December 8
GUEST: Jamie Jackson, human
rights activist with Citizens for Justice in the Middle East
and radio host for Understanding Israel Palestine on KKFI FM
in Kansan City, talks about her transition from Zionism to
Palestinian rights.
We Are Not Numbers in Gaza
I always enjoy talking with other radio hosts, especially when they have a leftist political prospective. Jamie has been doing her program for several years, so I cut out some of our tech talk about how one starts a radio show. I was more interested in how a person changes their mind about emotionally based beliefs. Jamie is Jewish, and grew up with a strong belief in the righteousness of Israel. It was when these beliefs just didn't match up with what Israel was doing to the Palestinians that Jamie saw a different picture. Maybe growing up in a Jim Crow nation makes us recognize what racist oppression really is. When Jamie took a closer look at the apartheid state of Israel, she started her radio program on KKFI in Kansas City.
I think that the opinion of Jewish people in the US is critical to freeing Palestine's five million people. One of the human rights groups I belong to is Jewish Voice For Peace, an organization built around changing American minds. We talk to candidates for office, reminding them how important it is not be be bought off by the Israel Lobby. We look closely at how much money each of them took from the Lobby, and what was promised in return. Check out your own members of Congress, and ask them to stop taking money from apartheid.
