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Dec 20
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News Highlights: Palestinian refugees protest outside the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City, calling on the UN agency to rebuild their homes 5 years after they were pulled down. A mosque in the Palestinian village of Bani Naim is spray painted with racist slogans, the 4th such attack in 2 weeks. Israeli officials approve another 1000 …
Dec 20
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This show includes another in our series of Eyewitness Palestine features, this one highlighting the relentless oppression faced by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank from the Israeli military and settlers. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Dec20_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Dec 13
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This show includes a live interview with David Heap from London, Ontario about his experiences as one of the 27 delegates aboard the Freedom Waves flotilla in November of this year that challenged the siege on Gaza. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Dec13_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps …
Dec 13
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News Highlights: Thousands of Palestinians gather in Nabi Saleh to mourn Mustafa Tamimi, who died after being hit in the head by an Israeli tear gas canister fired at close range. Palestinian Israelis protest the “Braver Plan” that will dispossess more than 100,000 Palestinian Bedouins from the Negev and confiscate their land. Israeli officials authorize …
Dec 06
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This show includes a live interview with Prof. Marc Ellis from Baylor University in Texas, about his work at Baylor and his theological and political beliefs. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Dec06_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Dec 06
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News Highlights: Israeli officials approve 650 more settler housing units in the illegal settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev built on Palestinian land from the towns of Beit Hanina and Hizma Israeli forces destroy a stone cutting plant in Qalqilya, livelihood for 8 Palestinian families, as demolitions continue in Area C in the occupied West Bank, which …
Nov 29
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This show includes an in-studio interview with two members of the local Canada Boat to Gaza CBG committee, Karen DeVito and John Turnbull. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Nov29_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Nov 29
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli officials approve 119 housing units in the illegal settlement of Shilo. Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinian elections will be May 4, after recent reconciliation talks in Cairo with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. The Palestinian Sumarin family in occupied East Jerusalem gets a temporary delay on their eviction by a Jewish National Fund subsidiary, …
Nov 22
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This show includes an interview with author Michael Riordon, who is in BC on a speaking tour about his new book “Our Way to Fightâ€. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Nov22_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Nov 22
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News Highlights: Israeli settler groups are given approval to take over more Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem. Cairo police attack demonstrators in and around Tahrir Square, killing at least 33. Israeli authorities extend the detention of a female Palestinian journalist from al Quds TV, even though no charges have yet been brought against her. …