July 2012 archive

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This week includes a live interview in the studio with local independent filmmaker Jase Tanner about his recent trip to Gaza as part of the Vancouver2Gaza delegation. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July31_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)

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News Highlights: Israel allocates 70 times more water to each settler than to the average Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Water Authority. Palestinian officials state the Israeli government is responsible for shooting dead a 46-year-old Palestinian at a military checkpoint. Israel’s High Court orders the Israeli state to find a …

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This show includes a live interview with John Max Soos, a local clinical and peace psychologist, about his recent trip to Gaza and his fundraising project for the Palestinian fishermen in Gaza. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July24_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)

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News Highlights: Palestinian detainee Akram al Rekhawi ends his hunger strike with an agreement for early release, but 5 Palestinian political prisoners are still on hunger strike ranging from 13-67 days. Israeli settlers repeatedly attack a group of Palestinians and international volunteers from Operation Dove. Israeli media reports that Israel plans to demolish 8 Palestinian …

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This show includes a live interview with Rich Forer, a Jewish American author and commentator, about the Zionist censure of Jewish critics as well as his new articles and book. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July17_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)

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News Highlights: Two more Palestinian political prisoners go on hunger strike, bringing the current number to 5, after the deal made to end the mass hunger strike in April is not fully honored by Israeli prison authorities. Israeli military officials claim the UN agency giving tents to dispossessed Palestinians is engaging in “illegal operations”. A …

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This show includes a live interview with Bruce Katz from Montreal, one of the cofounders of Palestinian and Jewish Unity PAJU, about the group’s objectives and recent boycott campaigns. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July10_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)

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News Highlights: A Palestinian demonstrator is injured by Israeli forces and many others suffer the effects of tear gas, as Bilin marks the 8th anniversary of the Hague ruling on the illegality of Israel’s apartheid wall. Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Sarsak is finally released by Israeli authorities after 96 days on hunger strike; Sarsak, a member …

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This show includes a live interview with Kathy Copps, a local activist who just returned from a trip to Gaza as part of the Vancouver2Gaza delegation. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July03_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)

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News Highlights: Palestinian detainee Akram Rikhawi is in critical condition after 83 days on hunger strike, as Israeli authorities refuse requests from doctors from Physicians for Human Rights Israel to visit. Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrate in Ramallah for the 3rd day, protesting PA police brutality and planned talks by Palestinian officials with Israeli VP Shaul …

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