July 2010 archive

This week …

News Highlights: Israeli settlers attack the Palestinian village of Burin for the second time, burning farmland and olive trees, in protest over the Israeli government’s demolition of an illegal settler outpost. Israeli forces arrest the former VP of the European Parliament at the weekly Bilin anti-wall protest. Israeli authorities demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village in …

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News Highlights: Palestinian leader Dr. Mustafa Bargouthi says Israel recently began construction on 100 new settler housing units near Bethlehem, despite its announced “freeze”. Human rights groups in Gaza say Israeli soldiers killed 5 Palestinians in the month of June and intensified work on the “buffer zone” destroying Palestinian farmland. A Palestinian mother of five …

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This show includes a live interview with Sid Shniad, a member of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), about the group’s recent delegation that went to Israel/Palestine. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July20_2010_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)

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News Highlights: On July 9th, Nilin was one of many Palestinian villages to mark the 6th anniversary of the ruling of Int’l Court of justice against the Israeli separation wall. Israel’s parliament is considering legislation that will make it illegal for any Israeli citizen to support the Palestinian BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement. More …

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This show includes a live interview with Prof. Lawrence Davidson, a history professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, U.S., to talk about his books and many articles on U.S. policy in the Middle East and mainstream media bias in favour of Israel. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home …

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This show includes an instudio discussion about the Israeli blockade on Gaza and the diplomatic fallout from the deadly Israeli naval raid on the Gaza aid flotilla at the end of May. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July06_2010_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)

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News Highlights: Israeli settlements are set for expansion push in September at the end of the temporary and partial “construction freeze”; Israeli media estimates 2700 new settler housing units are in the works. July 2nd, Israeli forces arrest activists during the weekly anti-wall protest in Wadi Rahal, near Bethlehem; July 9th will mark the sixth …

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