News Highlights:
- Dozens of Palestinians, including journalists, are injured as clashes continue with Israeli forces in and around Shufat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem.
- Palestinian farmers and internationals try to challenge the Israeli “exclusion zone” in northern Gaza, and reclaim 300 metres of private farmland.
- Israeli courts free two foreign nationals nabbed by Israeli military in Ramallah, as Israel increases its arrest campaign against both Palestinian and international activists.
- Palestinian ex-president Mahmoud Abbas agrees to the “proximity talks” being pushed by U.S. envoy George Mitchell.
Feature:
A live interview with Dr. Mads Gilbert from Norway, who had just recently returned home from a North American tour talking about his experiences in Gaza a year ago during Israel’s attacks. Dr. Gilbert explained that he and other colleagues had been supporting the Palestinian people for a long time and been active in Gaza with medical projects for several years. He detailed the horrific scenes he witnessed during Israel’s military invasion and the civilian injuries and deaths he and other doctors had to deal with. He also talked about his new book Eyes in Gaza, which should be out in English in May of this year, and said how pleased he had been with the response to his recent tour.
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of a February 9th, 2010 statement from Students Against Israeli Apartheid SAIA at York Univ. about the racist intimidation of its activists by pro-Israeli groups, in particular the JDL.
Here is an audio file of this show: