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Apr 12
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News Highlights: Human rights groups call for international intervention and monitoring of the mass arrest campaigns by Israeli forces in the Palestinian village of Awarta. Fuel crisis looms in Gaza, as tensions increase and Israel keeps all crossings closed for the 7th straight day; 18 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the last week, …
Apr 05
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News Highlights: Israeli officials approve another 900 new settler units in occupied Palestinian land. Jenin refugee camp mourns the killing of theatre director Juliano Mer Khamis by unknown gunmen; Mer Khamis was the director of the Freedom Theatre and had lived in the camp for 7 years. Palestinian unity delegation heads to Cairo for further …
Apr 05
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This show marked the 9th anniversary of the brutal Israeli attack on the Jenin refugee camp and the subsequent massacre of Palestinians. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Apr05_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Mar 22
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This show includes a conversation with Prof. Lawrence Davidson from West Chester University in the U.S., about the rapidly unfolding developments in the Arab world. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar22_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Mar 22
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News Highlights: UN Envoy Robert Serry condemns the killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza by the Israeli military and expresses concern over the escalating situation An Israeli settler shoots two Palestinians in a funeral procession in Beit Ummar Turkey is blocking Nato’s taking over the “no-fly zone” on Libya, as Russia and China raise concerns …
Mar 15
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This show includes a live interview with Palestinian American Huweida Arraf, the chair of Free Gaza and co-founder of the Int’l. Solidarity Movement ISM. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar15_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Mar 15
This week …
News Highlights: Jailed Palestinian leader from Bilin, Abdullah Abu Rahmah, is finally released from Israeli prison after serving 16 months for organizing peaceful demos Israel announced massive expansions to illegal settlements in the West Bank, a day after an Israeli family was killed in Itamar settlement Thousands of Palestinians rally in both Gaza and the …
Mar 08
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This show includes a live interview with Brian Latour from Winnipeg about the activities organized for Israeli Apartheid Week IAW at both the U of Manitoba and the U of Winnipeg. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar08_2011_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Mar 08
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli settlers uproot olive trees from a Palestinian village near Nablus, provoking clashes that leave 10 Palestinians injured. Palestinian women rally for Int’l Women’s Day and call for national unity. Arab media reports that opposition rebels in Libya consider negotiations if Mouammar Ghaddafi immediately steps down, as the Yemeni government now resorts to …