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Media: C-SPAN Archives MEDIA 179 The two C-SPAN TV channels cover governmental, political, and public policy activities. The archive ofthis material is located at Purdue University. Following is a partial list of these holdings in the area of Israel and the Middle East covering the time span July 1991 to December 1992. For more information on obtaining a more complete list or copies of these videos, contact: The Public Affairs Video Archives Purdue University W. Lafayette, IN 47907 1-800-423-9630 Speech, The Ascendance of Israel's Radical Right, American Jewish Committee, Washington, DC, 07/02191; ID: 18711; Length: 1:06; Price: $29.95. Ehud Sprinzak, author of The Ascendance ofIsrael's Radical Right, discussed his book on the right wing political parties in Israel and their influence on politics in the Middle East. Mr. Sprinzak said the book, which criticizes the present Israeli government and the radical right political parties in Israel, was intended to be an academic examination of the extremist movement in Israel, but the extremist movements have become central factors in Israeli politics since he began his research. Mr. Sprinzak described the right-wing political parties in Israel and their actions in Israeli politics that have brought them into the center of Israel's politics. Forum, Developments in the Occupied Territories, Palestine Affairs Center, National Press Club, Washington, DC, 07/03191; ID: 18718; Length: 1:06; Price: $29.95. Faisal Husseini and Hanan Ashrawi, who met with U.S. Secretary of State Baker the previous day to discuss the ongoing peace process in the Middle East, discussed their talk with Secretary Baker and the latest developments in the relations ofstates in the Middle East. Mr. Husseini said the Israeli government was blocking attempts by the Palestinian Liberation Organization to find the road to peace in the Middle East through violence and continued settlement building in the occupied territories. He said he made it clear to Secretary Baker that the Palestinian people would be represented not as a minority segment of Israel in peace negotiations but as a separate population searching for a homeland. 180 SHOFAR Spring 1993 Vol. 11, No.3 News Conference, Developments in Middle East Peace Process, American-ArabAnti-Discrirnination Crnte., 07/03191, ID: 18719; Length: 0:27; Price: $24.95. Albert Mokhiber, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, briefed reporters on the recent visit of a delegation from the committee to the Middle East, where they spoke with heads of state in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. He indicated the committee had been heartened by the expressed desire for peace by Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, but were discouraged by Israel's refusal to prevent new Israeli settlements on the West Bank occupied territories. He said the committee was researching legal recourse under international law for victims of illegal land seizures and human rights abuses committed by the Israeli government . News Conference, Middle East Peace Process, National Arab-Americans Assn., Washington, DC, 08/05191; ID: 20115; Length: 0:26; Price: $24.95. Elias Freij met with National Security "adviser Brent Scowcroft to discuss the latest efforts for peace talks in the Middle East. He later met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and with State Department officials. He described his role in the peace process and stated that the best solution to the problems in the Middle East was to have a comprehensive peace settlement where every country could live in peace and security. Forum, Arab-Israel Peace Process, Washington Inst. for Near East Policy, Washington, DC, 08/06191; ID: 20736; Length: 0:27; Price: $24.95. Marvin Feuerwerger, Senior Stratetic Fellow, discussed the peace process between Arab countries and Israel and the acceptance of U.S. proposals for a regional peace conference. Technical problems caused the program to end prematurely. Speech, Impact of the Gulf Crisis on Soviet Policy, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC, 08/07191; ID: 20215; Length: 1:20; Price: $59.95. Galia Golan, guest scholar, discussed the effect of the Persian Gulf war on the Soviet Union's foreign policy toward the Middle East. She characterized the gulf crisis as being a test of Soviet President Gorbachev's new foreign policy and cooperation with the West, shown...