This show includes a special Eyewitness Palestine marking both Land Day and the Global Boycott Israel Day. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar30_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
March 2010 archive
Mar 30
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News Highlights: 15 protestors are arrested on Palm Sunday by Israeli forces as they peacefully try to exercise their religious traditions of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; the 10 Palestinians in the group are held for at least 96 hours while the Israeli and international activists are released. Israeli PM Netanyahu says he is healing the “rift” …
Mar 23
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This show includes a live interview with Canadian author and activist Yves Engler, who has just released his latest book, Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar23_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
Mar 23
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News Highlights: 4 Palestinian youths killed in less than 24 hours, two near Nablus as they were on route to work in the family farm. 2 Palestinians hurt in Beit Jala, after Israeli forces violently disperse a rally commemorating Rachel Corrie. Gazans are disappointed with the comments of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, after …
Mar 16
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This show includes a live interview with Palestinian American playwright and activist Ismail Khalidi about the ongoing trial in Israel over the killing of Rachel Corrie, as the Corrie family finally got their day in court after 7 years. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar16_2010_16kbps.mp3 …
Mar 16
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News Highlights: 91 Palestinians are injured today iin occupied East Jerusalem, as Israeli forces continue to suppress protests over Israeli settlement expansion. An Israeli military closure over the occupied West Bank continues and Paletinian men and boys under 50 are banned from attending religious services in Jerusalem. Israeli PM Netanyahu says his government will continue …
Mar 09
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This show includes a live interview with Jewish Canadian activist Ben Saifer, from Students against Israeli Apartheid at Carleton University in Ottawa. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar09_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
Mar 09
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News Highlights: U.S. officials condemn Israeli settlement building in East Jerusalem, announced as U.S. VP Joe Biden is visiting the area. 3 Palestinian boys are detained and harassed by Israeli soldiers as they were gathering herbs near Hebron Al/Khalil. The siege on Gaza entered its 1000th day and Gazan officials comment on the increasing unemployment …
Mar 02
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This show includes a live interview with Jewish American documentary filmmaker and activist Adam Shapiro about his new film series, “Chronicles of a Refugee” and his tour across North America with the film. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar02_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
Mar 02
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli Apartheid Week starts on university campuses in over 40 countries, as some Canadian politicians try to use their office to silence debate. Israeli forces storm the Al Aqsa compound in occupied Jerusalem, as tensions continue over Israeli demolitions of homes and expansion of settlements in East Jerusalem. Dubai’s police chief says suspects …