July 2013 archive

Voice of Palestine (July 27th, 2013)

Kevin Neish: Update on Gaza
This week Voice of Palestine talks with Kevin Neish, a Victoria-based human rights activist who is currently in Gaza. Kevin, a Mavi Marmara survivor and longtime supporter of Palestinian rights, updates us on the situation for the Gazan population as well as the work he and other volunteers are doing, including with the International Solidarity Movement.

Voice of Palestine (July 19th, 2013)

Hammam Farah on York University’s Repression against pro-Palestinian Activism
This week Voice of Palestine talks with Hammam Farah about the administrative repression by York University against the club, Students against Israeli Apartheid, and against Hammam personally. He is an active SAIA leader and a York University alum, who has been barred from campus. All of this followed the successful campaign for divestment at the York Federation of Students.

Voice of Palestine (July 12th, 2013)

Keynote Speech at the Shatat Conference, Vancouver
This week, Voice of Palestine features the keynote speech by Hanna Kawas at the opening plenary of the Palestinian Shatat Conference, held in Vancouver from May 3-5, 2013. Hanna talked about the long history of Canadian complicity in Palestinian dispossession, the collaborationist nature of the Palestinian Authority and the need for democratic and non-sectarian changes within the Palestinian movement.