June 15, 2008

Broadcast Date: 
Jun 15 2008

Wikipedia becomes an ideological battleground for defenders and critics of Israel; the journey of an anti-Zionist Jew; a new documentary on women in the Israeli army serving in the Occupied Territories

Episode segments
  • The Wiki wars
    American Politics, Israel/Palestine

    Gershom Gorenberg is the author of The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977 and The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount. He is a senior correspondent for The American Prospect, where he recently wrote an article, "The Mideast Editing Wars," on CAMERA's efforts to spin Wikipedia entries on Israel and Palestine.

     
    Nan Rubin

    The hawkish Committee for Accuracy on Middle East Reporting in America, or CAMERA, has for years attacked what it regards as biased reporting on Israel in the mainstream media.The group's latest battleground is Wikipedia, where they claim to be keeping "Israel-related articles… from being tainted by anti-Israel editors."

  • Journey of an anti-Zionist Jew
    American Politics, Israel/Palestine, Arts & Culture, Literature
    Mike Marqusee is a leader in the British anti-war movement and a regular contributor to The Guardian. His books include Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan and the 1960s and War Minus the Shooting; his latest is If I Am Not for Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew (Verso).
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Mike Marqusee shares his political journey toward becoming an anti-Zionist, along the way challenging the idea that Jews who are critical of Israel are "self-hating" and the assumption that supporting Israel reflects Jewish self-interest.

  • Human Rights Watch film fest
    Film, Arts & Culture

    Tamar Yarom, a veteran of the Israeli army herself, is the director of To See If I'm Smiling, a documentary film about Israeli women who served in the Occupied Territories as teenagers.

    John Biaggi is acting director of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, which takes place this year June 12 to 26 at the Walter Reade Theater.

     
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    A discussion with director Tamar Yarom of To See If I'm Smiling, a film about the devastating experience of six young women who served as Israeli soldiers in the Occupied Territories, plus an overview from festival director John Biaggi of the best Middle East films in the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.