MERTV Programs – Mark Bruzonsky

From 1994 to 2004, Mark Bruzonsky produced and hosted the unique half-hour weekly Mid-East Realities TV program for ten years. It was broadcast during evening prime-time hours on all the Public Access Channels in Washington, DC, and nearby Maryland and Virginia, as well as on Free Speech TV, Deep Dish TV, and The 90s Channel. The first 30 programs are named and selectable on the page below.

All of the 399 MERTV programs can be viewed by putting in the browser MERTV and the program number like this MarkBruzonsky.com/MERTV1 (Programs available are MERTV1 to 167, MERTV208 to 256, and MERTV301 to 485)

History of the Middle East and the 'Peace Process Part 1 & 2

Mark Bruzonsky provides history and context for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East shortly after the 1994 White House signing ceremony for the Oslo agreement with Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, and Bill Clinton on 13 September 1993. That day, Bruzonsky provided live commentary on the White House ceremony for Canadian National Television (CTV).

Peace Process - Real or Phony? (Special - Produced for Free Speech TV and Deep Dish TV)

At the height of the “Oslo Peace Process” in 1996, when nearly everyone allowed to speak on TV and write in the corporate newspapers was proclaiming it a grand success that was irreversible, Mark Bruzonsky hosted and produced this documentary that in subsequent years proved to be right on the mark. Just a few years later, that very same “Peace Process” literally blew up, making the situation in occupied Palestine, and indeed throughout the Middle East, far worse than before the disingenuous and deceitful “Peace Process” began. It was all as well the precursor to 9/11.

LIST OF SUBJECTS FOR MERTV PROGRAMS FROM 1 to 167

#1 & #2 – “PEACE PROCESS?” – Chicago Access TV21 interview with Mark Bruzonsky

#3 & #4 – “EXILE’S RETURN” – a new book by Palestinian Writer Fawaz Turki (Macmillan/FreePress)

#5 & #6 – “PALESTINE DEFEATED?” – Prof. Hisham Ahmed (Deheisha Refugee Camp, Palestine)

#7 – “THE SITUATION IN ARABIA” – Human Rights Demonstration at Saudi Embassy in Washington

#8 & #9 – “WHITHER PALESTINE?” – Book Reading by Fawaz Turki at the Espresso Cafe

#10 & #11 – “CNI: OPPOSITION TO ISRAEL’S LOBBY?” – Realities about Council On The National Interest

#12 & #13 – “NOT REAL PEACE” & “NUCLEAR ARMS RACE” – Mohamed Sid-Ahmed (From Cairo)

#14 & #15 – “THE PALESTINIAN PREDICAMENT” – Dr. Haider Abdul Shafi#16 to

#18 – THE LIKUD STRIKES AGAIN? – Moshe Arens (with critical commentary)

#19 – WALKING FOR PALESTINE – Palestine Aid Society Annual Walk

#20 & #21 – THE FUTURE OF JERUSALEM, Feisal Husseini at Georgetown University

#22 – THE BEST OF MER (Programs 1-10)

#23 – THE BEST OF MER (Programs 11-20)

#24 to #26 – CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. ALFRED LILIENTHAL.

#27 & #28 – The So-Called “Peace Process” – an overview of recent history with Mark Bruzonsky

#29 & #30 – The First Multimedia “CD-BOOK” about the Middle East – “Lines In The Sand”

#31 to #35 – MORDECHAI VANUNU – “Nuclear Prisoner of Conscience” – 5 parts

#36 – NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

#37 to #39 – THE PALESTINIAN SITUATION “Another ‘Client Regime’?, “The P.A.”, “What Future”

#40 & #41 – THE PALESTINIAN SITUATION – “Police Regime?” (Dr. Eyad Sarraj speaks out)

#42 & #43 – THE PALESTINIAN SITUATION – “Not Much Optimism” & “Long Road Ahead”

#44 to #47 – NOAM CHOMSKY – “Peace Process” Dissected & Unmasked (Harvard Univ. Lecture)

#48 to #51 – EDWARD SAID – CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS (Univ of Wisc, Madison)

#52 – Nuclear Prisoner of Conscience – Mordechai Vanunu (a one-show summary of earlier programs)

#53 – Talking to the Rotary Club (MER Host Mark Bruzonsky giving a lunch-time talk)

#54 to #57 – Talking With Students at Bethany College about the Middle East

#58 to #61 – “Correcting History” – Prof. Norman Finkelstein reviews the “peace process”, U.S. policies.

#62 to #64 – Netanyahu’s Mentor – Moshe Arens

#65 to #69 – Considering Democracy in the Muslim & Arab World – Prof. Eqbal Ahmed

#70 to #74 – The Case of Dr. Musa Abu Marzook, Political Head of Hamas – A Panel Discussion

#75 to #77 – Exclusive Interview with Dr. Musa Abu Marzook in prison

#78 – Mid-East Teach-In at the University of Maryland (Oct 1966)

#79 to #82 – A candid talk with Mohamed al-Asi – the only elected Imam, Washington Islamic Center

#87 – Hebron: A Video report from Christian Peacemaker Team

#94 – #101 – Middle East Institute Conference on Jerusalem

#102-#103 – Abu Marzook’s lawyer speaks up about Hamas and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

#104-#107 – From Capetown, South Africa – Radio 768 –“Israel -Past, Present, & Future”

#108-#111- “Political Islam” – Prof. John Sigler, Carleton University, Ottawa.

#112-#115 – “Peace Process Real or Phony” – Mark Bruzonsky at Wheeling Jesuit College

#116 – SPECIAL MER-TV Program for FREE SPEECH TV — “Peace Process in the Middle East.”

#117-#120 – An Interview with Robert Fisk of THE INDEPENDENT

#121-#124 – Noam Chomsky speaks in the Middle East about the Middle East

#135-#136 – Iran’s Leader, Ali Khamenei opens Tehran Islamic Summit – The Tehran Islamic Summit was MER 1997 “Event of the Year”

#137-#141 – Edward Said reflects on 100 years of Zionism

#142-#145 – Noam Chomsky at the Cambridge Forum

#146-#148 – Basem Eid, Palestinian Human Rights Leader

#150-#155 – Demonstrating for Peace – Washington Demonstrations, Feb 98

#156-#157 – A debate on Iraq – COME Reps Vs State Dept & Congress

#158-#159 – Cambridge Iraq Teach-In (Feb 98)
#160-#161 – Cambridge Iraq Teach-In (Feb 98)

#162 – Mark Bruzonsky on Pacifica Radio “Democracy Now” – Subject: Madeleine Albright

#163-#164 – Attorney-General Janet Reno at ADC Conference

#165-#167 – Leading Palestinians Lash Out At the “Peace Process” – Abdel-Shafi, al-Hout, Azmi Bishara

Programs 208 – 256

Programs 301 – 485

All of the 399 MERTV programs can be viewed by putting in the browser MERTV and the program number like this MarkBruzonsky.com/MERTV1

(Program available are MERTV1 to 167, MERTV208 to 256, and MERTV301 to 485)