News Highlights:
- Israeli soldier that was filmed shooting a bound and blindfolded Palestinian was released from police detention, because he said his commander told him 3 times to “shoot him”.
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warns he will withdraw PA security forces from cities in the occupied West Bank unless the Israeli military halts their raids.
- Palestinian political prisoners in Israel’s Majeddo prison are attacked by guards, with 13 detainees wounded; there are over 10,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 78 women, in Israeli jails, all facing very bad conditions.
Feature:
A live interview with Gordon Murray of the Palestine Media Collective, who was one of the authors of the Vancouver Sun parody and a long-time supporter of the Palestinian people. Gordon explained about the recent letter in the Georgia Straight in he and Carel Moiseiwitch took responsibility for the Sun parody and detailed how their experiences in Palestine and the biased media here in Canada had motivated them. They are now two of the defendants in the lawsuit that CanWest has launched over the parody and Gordon encouraged people to check out the website (www.seriouslyfreespeech.ca) and to work through alternative media to educate others about the Palestinian people’s struggle.
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of a July 21st, 2008 article in the Egyptian Daily News, about a Scottish couple trying to bring medical supplied to besieged Gazan hospitals.
Here is an audio file of this show: