News Highlights:
- An Israeli court extends the detention of Palestinian human rights activist Jamal Juma despite no charges being brought against him after 20 days of incarceration.
- Egyptian authorities try to block the Viva Palestina aid convoy after stopping international delegates from going to the Gaza Freedom March the week prior.
- Protestors in Jordan hold a sit-in near the Egyptian embassy to condemn Egypt’s plan to build a steel wall on its border with Gaza.
- Israeli military officers delay an official visit to Britain over fears they may be arrested on war crimes charges.
Feature:
A live interview from Cairo with Ehab Lotayef, an Egyptian Canadian poet, activist and engineer who was part of the Gaza Freedom March Coordinating Committee. Ehab told us about how Egyptian authorities had stopped the 1400 delegates from being able to participate in the March and the various protest actions delegates had taken around Cairo. He also explained the difficulties for the organizers in trying to handle the situation and also take care of the delegates who found themselves stranded in Cairo. He commented on the Final Declaration issued just a few days earlier that stressed support for the Gazan people and for the global Boycott Israel movement, and noted that the event had succeeded in solidifying an international support network.
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of a January 3rd, 2010 report from the International Solidarity Movement about the collapse of part of a main road in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan due to settler excavation under the road.
Here is an audio file of this show: