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Mar 09
This week …
News Highlights: U.S. officials condemn Israeli settlement building in East Jerusalem, announced as U.S. VP Joe Biden is visiting the area. 3 Palestinian boys are detained and harassed by Israeli soldiers as they were gathering herbs near Hebron Al/Khalil. The siege on Gaza entered its 1000th day and Gazan officials comment on the increasing unemployment …
Mar 02
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This show includes a live interview with Jewish American documentary filmmaker and activist Adam Shapiro about his new film series, “Chronicles of a Refugee” and his tour across North America with the film. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar02_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
Mar 02
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli Apartheid Week starts on university campuses in over 40 countries, as some Canadian politicians try to use their office to silence debate. Israeli forces storm the Al Aqsa compound in occupied Jerusalem, as tensions continue over Israeli demolitions of homes and expansion of settlements in East Jerusalem. Dubai’s police chief says suspects …
Feb 16
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This show includes a live interview with Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American author and activist, who will be speaking at UBC the first week of March. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Feb16_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
Feb 16
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli military forces increase checkpoint measures between Nablus and Ramallah, and near Bethlehem. