"Best of Flashpoints" is a weekly, one-hour digest featuring the hottest segments of the week. Produced by Amanda Bellerby.
Music break: "Nobody Loves You When Youre Down and Out" by John Lennon
We devote most of this hour to a discussion of the genocidal actions of the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza; Ali Abunimah, Mohammed Omer and Mark Turner join Dennis Bernstein and Nora Barrows-Friedman to analyze the current situation, and Dennis Bernstein also speaks with peace activist and Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan.
Ali Abunimah, author, "One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse." http://electronicintifada.net
Mohammed Omer, Special correspondent in Rafah www.rafahtoday.org
Mark Turner, human rights activist, founder, Research Journalism Initiative. ResearchJournalismInitiative.net
Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families For information on Cindy Sheehan's campaign for Congress, visit http://www.cindyforcongress.org/