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Dec 21
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News Highlights: Human Rights Watch issues new report, saying that Palestinians in the occupied West Bank face systematic discrimination from Israeli policies Israeli forces order the residents of Khirbet Tana, east of Nablus, to evacuate their homes and village within 24 hours Palestinian Centre for Human Rights files a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court …
Dec 21
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This show includes a live interview from California with Professor Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Human Rights. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Dec21_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
Dec 14
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News Highlights: Two more Palestinian homes demolished in occupied East Jerusalem, just a few of the estimated 60,000 with standing demolition orders from the Israeli courts Israeli human rights group Btselem notes a sharp increase in the arrest of Palestinian minors in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, some arrested several times over Amnesty Int’l. condemns …
Dec 14
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This show includes the full text of the December 9th, 2010 message from Abdullah Abu Rahma, currently in Israeli prison, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Dec14_2010_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Dec 07
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This show includes a live interview from Beit Sahour, Palestine with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh (www.qumsiyeh.org), professor at Bethlehem and BirZeit Universities and president of the Palestinian Centre for Rapprochement. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Dec07_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
Dec 07
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News Highlights: Israeli officials approve the construction of 846 more settler units in occupied East Jerusalem Top Israeli rabbis sign on to a ruling to forbid renting or selling a home to a non-Jew or Arab Despite some minor changes in border crossing openings by Israel, Gaza imports are far below pre-siege levels according to …
Nov 30
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News Highlights: Israeli forces shoot 12-year-old Palestinian boy along the Gaza-Israel border, as he was collecting scrap gravel; Human rights groups say 14 Palestinian teens have been wounded in incidents since March of this year, in an area ranging from 50 to 800 metres from the border in Israel’s self-declared no-go zone Dozens suffer from …
Nov 30
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This show includes a live interview with Prof. Nada Elia, a member of the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Nov30_2010_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Nov 23
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This show includes an Eyewitness Palestine about the Israeli harassment and arrest campaign against the Palestinian peace activists in Bilin. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Nov23_2010_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Nov 23
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News Highlights: EU Foreign Policy Rep, Catherine Ashton, says Israel has not lived up to its commitments on easing the blockade on the Gaza Strip. Israeli airstrikes shatter the Eid Al Adha holiday for one Palestinian family in Deir alBalah, Gaza, injuring 4. Two Israeli soldiers convicted of using a 9-year-old Palestinian boy in Gaza …