News Highlights:
- Jewish and Israeli activists report that Israeli soldiers used excessive force while taking over their Gaza-bound aid ship, contrary to the official Israeli government version.
- Settlement building is stepped up the day after the partial Israeli moratorium expires.
- Land and Research Centre reports that Israeli settlement construction did not fully stop during the “freeze”, with some 1520 settlement housing units built or under construction.
- Canadian judge slams the federal government for banning George Galloway from visiting the country.
Feature:
Highlights of a speech by Professor Michael Keefer at a public meeting in Vancouver on September 23rd, 2010, where he addressed the subject covered in his new book, Antisemitism: Real and Imagined. Keefer detailed the process initiated by the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism, a politically motivated group of MPs who are trying to expand the definition of anti-Semitism to include criticism of Israel. Prof. Keefer’s book includes submissions to the CPCCA by many concerned people in Canada, who see this coalition as simply another mechanism to protect Israel and deflect criticism of Israeli government policies.
Focus on Zionism:
Excerpts of a September 25th, 2010 report from Palestinemonitor.org about the recently-released UN report on the Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara aid ship to Gaza.
Here is an audio file of this show: