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Jul 24
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian detainee Akram al Rekhawi ends his hunger strike with an agreement for early release, but 5 Palestinian political prisoners are still on hunger strike ranging from 13-67 days. Israeli settlers repeatedly attack a group of Palestinians and international volunteers from Operation Dove. Israeli media reports that Israel plans to demolish 8 Palestinian …
Jul 17
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This show includes a live interview with Rich Forer, a Jewish American author and commentator, about the Zionist censure of Jewish critics as well as his new articles and book. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July17_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Jul 17
This week …
News Highlights: Two more Palestinian political prisoners go on hunger strike, bringing the current number to 5, after the deal made to end the mass hunger strike in April is not fully honored by Israeli prison authorities. Israeli military officials claim the UN agency giving tents to dispossessed Palestinians is engaging in “illegal operations”. A …
Jul 10
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This show includes a live interview with Bruce Katz from Montreal, one of the cofounders of Palestinian and Jewish Unity PAJU, about the group’s objectives and recent boycott campaigns. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July10_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Jul 10
This week …
News Highlights: A Palestinian demonstrator is injured by Israeli forces and many others suffer the effects of tear gas, as Bilin marks the 8th anniversary of the Hague ruling on the illegality of Israel’s apartheid wall. Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Sarsak is finally released by Israeli authorities after 96 days on hunger strike; Sarsak, a member …
Jul 03
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This show includes a live interview with Kathy Copps, a local activist who just returned from a trip to Gaza as part of the Vancouver2Gaza delegation. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_July03_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Jul 03
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian detainee Akram Rikhawi is in critical condition after 83 days on hunger strike, as Israeli authorities refuse requests from doctors from Physicians for Human Rights Israel to visit. Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrate in Ramallah for the 3rd day, protesting PA police brutality and planned talks by Palestinian officials with Israeli VP Shaul …
Jun 26
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This show includes a tribute to the late David Noble, a former professor at York University, who was one of the first to challenge the pro-Israel lobby here in Canada in a very direct way. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_June26_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Jun 26
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 15 Palestinians, including a 4 year old boy, before a new ceasefire is finally agreed upon. Israeli prison authorities raid the cells of detainees who participated in the mass hunger strike, and force strip-searches on the prisoners. Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the region, meets with Mahmoud Abbas …
Jun 19
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This show includes a live interview with Charlotte Kates from Gaza, about the Vancouver delegation that is currently there visiting grassroots organizations and doing solidarity actions with Palestinian fishermen and prisoners. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_June19_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)