VIDEO: Palestinian-Israeli Knesset member Azmi Bishara on Iraq and Imperialism

by UC Berkeley Webcast Events

Thu, Apr 24, 2003 8:24PM

Azmi Bishara is an Arab-Israeli Knesset member who was charged with terrorism for supporting the Lebanese' and Palestinians' right to resist Israeli occupation and for demanding EQUAL RIGHTS for Palestinians.

VIDEO:
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/events/replay.html?event_id=70

Azmi Bishara: Redrawing the Map of the Arab World

The live event took place on April 10, 2003 in the Chevron Auditorium of the International House, UC Berkeley.

The Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Office of the Chancellor host a lecture given by Azmi Bishara, a leading Palestinian human rights activist and one of only seven Arab members of the Israeli Knesset, the Parliament.

Bishara is a Christian Arab activist and Israeli citizen from Nazareth; the founder of the Arab Students Union in Israel and the National Democratic Assembly (Balad); former Head of the Philosophy Department, Bir Zeit University; and a senior researcher in the Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem.

For more information: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/events/details...

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§This is a really very interesting talk

by interesting talk

Thu, Apr 24, 2003 9:06PM

Azmi Bishara is very interesting.

A couple of his main points are that US support for Israel is irrational from the standpoint of the US's own interests in the region, that the war on Iraq was for oil not for Israel but that pro-Israeli forces within the US government used 9-11 to open the door for this war...

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§bump

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Thu, Apr 24, 2003 11:45PM

up to the top

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§Knesset

by Amused

Thu, Apr 24, 2003 11:57PM

Isn't it interesting how those evil, Facist Zionists let Arabs be elected to their Parliment.

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§Facist Zionists let Arab be elected to their Parliment