The Truth about Israel & Palestine that Right & Left Wing Media Refuse to Cover | with Alison Weir

with Alison Weir, Founder of "If Americans Knew"
www.ifamericansknew.org

In 2001, as the struggle between Palestinians and Israel heated up, Alison Weir left her job as editor of a weekly newspaper and traveled alone to the Palestinian territories. There, she made her way (alone) through the West Bank and Gaza, without a guide or a flak jacket, eager to learn what the conflict was all about.

She spoke with Palestinians and Israelis; interviewed mothers, fathers, children, grandparents, hospital workers, teachers. She rushed to the scenes of violence, notebook and camera in hand, and observed Middle East reality first-hand. And she was amazed by what she learned: That the truth of the conflict, on the ground, bore almost no resemblance to the stories told in US media.

For over 20 years, Alison has studied this conflict. In tonight's interview, the door to truth is swung wide open, giving Americans a glimpse of what she has learned.