News Highlights:
- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will be visiting the Middle East, to promote “peace efforts” in the region.
- Illegal Israeli settlement of Har Homa, built on Palestinian land near Bethlehem, is set to be expanded, along with other settlements in the area.
- 8 human rights group petition Israeli High Court over new military order banning Israelis and foreigners from having Palestinians in private cars in the West Bank.
- Israel is reportedly working on secret plans to attack Iran with tactical nuclear weapons.
Feature:
A live interview with Ahmad Jabala, the son of one of the five men held under Canada’s infamous “security certificates” in a Kingston facility, that has been dubbed Guantanamo North. Ahmad explained how his father is being held without charge or trial and talked about the pain of the families of the men. He also discussed the hunger strike that three of the detainees, including his dad, have been on for over a month to draw attention to the inhumane situation of their incarceration, and gave details of the national campaign from Jan. 11-15 to support their demands.
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of a January 8th, 2007 news dispatch about a new extremist youth group in Israel being set up by an Israeli MP that will support the forced “transfer” (ethnic cleansing) of Palestinians.
Here is an audio file of this show: