News Highlights:
- 63-year-old Palestinian American man dies of a heart attack at Israeli checkpoint after suffering repeated abuse from the Israeli soldiers stationed there.
- Palestinians in Gaza face daily hardships due to the Israeli siege, including lining up to fill a few containers with fresh water to serious environmental damage due to the use of dangerous fuels, especially cooking oil in cars.
- Student organization in Quebec votes to support the boycott Israeli apartheid movement.
- Israeli authorities continue to target Palestinian villages near the Separation Wall, or its planned path, most recently Beit Awa and Husan, west of Hebron/AlKhalil.
Feature:
A live interview from Palestine with Wael Elasady, from the Popular Committee in Bilin. Wael spoke about the third annual Bilin conference that just ended, and the Israeli military’s violent attack on the June 6th peaceful demo at the conclusion of the conference that resulted in the injury of an Italian judge. Bilin is the Palestinian village that has for 3 years been carrying on non-violent actions against the apartheid wall, which is destroying the village’s livelihood and way of life. Wael also informed us about the resolutions passed at the conference, including support for the global boycott Israel movement.
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of a June 9th, 2008 article by Palestinian writer Omar Bargouthi, carried in the Electronic Intifada, which outlined why the boycott Israel movement is the most effective and moral way to support the Palestinians and peace in the entire region.
Here is an audio file of this show: