Israeli Government Escalates Pressure on Israelis Who Stand in Solidarity with Palestinians

In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," Lara Friedman interviews Oriel Eisner and Maya Eshel, two activists who were detained by the Israeli police last week in separate but connected incidents. Their arrests are another piece in the puzzle of Palestinian dispossession and state-backed settler violence.  Oriel Eisner is an American-Israeli activist and organizer with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence (cjnv.org). He is based in Jerusalem. Maya Eshel is an American-Israel activist currently engaged in daily solidarity work in the South Hebron Hills. She is based in Tel Aviv. Lara Friedman is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. See more at www.fmep.org Original music by Jalal Yaquoub