Despite calls from the Obama administration and other members of the international community, Israeli settlers continue to occupy parts of the West Bank, in violation of the Geneva Convention and Israeli law. For the Palestinians, this means continual harassment, pressure, and intimidation as settlers attempt to force them from their homes. And the ongoing power struggle within the Palestinian government isn’t helping things, either.
To the apparent consternation of the Israeli government, the issue of the settlements has been brought front and center, and it’s not something that will be settled soon, nor easily. Episode 4 of “Political Graffiti” examines the problem from the ground level.
We’ve been listening to the candidates tell us what they what they promise to do. At the end of the long campaign season we tracked down someone to tell us what they HAVE to do.
Three years after our first trip to Afghanistan the country is spinning out of control. What are the candidates going to do to stabilize the region after seven years?
Things are getting expensive in the land of the petroleum junkies. We drove our guzzler minivan across the country to ask farmers and politicians how they were handling the increase in the price of. . . everything.
Expensive gas is just the tip of the iceberg. We talk with Congressman Ron Paul and the Wise Men of Abeline, KS about what the candidates can really do about the economy.
Have you noticed healthy foods like milk have skyrocketed lately? We did–and we wondered how preventative health care reform would work if we didn’t have access to healthy foods. Guess how the candidates answered this one?
Here’s a guy we’ve covered before–we saw what happened in South Carolina, up close and in person, in 2000. So when we got a shot to ask Sen. McCain….well, see for yourself.
