News Highlights:
- Palestinian villagers from Al Walaja continue their non-violent anti-wall protests, as the Bethlehem area becomes increasingly cut off by the apartheid wall Israel is building.
- An Israeli settler outpost, presumably illegal even under Israeli law that should have been dismantled, may soon be “authorized”.
- Settlers march in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.
Feature:
A live interview with Omar Shaban, the president of UBC’s Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, about their upcoming national conference. SPHR, which is the most active group on Canadian campuses supporting Palestinian rights, will be meeting in Vancouver from May 7-9. Their conference, entitled “Seeking Mandela: Peace, Justice and Equal Rights for Palestinians” will feature keynote speakers and a variety of workshops on the boycott Israel movement, pro-Israel lobby attempts to silence debate, and activism on campus (see facebook page).
Focus on Zionism:
Highlights of a statement from Jewish Voice for Peace in California, calling for support for the students at UC Berkeley leading the divestment campaign from companies profiting from Israeli occupation.
Here is an audio file of this show: