The John Batchelor Show

Monday 22 May 2017

Air Date: 
May 22, 2017

Photo: SIX DAY WAR JUNE 1967
 
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-hosts: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes.
Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents.
 
Hour One
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 1, Block A: Dennis Ross, Doomed to Succeed (part I of IV)
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 1, Block B: Dennis Ross, Doomed to Succeed (part I of IV)
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 1, Block C: Timothy Snyder. Black Earth (part VI of VI)
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 1, Block D: Timothy Snyder. Black Earth (part VI of VI)
 
Hour Two
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 2, Block A:  Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast & Forbes.com, in re:  China found and killed a dozen or so CIA agts —under the Obama administration, yet they held it secret and it comes out only under Trump. 
DPRK sends out anther missile, 300 mi into the ocean.  China is not responding to the requests of Pres Trump; when will Pres Trump recognize that China will not help the US?  We need to view China as part of the problem;  to impose costs on China or North Koreas nuclear and missile tests, which China supports to the nth degree. Can s an active, hostile power to the US; it murders agents of the Chia, yet e do not murder Chinese agents, and we see that China will not intervene in any constructive way into DPRK lethal behavior.
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 2, Block B: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes; in re:  internationally, people read of instability and internal warring in Washington.  IS the US o n fire?  Only the Detroit bullpen is on fire.
Much alarm as people read of the American chaos.  Mr Schiff [Adam Schiff, House Intell, who covets Diane Feinstein’s Senate seat]  is not taking into account the experience of peoples who’ve actually been under the boot of the old Soviet Union,  families whose lives were crushed; thinking, “My God, what if Russia actually were able to influence the American electoral process?”
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 2, Block C: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Pres Trump in Jerusalem. Solemnly visits Western Wall.   His was the first plane ever to fly directly from Saudi Arabia to Israel.  Note that Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for three thousand years; has never been disavowed.  All scientific, archaeological, written historical evidence makes this clear. UNSCO has [disgraced itself again.] Mrs Trump put a note in the Western Wall [a traditional deed], and within two hours that vid had hundreds of thousands of likes.
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 2, Block D: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Pres Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, is in the twelfth year of his four-year term and is not much loved by Palestinian people.  The entire PA is a kleptocracy and has no intention of shifting MOs; Abbas is in no position to negotiate anything like an actual peace with Israel.  The Arab world is weary of supporting a dysfunctional PA and has radically diminished funding.  Hamas is also Palestinian, obviously, and radically opposes Abbas; nowhere here is a stable negotiating partner.
 
Hour Three
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 3, Block A:   Bruce Hoffman, Anonymous Soldiers (part I of VI)
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 3, Block B:   Bruce Hoffman, Anonymous Soldiers (part I of VI)
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 3, Block C:   David Pietrusza, 1932 (part VI of VI)
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 3, Block D:   David Pietrusza, 1932 (part VI of VI)
 
Hour Four
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 4, Block A:    Susan Levin, Ma'aleh School of Television, Film & the Arts, in re: What the school does. “The Maaleh School of Film and Television is situated in the heart of Jerusalem.  It is the only film school in the world devoted to exploring the intersection of Judaism and modern life. Maaleh films are screened and win awards at film festivals world-wide.  . . . Maaleh also uses film to enrich the lives of some of Israel’s most marginalized populations, creating a first-of-its-kind Video Therapy Program for at-risk youth, Ethiopian immigrants, terror victims and adults with special needs.”
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 4, Block B:  Yoel Rosby, Jewish National Fund, in re: the amazing take of Ammunition Hill, just north of Jerusalem. 
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 4, Block C:  Yossi Klein Halevi,  Like Dreamers  (part I of II)
Monday 22 May 2017 / Hour 4, Block D:  Yossi Klein Halevi,  Like Dreamers  (part I of II)
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