This show includes a live interview with Omar Shaban, the president of UBC’s Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, about their upcoming national conference. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Apr27_2010_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
April 2010 archive
Apr 27
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News Highlights: Palestinian villagers from Al Walaja continue their non-violent anti-wall protests, as the Bethlehem area becomes increasingly cut off by the apartheid wall Israel is building. An Israeli settler outpost, presumably illegal even under Israeli law that should have been dismantled, may soon be “authorized”. Settlers march in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan in …
Apr 20
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This show includes a live interview with Sidney Levy, from Jewish Voice for Peace in California, about the recent campaign at UC Berkeley to divest from companies supporting the Israeli occupation. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Apr20_2010_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Apr 20
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News Highlights: Bilin commemorates Prisoners Day and marks the one year anniversary of the shooting death of Basem Abu Rahmah by Israeli forces; the village also holds its 5th annual conference this week. UN Rapporteur Richard Falk says the recent Israeli army decisions allowing deportation or imprisonment of anyone in the West Bank without the …
Apr 13
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News Highlights: Palestinian landowners in Silwan fear settlers are preparing to grab more of their land in occupied East Jerusalem. Leading Israeli human rights groups are challenging the new Israeli military orders that allows Israel to deport or imprison anyone in the occupied West Bank without the correct military permit. Israeli forces spray sewage water …
Apr 13
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This show includes a live interview from Montreal with Egyptian Canadian poet and activist Ehab Lotayef about the launch of his new book of poetry. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Apr13_2010_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Apr 06
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News Highlights: Lawyers say that claims by Israeli settlers to Palestinian homes in Sheikh Jarrah are based on forged documents. Settler violence against the Palestinian population increases in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to Maan news agency. Israeli officials say their relations with the U.S. are strong, and that settlement building will …
Apr 06
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This show includes a live interview with Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh from Beit Sahour Palestine about the Easter campaign by Palestinian Christians to have freedom of access to the holy sites in Jerusalem. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Apr06_2010_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)