Otherwise Occupied

Ami Kaufman
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Otherwise Occupied

Ami Kaufman is a veteran broadcast and print journalist in Israel. On "Otherwise Occupied" he chats with the fascinating people living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, regardless of race, religion, or political views.

  1. MP Heba Yazbak: 'I'm happy the Trump era is over, but I don't have high expectations of Biden'

    24/12/2020

    MP Heba Yazbak: 'I'm happy the Trump era is over, but I don't have high expectations of Biden'

    As the Israeli parliament dissolved this week and we are now headed to our fourth round of elections in two years, I'm happy that my guest today is a professional politician: Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament Heba Yazbak (Joint List).Yazbak belongs to the National Democratic Assembly, known as the “Balad” party, a Palestinian nationalist party that supports the creation of a Palestinian state in the territories Israel occupied in 1967 and opposes Israel’s definition as a Jewish sta...

    59 min
  2. Kefah Abukhdeir: 'We don't have to love each other, but we do need to respect each other'

    15/12/2020

    Kefah Abukhdeir: 'We don't have to love each other, but we do need to respect each other'

    My guest this week is an activist for Palestinian rights from East Jerusalem. Kefah Abukhdeir is a Palestinian-American who co-directs and teaches at EduReach, a local Palestinian educational and learning organization, and I had the honor of speaking with her about her family’s deep roots to the holy city, her American roots, and what she thinks about the end of the Trump era.But what I’m really thankful for in our conversation is, first of all, the glimpse that Kefah gives me about life in E...

    1h 12m
  3. Ronit Vered: 'I do believe there is such a thing as Israeli cuisine'

    09/12/2020

    Ronit Vered: 'I do believe there is such a thing as Israeli cuisine'

    My guest this week is someone I am very excited to talk to, being the foodie that I am. Ronit Vered is a researcher of food culture, she’s a journalist, an author of food and travel books. Since 2007 she’s been writing a weekly column about food in Haaretz. It’s a wonderful column, with photographs from an amazing photographer named Dan Peretz. Together they document people, food, disappearing preparation methods that they encounter every week, as they crisscross the country looking for good ...

    1h 30m
  4. David Lehrer: 'To live in peace with nature, you must learn to live in peace with your neighbor'

    02/12/2020

    David Lehrer: 'To live in peace with nature, you must learn to live in peace with your neighbor'

    David Lehrer is the Director of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. As a partner of the Ben Gurion University, the institute brings Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian and international students together, promoting the idea that nature knows no political borders is more than a belief. "It is a fact, a curriculum, and a way of life," as their website says.I spoke to David while he was in the institute, in a Kibbutz called Ketura, where he has lived now for many years since immigrating f...

    1h 8m
  5. Eman Mohammed: 'In Gaza, the pain lingers long after the bombs stop falling'

    24/11/2020

    Eman Mohammed: 'In Gaza, the pain lingers long after the bombs stop falling'

    There's a first time for everything, right? Well, this is the first episode where I shed a tear during recording. My guest this week is the first female Palestinian photojournalist in Gaza. Eman Mohammed started her career at the young age of 19, not only dodging bombings, but also misogyny from her colleagues and surroundings, who thought a woman was not cut out for the job. But that didn’t stop her. She eventually became one of the most well known photographers in the region, her ...

    1h 35m
  6. Mira Awad: 'I'm stronger these days, I'm not threatened easily'

    19/11/2020

    Mira Awad: 'I'm stronger these days, I'm not threatened easily'

    What really makes my day is talking to an amazing and inspiring artist.She’s a singer. A musician. A songwriter. She is an actress on stage and on the screen. She is a screenwriter. She’s an activist for women’s rights, for Palestinian rights. She was even in the Eurovision! Today I am so honored to speak with Mira Awad, one of Israel’s most famous artists, famous abroad as well, who has been challenging norms since childhood, norms in Arab society, in Israeli society, constantly giving ...

    1h 35m
  7. Barak Ravid: 'Israeli Right will find it hard to label Biden 'anti-Israel''

    11/11/2020

    Barak Ravid: 'Israeli Right will find it hard to label Biden 'anti-Israel''

    My guest this week is the busiest reporter in Israel, based on the amount and pace of scoops he publishes. Barak Ravid is probably the most well known diplomatic correspondent in this country. He worked for years in Israel’s leading broadsheet Haaretz, then moved to TV - until he got fired, for reasons we’ll discuss in our chat. He now works in two news organizations, Walla News here in Israel, and one of my favorite websites in the US: Axios.com.Not many people know the Mideast political and...

    1h 13m
  8. Simcha Rothman: 'Let Palestinians choose to join the Zionist project'

    03/11/2020

    Simcha Rothman: 'Let Palestinians choose to join the Zionist project'

    My guest today is Simcha Rothman. Recently named by the Israeli financial daily "The Marker" as one of the 100 most influential people in Israel. I know Simcha from my TV days hosting the Spin Room, a debate show, and Simcha, being the attorney that he is, was a fierce and formidable rival for the folks I put up against him. He is the co-founder and legal counsellor of an NGO called Meshilut, the Movement for Governability and Democracy and he recently wrote a book called “The ruling par...

    1h 30m
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Ami Kaufman is a veteran broadcast and print journalist in Israel. On "Otherwise Occupied" he chats with the fascinating people living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, regardless of race, religion, or political views.

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