007 - Israel’s Exclusion of Palestinian Americans from Palestine: Challenges and Opportunities
20 March 2007 - Palestinian Women: Power, Politics and Participation
7 March 2007 - Neo-Liberal Apartheid: Lessons from the Crisis of South African Liberation
2 March 2007 - The Palestinian Socioeconomic Crisis of 2006
12 February 2007 - Entering the Final Phase of the Israeli-Paletinian Conflict
17 January 2007 - Developments within the Palestinian Authority: Is National Unity Possible?
19 December 2006 - Two Walled Cities: Jerusalem and Johannesburg, Apartheid and Palestine
18 December 2006 - Palestine and the U.N.: From a Safe Haven to a Challenging Arena
12 December 2006 - Gaza: Reports from the Ground
28 November 2006 - One Country
3 October 2006 - Destruction and Violations: Gaza, Lebanon and Israel
18 September 2006 - Reformulating U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Middle East
31 August 2006 - The Clean Break Plan: A Conspiracy of Theories?
28 August 2006 - Israel, Lebanon and the U.S.: The Political, Military and Economic Price of War
4 August 2006 - Seeds of Crisis: The U.S., Israel and the Middle East
31 July 2006 - The West Bank Wall: Unmaking Palestine
24 July 2006 - Hamas, Its Neighbors & the Quartet
21 July 2006 - The Changing Political Landscape: Reorganization of Power & Action
17 July 2006 - Hamas: Past and Present
27 June 2006 - Palestine Remembered: An Oral History Project
21 June 2006 - The Public Health Status of Palestine
1 June 2006 - Israeli Unilateralism: The Illusion of Peace
16 May 2006 - Palestinian Refugee Property Claims: Challenges, Historical Precedents and Practical Suggestions
1 May 2006 - Palestinian Diplomacy at a Crossroads
24 April 2006 - A Storm from the East? Western Encounters with the Arab World
19 April 2006 - Agonizing over Palestine: Hisham Sharabi, the Intellectual and Activist
13 April 2006 - Israeli Unilateralism versus Palestinian Human Rights
4 April 2006 - Israel’s Arab Citizens and the 2006 National Elections
17 March 2006 - Israel & Palestine: The 2006 Human Rights Watch Report
10 March 2006 - Evolution of the Palestinian Feminist Movement
6 March 2006 - Apartheid, Unending Conflict, or a Just Peace?
21 February 2006 - Finding Equilibrium between Hamas and Israel
10 February 2006 - International Aid, Diplomacy and the Palestinian Reality
9 February 2006 - Contextualizing the Hamas Win
8 February 2006 - The 2006 Palestinian Elections: What Next?
4 November 2005 - Israel’s Wall, Settlements and Permit System Threaten Palestinian Life in Jerusalem and West Bank
13 October 2005 - Collective Punishment, Occupation and the Palestinians
7 October 2005 - After Disengagement: The Political and Economic Realities in Gaza and the West Bank
28 September 2005 - The Palestinian Security Sector: Post-Disengagement and Beyond
14 September 2005 - The Role of UNRWA after the Gaza Disengagement
2 August 2005 - Re-claiming Palestine: The Legal Basis for Rights of Return and Restitution
28 July 2005 - Gaza Withdrawal Does Not End Occupation: West Bank and East Jerusalem Settlements Matter Too
27 July 2005 - Palestinian Sovereignty over Land and Borders Necessary for Peace
26 July 2005 - Politics and Perceptions of Peace: A Palestinian and Israeli Perspective
25 July 2005 - History of Middle East Peace Initiatives: Actors Change but Conflict Remains
15 July 2005 - One Year Later: Implementation of the International Court of Justice’s Opinion on Israel's Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
