Join part of the Kassing family as we begin our Christmas celebration by focusing on the struggles of people living where it all began. Stephen Zunes returns to the show to bring us up to date on the situation in Occupied Palestine. 

Stephen Zunes is an international relations scholar specializing in the Middle East and a leading critic of U.S. foreign policy. He is a professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco, where he chaired the Peace and Justice Studies program between 1998 and 2004.

Professor Zunes has also been an outspoken opponent of U.S. backing of both Arab dictatorships and the Israeli occupation. He has called for an Israeli-Palestinian peace based upon international law which recognizes both Israeli security and Palestinian rights, including a withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Palestinian and Syrian territories, an end to terrorism, and security guarantees for Israel and its neighbors.