News Highlights:
- At least 30 Palestinians injured when Israeli police attempt another raid on the Al Aqsa mosque.
- Israeli forces shoot and injure a mentally disabled Palestinian man in the head in Madama village during an arrest raid.
- Palestinian officials accuse the U.S. of destroying any chance of peace talks after they openly back Israel over illegal settlement building.
- International groups raise concern over a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives calling on the White House to oppose endorsement of the Goldstone Report.
Feature:
An Eyewitness Palestine segment, highlighting two on-the-ground reports about the Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in occupied east Jerusalem. The first report was from Sur Baher in occupied Jerusalem and detailed the home demolitions on just one day that had left 26 people homeless. The second was from the Alternative Info Center about the Silwan area and the resistance of the people there to the demolitions, quoting one community leader as saying – “We will Stay Here like the Fig and the Olive Trees”.
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of an October 30th, 2009 National Lawyers Guild press release calling on the U.S. government to not block UN Security Council action on the Goldstone report on Gaza.
Here is an audio file of this show: