News Highlights:
- Oct. 22nd, at least 15 Palestinians injured in the village of Nabi Saleh during an anti-wall demo; in a similar protest in Al Masara near Bethlehem, an international activist is wounded and 2 arrested by Israeli soldiers.
- An Israeli military court extends the solitary confinement of Ahmad Saadat, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
- Israeli forces injure a Palestinian man with a mental disability near the northern border of Gaza, the latest Palestinian to be wounded in Israel’s self-imposed no-go zone.
Feature:
A live interview with Ala Jaradat from the Addameer Prisoner Support Assocation in Palestine, currently on a speaking tour in eastern Canada. Ala has been active in prisoner rights for nearly 15 years and gave an overview of the situation of Palestinian political prisoners and the issue of administrative detention without trial or charges. He further explained how 20% of the Palestinian population have gone through the Israeli prison system and the impact of this on the fabric of Palestinian society. He also detailed some of the activities he will be participating in during his tour here and encouraged listeners to pressure the Canadian government and officials to adopt a less biased foreign policy.
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of an October 25th, 2010 Electronic Intifada report about protest over the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD tourism meeting in occupied Jerusalem.
Here is an audio file of this show: