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[02 June 2012] Zionism Jewishness and All That Jazz - Double Standards - English Human rights NGO Amnesty International join forces with Al Qaeda in Syria. The battle to keep Greece in the Euro continues as EU leaders do all they can to fight the wishes of the people of Europe. We also talk to Gilad Atzmon, Jewish novelist, journalist and saxophonist, about Lebanon, Palestine and censorship. These and much more are all reviewed in this edition of Double Standards with Afshin Rattansi.

The Israeli interior minister says a settlement in the strategic Jordan Valley must not be given to Palestinians. Gideon Saar said the settlement along the Jordanian border must belong to Israel forever. The area is a main focus of a new round of talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. This, as US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Israel to mediate the so-called peace negotiations. The top US diplomat had given both sides a nine-month deadline to reach a deal, but they\'re now four months into the deadline, with little progress. Meanwhile, people of the Gaza city have held a rally against the resumption of the direct talks. The Palestinians have slammed Tel Aviv\'s settlement constructions as one of the main obstacles to peace.