23 June 2005 - One Shared Vision: Changes within Israeli Society Necessary for Peace
17 June 2005 - Israeli Settlements Linked to Human Rights Violations and Delays in Peace
15 June 2005 - Challenging Western and Arab Perceptions through Literature
3 June 2005 - Atlas of Palestine 1948: Reconstructing Palestine
5 May 2005 - Bedouin Arabs in Israel: An Invisible Community
28 April 2005 - The Gaza Disengagement Plan: How to Make It Work
20 April 2005 - Zionism Re-Examined
12 April 2005 - The Changing Palestinian Political Landscape
1 April 2005 - Changing Relationships: Iraq, Israel, and the U.S.
22 March 2005 - Lebanon in Transition
10 March 2005 - Empowering Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Regions
22 February 2005 - Iraq: A Test Case for the Future of the United Nations
2 February 2005 - Challenges facing the Palestinian National Movement and the new Abbas Presidency
26 January 2005 - American Arab Activism and Palestinian Politics
18 January 2005 - Challenging Christian Zionism and Its Role in U.S. Middle East Policy
12 January 2005 - The Palestinian Presidential Elections: Exercising Democracy Under Occupation
7 December 2004 - Israel after Arafat: Growing Poverty and Crisis
29 November 2004 - Politics and International Law: Whence the Palestinian Right of Return?
24 November 2004 - Education in Palestine: Coping with Challenges that Undermine Overall Development
27 October 2004 - More Policy, Less Policing in M.E. Urged for Next U.S. Administration
13 October 2004 - The U.S. Role in the Failure of Camp David 2000
30 September 2004 - The 2004 Congressional Scorecard: The Hall of Fame and Shame
26 July 2004 - The Fate of the Palestinian Reform Movement
22 July 2004 - A Divided House: Israel's Internal Political Discourse Over Gaza
20 July 2004 - The Gaza Pullout: A Step Toward Peace or Occupation Repackaged?
20 July 2004 - Disengagement, the Palestinian Economy and the Settlements
19 July 2004 - The Consequences of the Iraq War on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
25 June 2004 - A 'Borderless' Gaza and Truncated West Bank
21 June 2004 - Egypt and Sharon's Gaza Disengagement Plan
24 May 2004 - Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Stretches Limits of Aid Organizations
17 May 2004 - Ashrawi: The Call for a Binational State Is Not a Political Program
29 April 2004 - Sharon's Plan: A Shift from Occupation to Siege
22 March 2004 - Gaza First…and Last?
18 March 2004 - American Christians Have a Responsibility to End the Occupation
26 February 2004 - The Wall at the Court: The Case and the Hearings
23 February 2004 - Pro-Natal Policies and Nationalism: Israeli Strategies and Palestinian Responses
4 February 2004 - Israel’s Supreme Court: Conservative or Liberal?
22 January 2004 - Records of Dispossession
12 January 2004 - America’s Asymmetrical Wars: Following a Failed Israeli Military Doctrine
24 December 2003 - The Trial of Saddam Hussein
23 December 2003 - After Saddam: Who Stands Accountable for the Situation in Iraq?
17 December 2003 - Geneva Discord
16 December 2003 - On the Side of Violence: Jean Genet and the Palestinian Revolution
18 November 2003 - Young Palestinian Leaders Face Two Battles: Liberation and Democratization
11 November 2003 - Syria: Between Israel, the United Nations and the Neo-Con Threat
6 November 2003 - From Oslo to the Geneva Accords: A Rough Terrain
27 October 2003 - The deteriorating Health Conditions in the Occupied Territories
21 October 2003 - Israel's Economy: Casualty of the Intifada
16 October 2003 - Arab and Jewish Women Talk about Peace and Reconciliation
25 September 2003 - The Jerusalem Wall: Barrier to a Two State Solution
10 September 2003 - Israel's Apartheid Wall: Ghettoization of the Palestinians
3 September 2003 - The Americanization of Israel and the Israelization of American Policy
4 August 2003 - Abbas to Bush: 'Israel is Blocking the Implementation of Road Map'
21 July 2003 - Israel's Apartheid Wall: The Final Act in Pre-empting an Independent and Viable Palestinian State
18 July 2003 - Mosaic Communities: Defying Institutionalized Racism
11 July 2003 - The Apartheid Wall: Death Knell for a Two-State Solution
26 June 2003 - The Road Map Avoids Addressing East Jerusalem
24 June 2003 - Arab Satellite Television: The New Arab Revolution?
18 June 2003 - Two and a Half Years of Intifada: A Turning Point?
10 June 2003 - The Fall of Iraq: A Journalist's Eyewitness Account
9 June 2003 - Keeping the Faith, the Palestinian Christians on the Brink of Extinction
2 June 2003 - The Roots of Peace
21 May 2003 - U.S.-Backed Road Map Provides no Solutions
21 May 2003 - The Future of Iraq: A Unified, Democratic State? Pt. II
21 May 2003 - The Future of Iraq: A Unified, Democratic State? Pt. I
14 May 2003 - Water: Fuel for Conflict in the Middle East
12 May 2003 - Syria and the United States after Iraq
9 May 2003 - The Roadmap: Exit from Conflict or U-Turn?
2 May 2003 - The Future of Syrian-American Relations
30 April 2003 - Iraq's Missing Weapons
28 April 2003 - From Iraq to the Occupied Territories: Counting the Cost of America's Middle East Policy
28 April 2003 - Democracy and Disarmament Or a New American Empire?
2 April 2003 - How to Repair America's Image: An Insider's View
31 March 2003 - U.S. Road Map Leads Down a Familiar Path
28 March 2003 - Israel's Role in the Attack on Iraq
5 March 2003 - Nuclear Nightmare: Bush Administration Hawks are Pushing the World Closer to Disaster
10 February 2003 - Searching Jenin: Finding More Questions
6 February 2003 - Israel's 'Orwellian' World
30 January 2003 - Israel's Policy of Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing: The Opening Remarks at the Palestine Center Winter Conference
29 January 2003 - Israel's Policy of Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing: The Closing Session of the Palestine Center Winter Conference
12 December 2002 - U.S. Economic and Military Influence in the Middle East Leaves Arabs with Limited Political Options
6 December 2002 - Water as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
22 November 2002 - The Future of Israel in the 2003 Elections
19 November 2002 - Israel's Fateful Choice
15 November 2002 - Influencing Israeli Public Opinion in the hope of Bringing Change
13 November 2002 - Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Women Discuss Prospects for Peace and Reconciliation
23 October 2002 - The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Moral Dilemma Facing the Church
18 October 2002 - Israel’s Economic Burden: Occupying the Palestinian Territories
14 October 2002 - The Israeli Peace Movement Returns to the Battlefield
9 October 2002 - The Arabs in Israel: A Minority Lacking Legal Protection
7 October 2002 - The Swing to the Right in U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East
4 October 2002 - Building Homes and Hopes for Peace
3 October 2002 - The Occupation's Youngest Victims
3 October 2002 - Without a 'Peace Dividend' Reconciliation is out of Reach
25 September 2002 - A Democratic Palestine Worries Sharon
19 September 2002 - Palestinian Private Sector Hit Hard by Israel's Re-occupation
29 August 2002 - A U.S. Attack on Iraq: Possible Repercussions Outweigh Potential Benefits
28 August 2002 - The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Mutually Beneficial Partnership
22 August 2002 - The United States and Israel, A Relationship that Endangers Americans
9 August 2002 - Ethnic Cleansing and Apartheid, Israel’s Way to Rid itself of Palestinians
8 August 2002 - A ‘Lose-Lose’ Situation: Crisis Management without Progress Towards a Solution
6 August 2002 - A Palestinian National Unity Government, the Way to Move Forward
29 July 2002 - Israel’s Weapons of Mass Destruction
17 July 2002 - Self-defense does not Relieve Israel from its Obligations under International Law
15 July 2002 - Bush’s Speech Strengthens Arafat, Arouses Palestinian Suspicions
1 July 2002 - Bush’s Middle East Vision Lacks Roadmap and Ignores Realities
25 June 2002 - Palestinians Set three Requirements for Peace Talks
21 June 2002 - The United States Must Adopt a New Vision for Middle East Peace
14 June 2002 - Indicted for Genocide, Sharon Could Face Trial in late June
11 June 2002 - New Laws Legalize Apartheid in Israel
6 June 2002 - Non-Violent Activists: A Challenge to the Israeli Occupation
20 May 2002 - Driven by Youth, Arab Public Opinion is Critical of the United States
16 May 2002 - Americans Pay a High Price for Israel’s Friendship
9 May 2002 - The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: An Issue of Control, not Territory
6 May 2002 - Ordinary Citizens Must Demand that their Governments Intervene in the Middle East
2 May 2002 - Learning from the Past and Moving Forward in the Middle East
19 April 2002 - International Observers Risk their Lives to Document Israeli Aggression
18 April 2002 - U.S. and Israel Share an Ambitious Plan to Control the Middle East
15 April 2002 - Media and Christian Right Reward State Terrorism, Attack Resistance
9 April 2002 - Christians in the Holy Land: A Quiet, yet Potentially Powerful Voice
25 March 2002 - Israeli/Palestinian Forum for Peace: Compelled by Children’s Deaths, Parents Search for Peace
15 March 2002 - Externally Directed Separation: A New Plan for Palestinian-Israeli Peace
27 February 2002 - The International Solidarity Movement: Challenges and Prospects
25 February 2002 - The Intifada and Refugees: Competing Priorities?
22 February 2002 - An Ecumenical Response to Crisis: Churches Underscore Need for International Presence
13 February 2002 - Reconcilable Differences: The PLO Plan for Peace with Israel
6 February 2002 - The Effectiveness of Non-violence: Civilian Observers Report on Current Efforts
4 February 2002 - Coexistence on Equal Terms: Can the United States Serve as an Honest Broker?
30 January 2002 - The Other Side of the Story: Reporting on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
7 January 2002 - The State of Israel vs. Dr. Azmi Bishara: Democracy in Israel and Palestinian Citizenship
10 December 2001 - After Kabul: Is Baghdad Next?
21 November 2001 - Evaluating U.S. Policy toward the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Post-September 11
