This week …

News Highlights:

  • Israeli troops killed 7 Palestinians, including one woman, after officially ending their offensive on Beit Hanoun; 60 Palestinians killed in six days.
  • International Red Cross deplores the Israeli killing of two Palestinian ambulance workers.
  • Physicians for Human Rights reports that 1/3 of Palestinian civilians killed during Israeli operations in Gaza since the end of June are underage minors.
  • Palestinian media reports that Hamas and Fateh have resolved all outstanding issues with the exception of who will be the next prime minister; government platform will be based on the “Prisoners Document”

Feature:

A live interview from Nablus with two Vancouver members of the International Solidarity Movement currently volunteering in Palestine. Gordon joined us on the phone and talked about their experiences in Nablus, the Israeli raids on the Balata refugee camp and the murder of the Palestinian teenager there. Carel spoke about the checkpoints and the disastrous impact of the apartheid wall. She also detailed the new art installation that she is working on regarding the ancient walls of Nablus.

Focus on Zionism:

Highlights of a Nov. 6th, 2006 report by Dr. Mona AlFaraa in Gaza regarding the atrocities she is seeing on a daily basis in her hospital in Jabalya.

Here is an audio file of this show: