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Podcast: Indy Audio
Episode: NYC City Councilmembers go to Israel, Refuse to Visit Occupied Territories
Description: We speak with Beth Miller of Jewish Voices for Peace and Sumaya Awad, co-editor of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction. Last week, 12 NYC City Council members traveled to Israel. While there, they were confronted by Jewish anti-occupation activists that urged them to travel to Sheikh Jarrah, which they refused to do. So why are they there, if they are only interested in seeing one half of the situation?