19 November 2001 - Where Do We Go from Here? American and Palestinian Approaches to the Future
16 November 2001 - Activists Pursue Peace through International Grassroots Initiatives
14 November 2001 - The Effects of U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Central Asia: Part Two
13 November 2001 - The Effects of U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Central Asia: Part One
12 November 2001 - U.S. Policy and the Palestinians: Perceptions and Realities
1 November 2001 - Historical, Logical, and Moral Arguments against Racial Profiling
26 October 2001 - Israeli Peace Activist Discusses Need for a Common Historical Narrative
22 October 2001 - The ‘Collapsing’ Tripartite Alliance of Pakistan, the Taliban, and Osama bin Laden
28 September 2001 - As the Media Focus on the United States, Israel’s Repression of Palestinians Worsens
26 September 2001 - Deir Yassin’s Significance to Palestinians and Jews
21 September 2001 - Diminishing Resources and Increasing Needs of Palestinian Refugees
18 September 2001 - The Role of the Media in Shaping Public Perception
6 September 2001 - Examining the Relationship Between Zionism and Racism
2 August 2001 - The Evolution of U.S. Policy on Jerusalem: International Law versus the Rule of Force
23 July 2001 - U.S. Media Bias toward Israel Conflicts With Journalist’s Experience
10 July 2001 - Stunning’ Changes within Palestinian Society: The Disempowerment of Political and Social Life
18 June 2001 - No Light at the End of the Tunnel: Conflict Unlikely to End Soon
14 June 2001 - Challenging Myths with Facts on the Ground
1 June 2001 - A Palestinian Christian Analyzes the Psychology of the Violence Cycle
31 May 2001 - The ‘Original Sin’ of the Occupation and Possible Solutions to the Crisis
25 May 2001 - Israeli Rabbi Finds Hope in Nonviolent Resistance
18 May 2001 - Two Relief Workers Discuss The ‘Unfolding of a New Form of War’ in Iraq
24 April 2001 - Speakers Address the Israel/Palestine Predicament: War Crimes, Accountability, and Possible Futures
11 April 2001 - Shifting Tactics in the Intifada: A Stronger Focus on Nonviolence?
10 April 2001 - Limitations of the Camp David Proposal, Roots of the Intifada, and Possibilities for Change
14 March 2001 - Former Peace Team Member Discusses U.S. Failures under Clinton Administration
7 March 2001 - Israeli Myths, Palestinian Realities
22 February 2001 - Assisting Palestinian Development: Current Challenges
1 February 2001 - U.S. Aid to Israel: Interpreting the ‘Strategic Relationship’
26 January 2001 - Land Confiscation, Collective Punishment, and How to End a Military Occupation
18 January 2001 - Speaking from Experience: Air Raids, Panic, and Resistance
15 December 2000 - The Human Rights Challenge Against Pro-Sanctions Disinformation
21 November 2000 - Building a New Framework for Negotiations
3 November 2000 - Oslo Cannot Be Resuscitated, Declares Ashrawi; New Approach to Peace Process Needed
31 October 2000 - Causes and Effects of the Al-Aqsa Intifada
25 October 2000 - Succession and Authoritarianism in Palestine: What Next After Arafat?
20 October 2000 - Palestinians in Israel: Between the Green Line and the Red Line
13 October 2000 - The Necessity of a Just Peace: ‘We Cannot Fail’
12 October 2000 - Israel’s ‘Apartheid Policy’ Toward Palestinian Citizens
6 October 2000 - Regional Implications of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ‘Blueprint’
25 September 2000 - Human Rights Work Since Oslo: A Two-Dimensional Approach
22 September 2000 - Building a Democratic State: More Than a ‘Paper Struggle’
19 September 2000 - Symposium Speakers Explore ‘New Faces of Palestinian Activism’
18 September 2000 - A Return to the 4 June 1967 Borders: Critical for Peace
18 August 2000 - Globalization and the Peace Process: Testing the Limits of U.S. Hegemony
