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 solution for residents of a Palestinian village threatened with demolition.
Feature:
A live interview in the studio with local independent filmmaker Jase Tanner about his recent trip to Gaza as part of the Vancouver2Gaza delegation. Jase talked about his experiences in Gaza and detailed the video he had already produced about the Gazan fishermen and also the videos he was still working on to be released soon. Jase, who is a member of the Canadian Boat to Gaza, talked about their latest project as well, Gaza Ark, and encouraged people to donate at the website www.gazaark.org
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of a July 31, 2012 press release from Jewish Voice for Peace, condemning the recent comments by Mitt Romney that claimed the Palestinian economy was not doing as well as Israel’s because of “cultural differences” with no acknowledgement of the restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation.
Here is an audio file of this show: