August 2004 archive

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News Highlights: Aug. 31st – thousands of Palestinians march in the funeral of a solidarity hunger striker, Aisheh Al Zaban, the mother of a political prisoner in an Israeli jail. Meanwhile, the hunger strike entered its 16th day, as Israeli authorities attempt to break the strike. Political prisoners in one jail, Shikma, resume their strike …

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This show includes a report on the on-going complaint against Global TV for numerous airings of the biased program, Jenin: Massacring the Truth. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Aug31_2004_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)

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News Highlights: Palestinian political prisoners mark the tenth day of an open-ended hunger strike, to protest inhumane conditions; Israeli security minister says prisoners can “starve to death” Palestinian children also detained and abused in Israeli jails, and may join hunger strike. British government opposes any expansion of Israeli settlements, contrary to U.S. position, as Israel …

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This show includes an interview with Kevin James, a hip-hop singer from the U.S. called Son of Nun, who recently won the Open Mic contest on NPR radio for his song Free Palestine. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Aug24_2004_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)

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This show includes a cultural tribute to the martyrs of the Tel AlZaatar refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, which was overrun in August 1976 by Lebanese fascist forces. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Aug17_2004_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)

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News Highlights: August 16th – four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza. August 15th – Palestinian teenager Mohammed Al Fayoumi wounded in Nablus during raid on Balata refugee camp. Palestinian prisoners start massive hunger strike on August 15th, to draw attention to the appalling conditions in the Israeli jails. Their …

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This show includes an interview with Laith Marouf from Concordia University and a member of Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights, student activist group. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Aug10_2004_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)

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News Highlights: Aug. 10th – Israeli soldiers bulldoze heritage buildings in Hebron to construct settler road. Aug. 8th – elderly Palestinian man dies at Rafah border crossing. Aug. 8th – Israel authorizes construction of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements; Peace Now says Israeli government “acting like thieves in the night”. Aug. 8th …

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This show includes an edition of Eyewitness Palestine, featuring two “Dispatches from the Homeland” by Mike Odetalla, a Palestinian-American journalist and activist currently in Palestine. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Aug3_2004_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)

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News Highlights: Aug 3rd – three Palestinians killed by two Israeli missiles in southern Gaza and Reuters cameraman also wounded. July 30st – Israeli soldiers open fire on a funeral in Khan Younis, killing a 12 year-old boy. Palestinian Education Ministry reports that many schools have been crippled in the past year due to curfews …

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