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May 17
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News Highlights: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon bury the victims of Israeli violence on Nakbe Day, where at least 15 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. UN agency says that Israel’s demolition policy of Palestinian homes has displaced 149 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank so far this year. Egyptian …
May 10
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This show includes a special Eyewitness Palestine: The Continuing Nakbe and included two reports of how Palestinians are still being ethnically cleansed and dispossessed 63 years later, be they under occupation or in the diaspora. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_May10_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
May 10
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News Highlights: Freedom Flotilla 11 will set sail for Gaza in June, to once again try to break the Israeli siege on the Gazan population. Israeli military forces dispersed a protest in northern Gaza today against Israel’s unilaterally imposed no-go zone within Gaza that blocks cultivation of some of its most fertile farmland. Several Arab …
May 03
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News Highlights: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian construction workers in Hebron/AlKhalil, who were restoring a Palestinian home on Shuhuda St. which was previously closed due to settler violence. Israel’s Finance Minister says he will freeze transfers of Palestinian tax money that Israel collects, due to the national reconciliation agreement amongst Palestinian groups. Israeli forces continue to …
May 03
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This show includes a live interview from Beit Sahour, Palestine with Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, a veteran Palestinian activist and academic. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_May03_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Apr 26
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This show includes an interview with two members of the local Canadian Boat to Gaza committee, Irene MacInnes and Jase Tanner. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Apr26_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Apr 26
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News Highlights: Israeli forces injured 16 Palestinians during popular demonstrations across the occupied West Bank; in Bilin, people commemorated the 2 year anniversary of the killing of Bassem Abu Rahmeh. Palestinian Christians are denied access to their holy places in Jerusalem during Easter. An Israeli settler is killed and 4 others injured by Palestinian police …
Apr 19
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News Highlights: Palestinians mourn the brutal murder of Italian solidarity activist Vittorio Arrigoni, found dead on April 15 in Gaza City after being kidnapped; Palestinians from all walks of society, both in the occupied territories and in the diaspora, hail Vittorio as a hero for Palestine. Activists in Gaza announce the launch of a rights …
Apr 19
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This show includes a live interview from Gaza City with Khalil Shaheen from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, about the murder of his friend Vittorio Arrigoni and the work of the PCHR (www.pchrgaza.org). Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Apr19_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Apr 12
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This show includes a live interview with Alison Weir, founder of the group If Americans Knew. Alison explained how she became interested in the Palestinian issue and how her history as a journalist led her to challenge the pro-Israel bias in much of the Western media. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to …