The Palestinian Fateh movement held its General Conference - the first in twenty years - in the West Bank earlier this month. It was celebrated in Western media as launching a new era with the election of a "new generation" to the Central Committee. Renowned author Helena Cobban will help us explore if there really is anything new about this all male 19 member Central Committee.

On a different note, music producer, Andrew Fellus, will join us to discuss the cultural boycott campaign of Israel and how a grass roots campaign led Amnesty International to drop its collaboration with Leonard Cohen, who refused to honor the cultural boycott of Israel.

Helena Cobban is a veteran Middle East analyst and author who blogs at Just World News.org. Her most recent book is Re-engage: America and the World After Bush

Andrew Fellus, of Radian Records, is a founding member of the reincarnated international alliance, Artists Against Apartheid. He played a key role in the recent organizing effort that led to Amnesty International to withdraw from their collaboration with Leonard Cohen.