This morning we feature Miko Peled in a speech he gave in Prague, Czech Republic, shortly before the recent Israeli election. Miko Peled is an Israeli citizen, born into a prominent Israeli military family, who has become a sharp critic of the Israeli occupation and a staunch advocate for the rights of Palestinians. He is author of The General's Son. The recording was made for us by our Czech colleague, Mark Pickard of Vox Populi and Radio Free Radical (www.radiofreeradical.org).
In this speech, Peled minces no words! He characterizes Netanyahu's visit to U.S. Congress as a "campaign stop" for the upcoming Israeli election (which Netanyahu subsequently did win). During this charade, our spineless Congresspeople fawned and honored him with ovation after ovation. The media was his servant. Because of the buzz about who would and would not attend his speech, he got free campaign advertising throughout the world, day after day.
Peled's speech is quite thorough, and stretches the limits of our time, so we will go right to it. There is some audio distortion, for which we apologize. We think you'll find the content very worthwhile.
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This Week In Pa lestine 4-19-2015
Israeli General's Son, Miko Peled, Speaks Out
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