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From Zionist Youth to Outspoken Critic of Israel

Hawaii Political Info introduction: Michael Ratner, who is Jewish, talks about his life in a family of Jews and how his feelings about Israel changed drastically over the years as he became more informed about Israel's actions. Paul Jay, the interviewer, is part Jewish.

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Michael Ratner is President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York and Chair of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin. He is currently a legal adviser to Wikileaks and Julian Assange. He and CCR brought the first case challenging the Guantanamo detentions and continue in their efforts to close Guantanamo. He taught at Yale Law School, and Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild. His current books include "Hell No: Your Right to Dissent in the Twenty-First Century America," and “ Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away With Murder.” NOTE: Mr. Ratner speaks on his own behalf and not for any organization with which he is affiliated.



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