Middle East

For The Real News, I spoke last week to the Mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris, from the Freedom Flotilla about the European Union’s abject failure to hold Israel accountable for its human [...]

In Naples, Italy, I recently spoke to former U.S. Army Colonel and diplomat Ann Wright. Ms. Wright was in Naples to support the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. During our conversation, she stated: [...]

In Naples, Italy, I spoke with Jeannette Escanilla, a member of Sweden’s Parliament for the Left Party. Recently, Ms. Escanilla succeeded in prompting Sweden’s Foreign Minister, [...]

In the port of Naples, I had the opportunity to speak with Yonatan Shapira, a former rescue pilot in the Israeli Air Force. Years ago, after denouncing the Israeli military’s violations of [...]

On June 20, 2018, I joined the Freedom Flotilla in Lisbon. At that point, my hope and intention was to travel with the Flotilla all the way to Gaza – or at least as close to Gaza as the [...]

In this excellent interview, Dr. David Harel, the Vice-President of Israel’s Academy of Sciences and Humanities, tells Canadian journalist David Kattenburg that Israel’s occupation of [...]

Manal Tamimi, Ahed Tamimi’s aunt, came to Cadiz in Spain to show support for the Freedom Flotilla. For The Real News, I spoke to Manal about the importance of the Flotilla to the Palestinian [...]

As the Freedom Flotilla approached Cadiz, Spain, I spoke with passengers Miguel Urban-Crespo and Lola Blasco on the deck of Al Awda, one of the four ships comprising the flotilla. Miguel is a [...]

From the deck of The Freedom, one of the four ships comprising the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, I speak to the ship’s captain Jens Marklund and to Swedish actress Oldoz Javidi, who is a candidate [...]

Yesterday in Lisbon, the Freedom Flotilla was visited by Portuguese MP Bruno Dias, the President of the Portugal-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group. For the Real News, I spoke to Mr. Dias [...]