Ian Williams has been Washington Report on Middle East Affairs’ U.N. correspondent since 1991. The Washington Report magazine, published eight times per year, focuses on “news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region”. Williams has been a columnist for The Nation and the Guardian-American online, and an editor for the World Policy Journal. He is the author of The U.N. for Beginners and the recently published UNtold: The Real Story of the United Nations in Peace and War.
He was one of the speakers at the annual conference organized by the Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. He spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2018.
As this program goes out for broadcast at the end of April 2018 the Palestinians, who are held captive in the Gaza Strip, are continuing their non-violent campaign to focus the attention of the world on their plight. Since mass non-violent protests started there on March 30, 2018, 39 Palestinians, including children and media, were shot dead, with thousands wounded by Israeli snipers. These snipers are in no danger and shoot from across the border fence –- a grave violation of international law.
This talk by William – as well as the talks by Virginia Tilley and Noura Erakat, that were already broadcast via TUC Radio, give important background information to better understand the current situation in Israel/Palestine.
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