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Jun 21
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News Highlights: Palestinian reconciliation talks stall on who should be interim prime minister Italian activists do a boycott action outside Israel’s Agrexco headquarter on June 17, as Vancouver activists picket the Jewish National Fund Gala dinner the day before Chaos continues at the Rafah border crossing as only 400 travellers per day are allowed through …
Jun 14
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News Highlights: Israeli military bulldozes ten homes in the Palestinian Bedouin hamlet of Fasayil in the occupied Jordan Valley. UN Refugee Agency UNRWA marks 5 years of the siege on Gaza, which spokesman Chris Guinness says punishes “the poorest of the poor”. Israel hands out demolition orders to a mosque and school in the village …
Jun 14
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This show includes a live interview with Ron Saba, editor of the Montreal Planet magazine, about the racist policies of the Jewish National Fund JNF and the growing global movement to expose and stop the activities of the JNF. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_June14_2011_32kbps.mp3 …
Jun 07
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This show includes a live interview with Chelsea Byers from Code Pink about protests against the speeches of visiting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in May. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_June07_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Jun 07
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News Highlights: Israeli settlers torch and vandalize a mosque near Ramallah, the latest action of settler violence. UN Human Rights Commissioner criticizes Israel for the killing of protestors in the occupied Golan Heights on the June 5th anniversary of Israeli occupation. Protests all over Palestine are also met with Israeli military force, especially at the …
May 31
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News Highlights: Egypt relaxes crossing procedures at the Rafah border with Gaza, but only for the movement of persons, not goods. Israeli military raids the Palestinian village of al Tuwani and demands villagers stop their non-violent protests to protect their lands. Israeli Foreign Minister thanks Stephen Harper for objecting to any specific mention of 1967 …
May 31
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This show includes a live interview with Kevin Neish from Victoria about the one-year anniversary of the deadly Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara and the upcoming flotilla to break the siege on Gaza. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_May31_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
May 24
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News Highlights: Israeli forces begin to install a barbed wire fence around a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, completely closing it off. Israeli forces detain a 70-year-old Palestinian woman, in what prisoner advocates say may be an attempt to pressure her activist son. Barak Obama rejects Palestinian statehood moves at the UN, in …
May 24
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This show includes a live interview with Khalid Mouammar, the president of the Canadian Arab Federation CAF, about issues of importance both here in Canada and in Palestine. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_May24_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
May 17
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This show includes a live interview with Monzer Zimmo, a Palestinian Canadian living in Ottawa who recently spoke at a Vancouver fundraiser for the Canadian Boat to Gaza. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_May17_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)