News Highlights:
- 20 Palestinians have died in Gaza in 3 days, most of them in factional clashes, as Palestinian Interior Minister resigns.
- 13 Palestinians killed on May 15 alone, as the clashes escalate and Israel briefly opens the Rafah crossing to allow 450 Presidential Guard members into Gaza.
- International Cmte. of the Red Cross, in a confidential document, says Israel is violating int’l. law in East Jerusalem and isolating Palestinians from the city.
- A report by two Israeli civil rights groups states that Palestinians have had to leave more than 1000 homes in the center of Hebron/AlKhalil due to Israeli military and settler harassment.
Feature:
An interview with Dr. Ismail Zayid, a Palestinian Canadian scholar and activist from Halifax, about the 59th commemoration of AlNakba, the dispossession of the Palestinian people. Dr. Zayid, who was taped earlier in the day, spoke about the horrific events of 1948 and his own experiences as a young teenager at the time. There was also discussion of the current situation, especially the shameful internal clashes going on in Gaza, regrettably on the same day as the AlNakba anniversary.
Focus on Zionism:
Excerpts of a May 10th, 2007 article in The Economist about how increasing numbers of Palestinians in East Jerusalem are being stripped of their residency rights by Israel.
Here is an audio file of this show: