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Behind the Violence in Israel / Palestine; 3rd i Film Festival

We’ll take you live to the site of the latest violence in Israel/PalestineGeorge Bisharat — Hebron, a heavily-partitioned city in the West Bank, where Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers who allegedly tried to attack them. We also speak to international law expert George Bisharat about the history behind the latest uprising, and complicated legal status of the sites at its center. Plus: a look at the upcoming Third i South Asian International Film Festival.

Guests:

  • Lena Odgaard, independent journalist based in Ramallah, reporting from Hebron
  • George Bisharat, law professor at UC Hastings and senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies
  • Anuj Vaidya, administrative director of Third i International South Asian Film Festival

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