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Nov 15
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News Highlights: Palestinian activists board settler buses in Jerusalem, in an inspiration from the Freedom Riders of the US civil rights movement; all the activists are arrested but later released. Palestinian prisoner advocates say Israeli authorities have failed to lift arbitrary restrictions on detainees in Israeli jails, including the extended use of solitary confinement. 3 …
Nov 15
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This show includes a live, in-studio interview with Dr. John Soos from Vancouver, who had just returned from a trip to occupied Palestine. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Nov15_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Nov 08
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This show includes a live interview with Palestinian American writer and activist Ali Abunimah, who was also one of the cofounders of the Electronic Intifada. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Nov08_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Nov 08
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinians continue to protest against the Israeli apartheid wall and its confiscation of land, especially in the Bethlehem region; al Walaja village will be entirely encircled by cement blocks on the wall is completed and the land of the Cremisan monastery in Beit Jala is now also threatened. Israeli military forces board two …
Nov 01
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News Highlights: UNESCO votes in favour of admitting Palestine as a full member; the US, which voted against the move along with Israel and Canada (amongst others), immediately cuts its funding to the UN body. Another Palestinian is killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes, bringing the death toll to 12 in two days. Feature: The …
Nov 01
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This show includes another is our series of Eyewitness Palestine segments, this one highlighting the Palestinian olive harvest, the harassment of Palestinian farmers and the slow recovery of the Gaza olive trade. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Nov01_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Oct 25
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Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Oct25_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Oct 25
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian leader Ahmad Saadat and other prisoners temporarily suspend their hunger strike to see if Israeli officials will keep their promises of ending solitary confinement; Saadat has already lost over 10 kilos and is in the prison hospital. Egypt and Israel agree to a prisoner swap, which will see 25 Egyptian prisoners, including …
Oct 18
This week …
News Highlights: The prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas goes ahead, but does not include any minors nor at least 8 of the women Palestinian prisoners nor all the top imprisoned leaders. Rights groups state the forced exile and deportation by Israel of some of the released Palestinian prisoners constitutes a “serious war crime”. Late …
Oct 18
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This show includes a live interview from Boston with Leila Murad, a community activist there who is working with the Free Tarek Mehanna campaign (www.freetarek.com). Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Oct18_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)