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Jun 19
This week …
News Highlights: Another Palestinian political detainee is in imminent danger of death after 63 days on hunger strike, as Israeli courts refuse his request for release. Israeli officials deliver demolition orders for the village of Susiya, near an illegal settlement in the Hebron district; this will be the sixth time that Israel has demolished the …
Jun 12
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This show includes a special broadcast of a new radio play adapted by Ed Mast from Seattle, entitled “Antigone’s Nationâ€. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_June12_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Jun 12
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian prisoners plan a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with 3 administrative detainees on long-term hunger strike, one of them for over 80 days. FIFA president calls for action on Mahmoud Sarsak, the Palestinian detainee on hunger strike who is a member of the Palestinian national soccer team and is held by Israel …
Jun 05
This Week
Note: The recording of the June 5th, 2012 show begins after the first news segment. Here is an audio file of this show:
May 29
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This show includes a live interview with Moira Jilani from Palestine about the murder of her husband Ziad two years ago at a checkpoint and the refusal of Israeli officials to bring charges against the Israeli border policeman responsible. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_May29_2012_32kbps.mp3 …
May 29
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian detainee on hunger strike for 72 days, football player Mahmoud Sarsak, is in deteriorating health; meanwhile, Israeli officials continue to renew administrative detention orders for other Palestinian political prisoners, including MPs, despite the agreement reached last month. Palestinian grassroots activist Bassem Tamimi from Nabi Saleh is sentenced to 13 months imprisonment already …
May 22
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This show includes a live interview with Ehab Lotayef from Montreal, an Egyptian Canadian activist and poet, about the new project entitled Gaza’s Ark, Building Hope. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_May22_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
May 22
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli Assoc. for Civil Rights issues new report saying 84% of Palestinian children in occupied Jerusalem live below the poverty line. Reporters without Borders criticize the arrest by Israeli troops of the director of the Palestinian Prisoner Channel in Jenin, the third such attack on the Palestinian media by Israel this year. A …
May 15
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This show includes a special presentation to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, which included an analysis by a Palestinian journalist from occupied East Jerusalem about the continuing Nakba as well as several stories from Palestinian teens living in refugee camps in Lebanon. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen …
May 15
This week …
News Highlights: 2000 Palestinian political prisoners end their hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authorities. Prisoner rights group Addameer is concerned Israel may not respect the terms of the agreement, which included an end to the abusive use of solitary confinement and other punitive measures, as well as some changes in …