The Miko Peled Podcast

How Author Dr. Alice Rotchild Became an Activist for Palestine

Alice Rothchild, MD is a fascinating, dynamic, and unique person. I really enjoyed speaking with her in Seattle. She is an author and filmmaker who now devotes her time to writing and taking action for Palestinian liberation. 

Alice's documentary on the Nakba on Youtube "Voices Across the Divide": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d-GA86EYwA

We talked about her traditional Jewish American upbringing in Massachusetts and how she became an advocate for Palestinian rights. Alice talks about the backlash she's faced among fellow physicians for speaking up about the medical realities in Palestine.

Alice's most recent book is Finding Melody Sullivan about a 16 year old  American girl who visits her friend in Hebron in the West Bank. Order here: https://www.cunepress.com/GalleryMain.asp?AKey=8W568XGM&GalleryID=158959

Alice's websites:

https://alicerothchild.com/

https://www.alicerothchildbooks.com

Twitter: twitter.com/aliceRothchild

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”We have the real story of Jerusalem” Grassroots Al-Quds

Grassroots 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 around the world.

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HEADLINE 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 surrounding countries.

March 24th - Smotrich commemorates a racist thug

March 27th - Haaretz lists the judicial reforms that hundreds of thousands of Israelis are protesting against, Miko translates and reacts to a former Israeli general referring to apartheid in the West Bank. 

March 30th - Indonesia will not host Israel for the U-20 World Cup as FIFA withdraws because of protests and organizing.

 

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No 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 posts on their Facebook page: no trips while Palestinians live under apartheid! More info via Adalah Justice: https://www.adalahjusticeproject.org/updates/2022/8/10/we-condemn-sierra-clubs-imminent-announcement-of-new-trips-to-apartheid-israel

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Third 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.

Take action: follow and support Addameer a nonprofit focused on supporting Palestinian prisoners and educating the world of their plight.

Link to interactive map we discuss: https://www.addameer.org/prisons-and-detention-centers

FB: https://www.facebook.com/AddameerAssociation

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Addameer

Letter from Palestinian prisoners to Ben-Gvir in response to his new rules making things even worse for these political prisoners:   https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-prisoners-announce-major-upcoming-battle-against

Video: Several roads have been blocked since yesterday with overturned cars and burning tires across occupied Jerusalem as a declaration of civil disobedience against home demolitions and arbitrary raids by Israeli forces into Palestinian neighborhoods: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Co25rofPzy0/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D

Miko shares a terrifying story that he heard while in Malaysia: Samar Abu Sbeih is a Palestinian who spoke about being imprisoned and giving birth while pregnant. And article about her: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/role-of-palestinian-women-in-resistance/

Documentary Tantura in which Israelis admit to terrible war crimes during the Nakba: https://theintercept.com/2022/11/25/tantura-movie-israel-palestine/

18,000 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem are under demolition threat: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191217-18000-homes-in-occupied-jerusalem-under-demolition-threat-says-official/

 

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Farha - a movie about the Nakba

We 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) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Present_(2020_film)

 

Netanyahu spoke with Jordan Peterson about his false narrative of the Nakba and Israel's founding: https://youtu.be/4OcaMRLTyGI

 

Miko's article "Exploring the roots of the Satmar Hasidim" and the way neighbors let their neighbors be massacred and taken away during the Holocaust: https://justworldeducational.org/2019/04/exploring-the-roots-of-the-satmar-hasidim/

 

We talk about the massacre in Lyd in 1948. Miko references an interview on YouTube with the Israeli who shot a rocket into a mosque. Here's the video on YouTube with the Lyd (Lod for Israelis) discussion starting at 10:51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=651&v=lDEiUY8mW0Y&feature=youtu.be

 

Here's Miko's article about modern Lyd (site of Ben Gurion Airport) and that massacre:

https://www.mintpressnews.com/my-visit-to-lyd-where-historical-and-contemporary-zionist-oppression-meet/278261/

 

 

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Blinken 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 girlfriend.

We talk about Yossi Zabari an Israeli activist, poet, and comedian. Here's the article in Jewish Currents: he was asked to speak at a protest but forbidden from bringing a Palestinian flag: https://jewishcurrents.org/planting-a-palestinian-flag-at-israels-anti-government-protests

 

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Jordanian Amb. Blocked at Al Aqsa

Israel 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 compound.

Listen to Miko's interview of Dr Yusuf Natsheh, one of the top experts on Al Aqsa, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/al-aqsa-in-68258596

Video on Twitter which contradicted the official narrative from Israel showing an Israeli policeman blocking and shoving someone from the Jordanian entourage: https://twitter.com/jackyhugi/status/1615581203389726720

Article from Times of Israel coverage of the incident:

 

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New zealots in power in Israel

The 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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Palestinian American Tragedy You Don’t Know About: Free the Holy Land Foundation Five HLF5

Miko 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: “FREE THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION FIVE with Miko Peled, Nida Abu Baker, Sami Al Arian, & more 12/18/22”: https://youtu.be/UdM3KjkuKZo

 

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