Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> Peter Phillips and guest co-host Michael Sukhov spend the hour with Alison Weir, founder of the organization "If Americans Knew."<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The interview focuses on two ongoing initiatives by pro-Israel organzations:<br> -- efforts to have the definition of "anti-Semitic" rewritten to encompass criticisms of the Israeli government,<br> a campaign underway in domains ranging from the State Department to university campuses.<br> -- lobbying state legislatures to pass laws punishing firms that follow the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions)<br> <br> <br> <br> campaign against the occupation of Palestine; more than 20 states have now done so.<br> <br> In the course of the conversation, Weir also refutes some common misconceptions about the Middle East, <br> such as "Israel was created by the UN."<br> <br> <br> <br> Web sites mentioned on this week's show:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.ifamericansknew.org/">www.ifamericansknew.org</a><br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.israelpalestinenews.org/">www.israelpalestinenews.org</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
