News Highlights:
- Palestinian leaders in occupied Jerusalem are being harassed and interrogated by Israeli authorities.
- Palestinian detainee and leader Ahmad Sa’adat is being held in solidarity confinement in Israeli prison, as the campaign to have him freed grows.
- UN Human Rights Council endorses Goldstone report on Israel’s war on Gaza.
- Israel is counting on a U.S. veto to block the progression of the Goldstone report to the UN Security Council.
- Israeli PM Netanyahu says Israel and the U.S. have “solved the matter of the settlements”.
Feature:
A live interview with Dr. Sunera Thobani, an associate professor at UBC, about her recent visit to Palestine. Sunera, a longtime advocate of womens and human rights, explained how she first went to Palestine as a student 25 years ago. She went this year on two visits and detailed what she experienced, what she saw and how things had deteriorated for the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza. She concluded by calling on listeners to continue and increase their advocacy work for justice in Palestine.
Focus on Zionism:
Oct. 17th, 2009 – Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights addresses the European Human Rights Network and details the importance of pursuing the implementation of the Goldstone report.
Here is an audio file of this show: