This week on Crossing The Line: as Israel's draconian polices towards Palestinians continue, a world-wide boycott and divestment campaign is gathering more steam. But how best do we approach confrontation with the State? In the first of a multiple part series, noted scholar, lecturer and author Dr. Norman Finkelstein speaks on the practical issues concerning the Palestinian/Israeli conflict in order to bring about a “place for everyone at the rendezvous of victory” all that and more coming up, but first the news from Palestine.

This week on Crossing The Line: while boycott and divestment campaigns in the West become more sophisticated and widespread, the Arab world's longstanding boycott of Israel is being undermined by Arab governments, companies and businessmen. We’ll speak to Wassim Al Adel a London based Syrian blogger about this disturbing trend; then later in the podcast a commentary by Glen Ford of The Black Agenda Report.

This week on Crossing The Line: Palestinian political prisoner Dr. Sami Al Arian is released on bond after five years in prison, after a Florida jury could not find Al Arian guilty on any of the charges brought against him; but why was he held for so long, why did a rogue prosecutor in Virginia continue to keep him locked up, and what does the Oslo Peace process, Zionist journalists in the US, and former US attorney Alberto Gonzales have to do with his incarceration?

Journalist John Sugg will join us to explain, all that's coming up plus a commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal about the foreign policy of fools.

This week on Crossing The Line: After 2,020 days Palestinian Political prisoner Dr. Sam Al Arian was released from prison this week in the custody of his daughter Laila we’ll speak to her about his release and what lies ahead.

Also this week, the third annual Washington-Israel summit sponsored by Christians United for Israel was held in the nation’s capital; politicians, pundits, and preachers all joined in condemning Iran, the Palestinian resistance and of course Muslims, we’ll speak to two journalists Farrah Hassen and Dedrick Muhammad who attended the conference on what they saw and heard.