News Highlights:
- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice oversees completion of agreement on the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
- Palestinian cabinet minister Mohammed Dahlan claims agreement is “an important step”, despite restrictions on the Rafah crossing, including limiting it to just Palestinian ID holders and sending a live video feed to a centre with European and Israeli officials.
- Nov. 14th – Israeli troops assassinate a leading Hamas official in Nablus during a wide-scale arrest raid.
- Israeli officials serve demolition decrees for Palestinian Bedouin buildings in the Negev; 12 Bedouin injured, including five women taken to hospital, as they resist the action.
- Saudi Arabia agrees to annul its economic embargo on Israel, in order to join the World Trade Organization.
- Israeli Foreign Minister begins official visit to Tunisia and will meet with leaders of Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritius as well as attend U.N. summit.
- Canadian PM Paul Martin addresses Toronto conference, saying “Israel’s values are Canada’s values….shared values of democracy, the rule of law and the protection of human rights”.
Feature:
An interview with Lebanese-Canadian filmmaker Jayce Salloum about his current and upcoming projects and the state of progressive Canadian culture in general. Jayce detailed his current exhibits at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Nov. 24th showing at SFU Harbour Centre of his new video on First Nations issues in Kelowna. There was discussion of the common bonds between the Palestinian and First Nations struggles and also analysis of the censorship and self-censorship in the artistic community after 9/11.
Focus on Zionism:
Excerpts of a November 15th, 2005 Ynet story about the reaction of the father of Iman Al-Hams, as the Israeli officer who murdered the 13-year-old Palestinian girl was acquitted in an Israeli court.
Here is an audio file of this show: