News Highlights:
- Palestinian demonstrator killed by PA security forces in the West Bank, as thousands defy ban on anti-Annapolis rallies.
- Tens of thousands of Palestinians rally in Gaza to also protest the U.S.-led summit.
- Three Palestinians killed in Gaza in two Israeli airstrikes on Nov. 26th, 2007; close to 100 Palestinians, including many civilian passersby, were killed by Israel since June, 2007.
- Palestinian analysts say the Annapolis summit will produce nothing meaningful and that the only agreement is to begin talks.
- Reports have appeared in Israeli newspapers saying there is a “serious document” outlining alternatives to liquidate the Palestinian right of return.
Feature:
The special feature marked the 60th anniversary of the U.N. Partition Plan, which was the beginning of the Palestinian Al Nakba. Highlights of a speech by Hanna Kawas, given at the second Annual Palestine Lives Conference at McMaster University, were presented. The presentation focused on the history of the Partition Plan and the immediate period after it, and in particular, the Canadian role in facilitating the Palestinian dispossession.
Focus on Zionism:
Excerpts of a Nov. 26th, 2007 ISM report from Tulkarem about a young Palestinian man that had been granted “amnesty” by the Israeli military and was then shot dead in a coffee shop by Israeli soldiers.
Here is an audio file of this show: