Articles by AlternateFocus

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Johan Galtung—TRANSCEND: Methods and Solutions
AlternateFocus – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Nov 2019

Galtung’s approach to mediation offers concrete proposals to give all sides the sense that they are winners. In this interview he describes his methodology and offers solutions for peace in areas of conflict (not to confuse conflict with violence, or peace with absence of violence or a ceasefire).

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Johan Galtung—TRANSCEND: Methods and Solutions
AlternateFocus – TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Apr 2018

Galtung’s approach to mediation offers concrete proposals to give all sides the sense that they are winners. In this interview he describes his methodology and offers solutions for peace in the Middle East and other areas of conflict (not to confuse with violence).

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Recognizing Palestine
AlternateFocus – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Sep 2011

The Algiers Declaration of 1988 claimed a sovereign Palestinian state. But will this idea take hold? Is it a serious proposal or just a meaningless gesture? And has the reality of Israel’s occupation already made an independent state impossible? We examine these implications as the United Nations decides in September 2011 whether to adopt a resolution recognizing Palestine.

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Bulldozing Peace
AlternateFocus – TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Nov 2010

Bulldozing Peace, a documentary that researches how Israel acquires Caterpillar bulldozers from the U.S. Government through its foreign aid or military aid and then converts them to war machines to demolish Palestinian homes and olive groves and build roads and walls on Palestinian lands. These activities are against the laws of the U.S.

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