8 August 2000 - The Palestinian Right of Return: New Understandings of International Law
4 August 2000 - The Future of Jerusalem: International Law or ‘Facts on the Ground’?
28 July 2000 - Camp David II: Testing the Viability of Oslo
24 July 2000 - Mapping Palestinian ‘Sovereignty’
28 June 2000 - PLC Delegates Face Roadblocks, Place their Hope in the Palestinian People
20 June 2000 - A Glimpse of Possible Futures: Reconstructing Southern Lebanon
16 June 2000 - The U.S. Response to Terrorism: An Unequal Approach
11 May 2000 - ‘You Can’t Grow Tomatoes on the Internet’: Palestinians Endure Virtual Apartheid under Closure
3 May 2000 - Jordanian Islamist Leader Assesses Value of ‘Normalization’ to Arabs, Israel
26 April 2000 - From De Rigueur to Disaster: Why Oslo, Like Globalization, Must Be Challenged
19 April 2000 - Calling Israel and America’s Bluff: Robert Fisk Critiques the ‘Peace Process’
13 April 2000 - Palestine Center Symposium Explores Likely ‘Permanent Status” Scenarios in Palestine
12 April 2000 - Husseini Warns Against Continued Israeli Occupation in Jerusalem
6 April 2000 - Silencing the Guns: How Egyptians View the Arab-Israeli Peace Process
16 March 2000 - Ashrawi Delineates Palestinian ‘Red Lines,’ Reiterates Need for a Two-State Solution
13 March 2000 - Strength from Weakness: The Paradox of Palestinian ‘Authority’ in Jerusalem
6 March 2000 - Political Islam: New Realities in the Wake of Iranian Elections
17 February 2000 - The Lebanese-Israeli Conflict: Bilateral Issues in a Multilateral Context
14 February 2000 - Israel’s Matrix of Control in Palestine
10 February 2000 - One Christian’s Perspective on Religious Dissonance in the Holy Land
7 February 2000 - The Pitfalls of Patronage: Turn-key Science in the Arab World
2 February 2000 - Is the PA Serious about Reform? Examining the Evidence
21 January 2000 - A Dim Light at the End of the Tunnel? What to Expect as Permanent Status Nears
22 December 1999 - Former CIA Political Analyst Discusses ‘Perceptions of Palestine’
15 December 1999 - New Negotiations between Syria and Israel
13 December 1999 - The Crisis of Democracy in Palestine
1 December 1999 - Litigating Torture in the Israeli High Court
4 November 1999 - From Madrid to Final Status: Four Perspectives on U.S.-Palestinian Relations
3 November 1999 - Permanent Status, Barak-Style? A Critical Assessment
2 November 1999 - Permanent Status Negotiations: The Illusions of Diplomacy
25 October 1999 - Lessons from the Syrian-Israeli Negotiating Track
21 October 1999 - UN Resolutions and the Search for a Final Palestinian-Israeli Agreement
8 October 1999 - For Better or Worse? The Changing U.S. Role in the Peace Process
20 September 1999 - The Peace Process and the Central Intelligence Agency
11 August 1999 - An American Victim of Israeli Torture Speaks Out
9 August 1999 - Prospects for Final Status Negotiations under Barak
4 August 1999 - Re-Assessing Israeli Violations of Geneva IV
2 August 1999 - Compensation for Expropriated Palestinian Water
29 July 1999 - The Middle East Water Emergency
15 July 1999 - Palestinian Institution-Building: Failures and Prospects
18 June 1999 - Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, and the Peace Process
18 June 1999 - U.S. Government Seeks to Promote Trade with the Middle East
16 June 1999 - The Israeli Elections and the Palestinians in Israel
14 June 1999 - Barak’s Israel and Peace: Palestinian and Arab Expectations
11 June 1999 - Israeli Settlement Update Following the Israeli Elections
11 June 1999 - Israel: Ethnocracy versus Liberal Democracy
8 June 1999 - The Israeli Elections, the Peace Process, and U.S. Objectives in the Middle East
18 May 1999 - Agenda Setting for Democratization in Post-Oslo Palestine
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