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The Miko Peled Podcast”We have the real story of Jerusalem” Grassroots Al-QudsGrassroots Jerusalem or Grassroots Al-Quds educates people on the Palestinian perspective of this city of great historical, religious, and political importance. They run in person tours, virtual tours, sell a guidebook, and many other resources. Yazan Risheq is the executive director. Miko Peled speaks with Yazan about colonization happening in Silwan, Isawiya, and Sheikh Jarrah - all neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Miko and Yazan talk about Itamar Ben-Gvir and the attacks on Al-Aqsa. Yazan also talks about the UN and the role they do or do not play. And Yazan tells us what gives him hope: grassroots support from people...
2023-04-2144 min
The Miko Peled PodcastHEADLINE REACTIONS: Indonesia Will Not Host Israeli Team, ”Greater Israel”, etc.Miko has been recording short off the cuff reactions to headlines in the Israeli media. He looks at headlines in the Israeli newspapers and does some translating for us, tells us what they're talking about, and what they should be talking about.
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This podcast includes:
March 20th - Smotrich, one of the highest ranking Israeli officials, shows off a flag of "Greater Israel" which includes Jordan and other areas. A clear threat to...
2023-04-0616 min
The Miko Peled PodcastNo repurcussions for ”wipe out Huwara” comment by senior Israeli government official?
No repurcussions for "wipe out Huwara" comment by senior Israeli government official?
There was a pogrom against the village of Huwara by Israeli settlers with the help of the Israeli military. And then a senior government official, Bizalel Smotrich, called for wiping out the village. Smotrich faced no official condemnation for this from Israel or the US.
We discuss this and the call to action:
Call out the Sierra Club for leading "greenwashing" eco trip to Israel! They are normalizing Israel's ongoing oppression and escalating racist violence. Tweet at @sierraclub and comment on po...
2023-03-1527 minThe Miko Peled PodcastThird Intifada?
Israel's violence and indignities against Palestinians are increasing. Palestinian prisoners have responded by declaring a hunger strike the day before Ramadan on March 21st and calling for Palestinians to take action in solidarity. Passover is during Ramadan this April 2023. During Ramadan many Muslim Palestinians go to Jerusalem. During Passover Palestinians are often blocked from entering Jerusalem. With that and many other factors, Miko wonders if this could be the start of a Third Intifada.
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2023-02-2448 minThe Miko Peled PodcastFarha - a movie about the NakbaWe talk about the film Farha now available on Netflix: based on a true story of one young woman's experience during the Nakba. The Nakba is the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Israelis in 1948. We talk about Israel's backlash to the film and attempted boycott. Miko shares about his personal experience learning about the Nakba - at first disbelief but then accepting it after hearing so many personal stories directly from Palestinians.
We also touch on various other topics:
The Academy Award winning short film from Palestine also on Netflix (for some countries): The Present (2020...
2023-02-1631 minThe Miko Peled PodcastBlinken came and went and the killing of Palestinians goes on
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Palestine and it made little difference. The US can't broker any deals when they are complicit in Israeli crimes. We discuss US complicity in a little known way: taking the Jewish Defense League off the terrorist list last year. And we talk about how Miko is trying to reclaim a certain right wing genre.
Miko also scrolls through headlines from two of the most popular Israeli news outlets, Ma’ariv and Ynet, before finding anything at all about Palestine. They are more interested in Leonardo DiCaprio and his new Israeli gi...
2023-02-1038 minThe Miko Peled PodcastJordanian Amb. Blocked at Al AqsaIsrael sent a dangerous message last week when a Jordanian Ambassador was denied entry to the Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem - one of the holiest sites for Muslims around the world. All Muslims are allowed to enter the area and the Jordanian royal family has been the custodians of the site for decades.
Some key terms we discuss - all very important things that are almost on top of each other in Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock, Al Aqsa Mosque, Al Haram Al Sharif, Wailing Wall / HaKotel, Temple Mount, and the Islamic Waqf that administers the c...
2023-01-2646 minThe Miko Peled PodcastNew zealots in power in IsraelThe new Israeli government is even more racist and right wing than before. These extremists zealots like Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir are in the highest positions in government. They have the power to make things worse for Palestinians in so many ways. They are also anti LGBTQ and anti democracy: this has inspired large protests by any Israelis left of Mussolini. But how much value do these protests have for Palestinians?
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2023-01-1840 minThe Miko Peled PodcastPalestinian American Tragedy You Don’t Know About: Free the Holy Land Foundation Five HLF5Miko Peled and Nida Abu Baker spoke at the Community Church of Boston in December 2022. The church was giving the Sacco and Vanzetti Award to the Holy Land Foundation Five: Palestinian American political prisoners. Three of the five are still in prison including Nida's father, Shukri Abu Baker, who was sentenced to 65 years in prison. Thank you to Dean Stevens and everyone else at Community Church of Boston.
The church regularly hosts amazing speakers which you can watch by subscribing to them on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CCBPeace
Full YouTube livestream: “FRE...
2023-01-0857 minThe Miko Peled PodcastPhil Weiss of Mondoweiss part 1: How Zionism Destroyed American Jewish culture
This is the first part of my conversation with Mondoweiss founder Phil Weiss. Phil describes how Zionism destroyed American Jewish culture. He talks about how American Jews who fought against the Vietnam war demanded that the US support Israel and its wars and crimes against the Palestinian people. Fascinating stuff!
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Check out Mondoweiss - a Palestine focused news source on so...
2022-12-2217 minThe Miko Peled PodcastJ Street and Liberal Zionism have enabled the Far Right in IsraelJeremy Ben-Ami, the president of J Street, recently gave a speech. He tried to claim he is in favor of standing up to the far right in Israel. In fact, he made clear what has always been the case: liberal Zionism is the fig leaf under which Zionist crimes and the apartheid regime flourish.
Eli Gerzon asks Miko Peled about the code words and quotations that make Ben-Ami's intentions clear. Also a brief discussion about the history of bagels in Israel.
Miko's article on this topic: https://www.mintpressnews.com/as-far-right-come-to-power-in-israel-j-street-struggles-for-relevance/282987/
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2022-12-1631 minThe Miko Peled PodcastDrunk Map History - 75th Anniversary of UN Resolution 181It's the 75th anniversary of UN passed Resolution 181 aka United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. The map made no sense at the time but Israel continued to steal land, practice ethnic cleansing, and used myths to perpetuate cultural genocide. Miko talks about that history including the roles his own grandfather and father played.
Miko is joined by Eli Gerzon - a longtime Palestine solidarity activist who is going to make sure this podcast will be more frequent and consistent. So make sure to subscribe and share with others!
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2022-12-0924 min
The Sociable HomeschoolerWorld School: Eli GerzonEli Gerzon returns as my guest this week having been one of the first visitors to my show back in 2010. He is a self motivated young man who left school at fifteen when he discovered an alternative way to educate himself. He is in good company with Richard Branson, Michael Dell and the late Steve Jobs all of whom left school or college to pursue their own dreams. He took courses in anthropology and linguistics from Harvard before allowing his love for travel to blossom into his own business called World School Travel Tours. He takes homeschooling teenagers on journeys...
2011-10-2157 minThe Sociable HomeschoolerAll The World's A School: Eli GerzonEver heard of World School? Eli Gerzon, owner and operator of Worldschool Travel Tours takes homeschooling teens abroad so that they can further understand the world they live in and discover how their lives fit into the larger picture. Join me this afternoon as I talk to Eli, an innovative young man who turned his homeschooling experience and trips to Europe into a career.
2010-04-2458 min