Last week I came across an excellent CBSN interview with Noura Erakat talking about the recent protests in Gaza and the massacre of unarmed Palestinians there.
Ms. Erakat is a Palestinian-American human rights attorney and an Assistant Professor at George Mason University. You can check out her impressive professional biography at her webpage here.
Two things about this interview were unusual:
First, the newswoman asking the questions was respectful and allowed Professor Erakat to give her responses fully without interruption, both rather unusual behaviors during those rare occasions when Palestinians appear on US corporate media.
Second, Ms. Erakat’s answers offered one of the most articulate, detailed and knowledgeable presentations of Palestinian suffering and their right to self-determination that I have ever seen on American television.
Your time will be well rewarded by taking the 8 minutes needed to watch. Just click below: