Mark Bruzonsky bio, key articles, TV and video presentations

Bio and publication list
Keynote Address University of Chicago

Princeton Univ Speech
Contact Information:
Email:   Mark@Bruzonsky.com   
MER:     MiddleEast.Org         Blog:   BlogWashington.com    
Phone: 202 686-2372     Cellphone:  202 320-6275      Fax: 815 366-0800

Feature Articles about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and U.S. Middle East policies

  • Lawrence Today (Alumni Quarterly Lawrence University)
  • International Security (Harvard University)
  • Journal of Palestine studies
  • Interview with Mohamed Ibrahim Kamel (Middle East Journal)
  • Jabotinsky: The Legend and Its Power (Israel Horizons)
  • Washington Post Sunday Outlook Section
  • WAR of the WORLDS (Playboy Magazine Slovenia)
  • Mark Bruzonsky in Directory of Experts and Sources
  • "Western Interests and U.S. Policy Options in the Middle East" (Atlantic Council, Middle East Institute)
  • Mark Bruzonsky Dissent in "Western Interests and U.S. Policy Options in the Middle East"
  • Court TV appearance on 14 September 2001 - transcript
  • FOX News TV appearances - 3 consecutive days in 1998 (only videos available)
  • Historic Interview with Boutros Boutros-Ghali - Cairo 1979
  • Boutros Ghali Interview complete on one page
  • The Assassination of Egyptian President ANWAR SADAT - Worldview Magazine column
  • Professor Charles Black - Let us rethink our "Special Relationship" with Israel
  • Jewish Committee on the Middle East (JCOME) - Magazine and Newspaper advertisements during Intifada I
  • JCOME Website


  • Special Video Documentaries and Radio Programs
    (make selections at www.MiddleEast.Org/mabinfo)




    MERTV was produced from 1994 through 2004 when it had to be discontinued.  During those years
    the weekly program showed during prime-time evening hours on all the major cable TV systems
    in the greater Washington, DC area.

    A Real History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and the Middle East 'Peace Process' (Part 1) - 28 minutes - MiddleEast.Org (MERTV Program 29) 1996
    M - LINES IN THE SAND, THE PURSUIT OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Ten top experts were interviewed for this unique multimedia CD. The Experts: Mark Bruzonsky (MER), Richard Curtiss (State Dept retired), John Esposito (Georgetown U), Mohammed Hallaj (Scholar), Eric Hoagland (Middle East Institute), Clovis Maksoud (Arab League), Robert Neumann (former Senior Amb), Soli Ozel (Johns Hopkins SAIS), Hassan Rahman (Washington PLO Rep), Bernard Reich (GWUniv). THIS MERTV Program uses the interview with Mark Bruzonsky for this CD which now has many historical insights as another round in the 'Peace Process' at hand.  A few new shrink-wrapped copies of the originally published multimedia CD are available -- see MiddleEast.Org/orders. Part 2 next week.

    A Real History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and the Middle East 'Peace Process' - Part 2 (continued from last week) - 28 minutes - MiddleEast.Org (MERTV Program 30) 1996

    MERTV Program 1 - From the start disaster was foreseeable for the 'Oslo Peace Process'. MiddleEast.Org - 202 362-5266 (1994)
    MERTV Program 1. It was in 1994 that MER Publisher Mark Bruzonsky was interviewed about Middle East history and the Israeli-Arab 'Peace Process' on Chicago Access TV -- and that was the start of MERTV. A few months earlier Bruzonsky has provided the live commentary for Canadian CTV throughout the historic White House signing ceremony with Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, and Bill Clinton. Practically alone among the network commentators Bruzonsky explained how and why the agreement being signed with so much fanfare that day was likely to fail. The disasters that have taken place in years since were foreseeable even then and Bruzonsky outlines why right from the start in this first MERTV Program. JCOME information can be found at MiddleEast.Org/jcome.

    MERTV Program 2 - From the start disaster was foreseeable for the 'Oslo Peace Process'. MiddleEast.Org - 202 362-5266 (1994)



    Palestinian Statehood - Special Documentary Followed by 2 hour live Q&A in 1994.
    Palestinian Statehood - Special Documentary Followed by a unique two hour live Question and Answer program in 1994. This was broadcast live from the studios of Chicago Access in downtown Chicago in 1994. Host Mark Bruzonsky in Chicago with guests Gerda Gray in Washington (Holocaust Survivor) and Professor Hisham Ahmed in occupied Palestine.  Note: In 1992 a group of Jewish professionals organized as The Jewish Committee on the Middle East (JCOME) made this unique documentary in tribute to the Palestinian people and their 'Intifada' to end the Israeli military occupation. It was broadcast nationally on cable throughout the United States. During the Intifada JCOME also published numerous full-page magazine ads in The New York Review of Books, The Nation, LAWeekly, The Progressive, and other publications. These ads and Information about JCOME are now at www.MiddleEast.Org/J and at www.JCOME.Org.  Correction: The Intifada began in 1987, not 1997 as indicated in the roll-in. To get this documentary on DVD or VHS - www.MiddleEast.Org/orders.


    MERTV PROGRAM #116 - PEACE PROCESS - REAL OR PHONY? MERTV.Org (1996)
    Today's events in the Middle East have a crucial backdrop and this MERTV Program made in 1996 provides a unique window into the past which is vital to understanding the present. At the time this program was specially made for Free Speech TV satellite and also broadcast on all the major cable TV systems in the greater Washington, D.C. area. The program features speeches and interviews with leading Middle East analysts including Noam Chomsky (MIT), Robert Fisk (The Independent - UK), Edward Said (Columbia University), Mark Bruzonsky (MiddleEast.org), Haider Abdul-Shafi (Chairman Palestinian Delegation to Madrid Peace Conference), Eyad Sarraj (Gaza, Ph.D. Harvard University), Mohamed Sid Ahmed (Cairo). This MERTV program will be showing for the next few days at MERTV.Org. This and other MERTV documentaries are available on VHS or DVD - see MiddleEast.Org/orders.


    Arafat Assassination Discussed on San Antonio KTSA with numerous quotes from MER articles. (11/11/2004)
    With many quotes from MER articles the assassination of Yasser Arafat was discussed on San Antonio, Texas, Radio KTSA the afternoon of 11 November, the day Arafat's death was finally announced.

    Arafat's Death, Burial, and Legacy. Interview with Mark Bruzonsky on 5 November with Toronto 640 Mojo Radio - 20 minutes (11/5/2004) - With Yasser Arafat still captivating the world at the time of his death, MER Publisher Mark Bruzonsky was interviewed today on Toronto Radio 640 about Arafat, where he will be buried, and what legacy he leaves. Bruzonsky has meet personally with Arafat in Beirut, Cairo, and Tunis. In 1985 Bruzonsky had a private dinner with Arafat and a few of the top leaders of the PLO at Kubba Palace in Egypt.

    5 Nov - Toronto Radio Program with MER about Yasser Arafat (11/5/2004)  With Yasser Arafat's Impending Death and Burial Site Unknown, Mark Bruzonsky discussed the realities of the situation on The NEW MOJO Radio · 640 in Toronto this morning.

    Mark Bruzonsky - 14 Sept - Court TV  (09/14/2001) - COURT TV a few days after the World Trade Tower Disaster.(Segment 1)
    Mark Bruzonsky - 14 Sept - Court TV  (09/14/2001) - Court TV a few days after the World Trade Tower disaster. (Segment 2)

    Bethany College, Part 1 - Bethany College, Part 1 of 4 - Talk and Discussion, Mark Bruzonsky
    Bethany College, Part 2
    - Bethany College, Part 2 of 4 - Talk and Discussion with Mark Bruzonsky
    Bethany College, Part 3 - Bethany College, Part 3 - Talk and Discussion with Mark Bruzonsky

    MERTV Program 117 - An Exclusive MERTV Interview with Robert Fisk. (202) 362-5266 (1995)
    MERTV - MERTV.ORG. At the height of what has been so propagandisticly called the 'Peace Process', when nearly everyone was declaring it successful and 'irreversible', MER Programs were focusing on the real situation, explaining that no real Palestinian State was going to be allowed by the Israelis, that settlements were being surreptitiously expanded, and that an explosion of violence was surely coming. In 1996 a series of four MERTV programs was made after an exclusive interview at the MER studio in Washington with Robert Fisk, the Western journalist who has served longest in the Middle East region and writes for The Independent in the U.K. This is Part 1 of that 4 part exclusive interview with Robert Fisk.
    MERTV Program 118 - An Exclusive MERTV Interview with Robert Fisk. (202) 362-5266 (1995) Part 2 of 4.
    MERTV Program 119 - An Exclusive MERTV Interview with Robert Fisk. (202) 362-5266 (1995) Part 3 of 4
    MERTV Program 120 - An Exclusive MERTV Interview with Robert Fisk. (202) 362-5266 (1995) Part 4 of 4