News Highlights:
- Marwan al-Bargouthi, the jailed Palestinian leader, calls for all Palestinian parties to join in a national coalition following the Jan. 25th legislative elections; Bargouthi is one of 30 Palestinian candidates currently in Israeli prisons.
- Jan. 23th – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian boy on a West Bank road.
- Jan. 22nd – Palestinian security forces cast their votes so as to be ready for duty during elections; Israeli air strike kills Palestinian civilian in Gaza City.
- Jan. 22nd – Palestinian public prosecutor decides to close down Hamas TV station in Gaza.
Feature:
An interview with James Boucher, a representative of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights at UBC. James spoke about the group’s struggle to get an article published in the student newspaper, the Ubyssey. He read part of the article which talked about the Ubyssey’s pro-Israeli bias, and which was finally just published. He also talked about the group’s other activities and solidarity work on campus.
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of an article in the Jan. 22/06 SFGate.com about the flaws in the Palestinian elections. The article pointed out that 2/3 of the Palestinian nation could not even vote and were excluded from the electoral process, and the ones allowed to vote were doing so under military occupation.
Here is an audio file of this show: