This week …

News Highlights:

  • Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli troops near Ramallah, and several others injured.
  • A majority of Palestinians believe the Oslo accords harmed Palestinian national interests, according to a new poll.
  • Palestinian olive harvest begins, under increasingly difficult conditions as settler attacks and the wall push farmers off their land.
  • Palestinian Israeli legislators criticize the arrest of the Palestinian man who mistakenly drove into the wrong neighbourhood on Yom Kippur in Acre, which resulted in riots by right-wing extremist Israelis.

Feature:

The feature was a special cultural presentation about the Palestinian olive harvest that was recorded in October 2007 by Poets West in Seattle and played on a sister station in Everett, Washington. The presentation included Palestinian poetry read by Hanna Eady, actress Meg Savlov and activist Ed Mast. There was also loud music as well as introductions explaining the importance of the olive harvest, the challenges farmers face due to Israeli restrictions, and Palestinian attachment to the land.

Focus on Zionism:

Due to the length of the feature, there was no Focus on this show.

Here is an audio file of this show: