News Highlights:
- Palestinian prisoners suspend their 19-day hunger strike, after Israeli
authorities meet some of their demands. - Marwan Bargouthi, the Palestinian legislator in Israeli jail, still
continues his hunger strike after his solitary confinement is renewed, as
his health deteriorates. - U.N. Agency decries Israeli shelling wounding a 10-year-old Palestinian
child inside a schoolroom in Gaza, the third such incident in 18 months. - In the last 4 months, 44 Palestinians, including 13 children, killed by
Israeli forces in Nablus; 280 wounded and 170 Palestinians arrested,
including 6 women. - 50,000 Palestinians attend funeral for 14 people killed in an Israeli air
strike in Gaza, as U.S. slams Palestinian leaders for saying the inevitable
retaliation will be justified. - Israel is pressing foreign donors to finance roads made necessary by the
apartheid wall and the settlements. - On September 6th, Israel began construction on the southern portion of the separation
wall.
Feature:
This week marked the 17th year of Voice of Palestine going on the airwaves
at Coop Radio. There was a lookback at some of the more notable interviews
and features that the show had carried, and three clips from past specials
were played. The first was an interview in May, 2001 with Dr. Mustafa
Bargouthi, head of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees. This
was followed by excerpts of a speech by the late Faisal Husseini, given in
1998 at a conference in Toronto, and talking about the future of the peace
process. Finally, there was part of an interview with MP Libby Davies, just
after her return from a trip to Palestine in May 2002, following the Israeli
invasion and reoccupation of the Palestinian cities.
Focus on Zionism:
Excerpts of a Sept. 7th article carried in AlJazeera, about a statement issued
by a group of prominent Jewish rabbis in Israel calling on the Israeli army
to not be concerned about killing Palestinian civilians in the context of
military operations.