March 2004 archive

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This show includes an in studio discussion about recent developments in Palestine and the region. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar30_2004_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)

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News Highlights: March 30th marked the 28th anniversary of Land Day, and there were protests in Galilee and all across the occupied Palestinian territories. The first Land Day in 1976 resulted in six Palestinian Israelis shot dead near Sakhnin Israel demolishes the home in Rafah that Rachel Corrie died trying to protect just over a …

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This shows includes a live interview with Sabine Friesinger, from Concordia University in Quebec, about the repression against student activists and a recent film that has been made; “Discordia”. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar23_2004_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)

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News Highlights: Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians march in the funeral of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the wheel-chair-bound founder of Hamas who was assassinated by Israel. Four more Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israeli forces the same day as the funeral, including a 12 year old child. U.N. Security Council convening to discuss response to Yassin’s …

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This show on March 16th marked the one-year anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie by an Israeli bulldozer, as she attempted to protect the home of a Palestinian family in Gaza. The feature honored her memory through poetry and commentaries written by other members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Download an audio file …

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News Highlights: On March 15th, Israeli forces shot and wounded at least 15 Palestinians in a demonstration against the apartheid wall in Deir Qaddis. An American peace activist was arrested during the same protest; she is being held and is facing deportation. On March 14th, a Palestinian teenager wounded by Israeli gunfire in Khan YounisAriel …

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This show includes an interview with Harsha, from No One is Illegal, about the recent deportation of an Algerian refugee in Montreal. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar9_2004_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)

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News Highlights: Israeli military attack in residential area in central Gaza on March 7th kills 14 Palestinians, four of them children, and wounds more than 80 others. Israeli minister says raids into Gaza will continue as Israeli army shoots dead another Palestinian teenager on March 8th. Two anti-wall protestors shot on March 8th as Israeli …

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This show includes an in-studio interview with Stefan Christoff, a member of International Solidarity Movement – Montreal, about his recent trip to the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar2_2004_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)

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News Highlights: 3 Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces during peaceful protest against the wall –British parliamentarians call on Israel to remove the wall. Israel’s court orders one-week halt to construction of apartheid wall, due to petition submitted by Palestinian villagers and Popular Committee. Attorney Mohammed Dakhka says the villagers will be imprisoned in their …

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