LIST OF 2007 PROGRAMS
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December 2007: An interview with Itamar Marcus, founder and director of Palestinian Media
Watch, an organization that monitors what Palestinian leaders say to their own people in Arabic and
translates it into English.
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November 2007: A discussion of whether the idea of "land for peace" as a means of resolving
the Arab-Israeli conflict has reached a dead end, and if so, what are the possible alternative
approaches. With Marty Wasserman and David Meir-Levi.
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October 2007: How the Arab-Israeli conflict is being waged on American college campuses. Guests
are Cinnamon Stillwell, Northern California representative of Campus Watch, which reviews and
critiques Middle East studies programs with the goal of improving them, and Sue Maltiel, executive
director of Hillel of Silicon Valley.
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August 2007: An interview with American-born Israeli Aryeh Green, senior advisor to former
refusenik and human rights leader Natan Sharansky, on efforts to promote democracy and freedom
in the Arab world.
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July 2007: An examination of hate speech, hate teach and hate preach, directed against Israel
in particular and non-Muslims in general, on the part of Arab governments, schools and media. With
Marty Wasserman, David Meir-Levi and Don Mintz.
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June 2007: Interviews about the Arab-Israeli conflict with Israeli Knesset member Yuval Steinitz,
who is one of the top ranking members of the Likud Party, and Ra'anan Gissin, who was chief
media advisor to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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May 2007: An interview with Arab-Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh, chief Palestinian Affairs
writer for the Jerusalem Post, who offers a unique perspective on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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April 2007: An interview with Israeli attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, founder of the Israel
Law Center, a.k.a. Shurat HaDin, which sues terrorist organizations in civilian courts. Also, a
segment from the film "Quest for the Hero Heart" by firefighter-pastor Bruce Porter, which
portrays Israelis who deal with the aftermath of terror attacks.
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March 2007: An examination of whether the Arab side uses systematic falsehood in its
propaganda war with Israel, with focus on the Mohammed al-Dura case. With Marty Wasserman
and David Meir-Levi.
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February 2007: A discussion of former President Jimmy Carter's controversial new book,
"Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid", which critics charge is openly pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel,
and filled with distortions, omissions and outright falsehoods. With Marty Wasserman and David
Meir-Levi.
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January 2007: An interview with Michael Oren, American-born Israeli historian and author of a
bestselling book on the Six Day War, on Israel's response to the mounting threats on every side.
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LIST OF 2006 PROGRAMS
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December 2006: An interview with David Gilbert, Middle East reporter for CBS News, who has
lived in Israel since 2000, and who gives an insider's look at the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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November 2006: Prominent Israeli journalist David Bedein discusses the volatile situation in the
Middle East in the aftermath of the war in Lebanon, and Professor Zev Wolfson talks about the
growing alliance between Russia and Iran, and the consequences of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
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October 2006: A look at the United Nations' role in the Middle East. Is the UN part of the solution
or part of the problem? With David Meir-Levi and Marty Wasserman.
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September 2006: A look at the conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. Guests include
Dr. Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University and co-director of
the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution, Nagi Najjar, executive director of the
Lebanese Foundation for Peace, and Middle East historian David Meir-Levi. Host: Marty
Wasserman.
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August 2006: A look at JIMENA, an organization devoted to telling the story of the nearly one
million Jews who were driven out of Arab countries in the aftermath of World War II and the
creation of Israel. Guests: Jewish-Egyptian refugees Joseph Abdel Wahed and Remy Pessah, and
Yitzhak Santis of the Jewish Community Relations Council. With Marty Wasserman and David
Meir-Levi.
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July 2006: Lebanese Christian Brigitte Gabriel describes her life during the PLO occupation of
South Lebanon in the 1970's; former Palestinian terrorist Walid Shoebat tells why he renounced
his violent past; Wafa Sultan criticizes Islamic fundamentalism on Al Jazeera. With Marty
Wasserman and David Meir-Levi.
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June 2006: Video clip and discussion of Wafa Sultan, an Arab woman who created a stir with her
sharp public criticism of Islam; part two of an interview with Professor Larry Diamond on the
growing threat of Iran; and a look at Israel's growth and accomplishments. With Marty
Wasserman and David Meir-Levi.
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May 2006: An interview with Professor Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
and former senior advisor to the Provisional Coalition Government in Baghdad, on the War in Iraq
and American efforts to build a stable democracy there.
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April 2006: An interview with Lebanese Christian leader Nagi Najjar, executive director of the
Lebanese Foundation for Peace and the Government of Free Lebanon in Exile, which seeks to
create a lasting peace between Lebanon, Israel and Syria.
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March 2006: David Meir-Levi and Lisa Cohen take an in depth look at Hamas, the Islamic
fundamentalist movement that rejects israel's existence and recently won the Palestinian elections.
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February 2006: David Meir-Levi and Lisa Cohen give a retrospective on the life and career of
Ariel Sharon.
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January 2006: David Meir-Levi and Lisa Cohen discuss anti-Israel media bias.
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LIST OF 2005 PROGRAMS
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December 2005: Mideast commentator David Meir-Levi and journalist Marty Wasserman
discuss "Pallywood", the Palestinian Arab enterprise of staging fictitious news events, using actors,
and then passing them off as real news in order to defame Israel.
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November 2005: Larry Weinberg, executive vice president of Israel21c, an organization that
publicizes Israel's technological achievements, discusses the latest developments, including the
"camera in a pill" now used worldwide as a cutting edge diagnostic tool.
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October 2005: Tammi and Ilan Benjamin from Scholars for Peace in the Middle East discuss
anti-Israel bias on U.S. college campuses. Also included: pro-Israel writer Alyssa Lappen and
pro-Israel student activist David Keyes.
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September 2005: Undercover investigative journalist Lee Kaplan discusses the International
Solidarity Movement, which he describes as a subversive organization that is controlled by
Palestinians, seeks Israel's destruction, and recruits westerners to act as human shields for Arab
terrorists. Kaplan is a contributing editor of www.frontpagemag.com, and founder of
www.dafka.org.
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August 2005: Omer Caspi, Deputy Consul General of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco,
discusses the Gaza withdrawal plan.
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July 2005: An exclusive interview with Daniel Pipes, one of America's foremost experts on the
Middle East, and one of the first to warn of the dangers of radical Islam. Also includes clips from
Palestinian Media Watch, showing Arab children being encouraged to become suicide bombers.
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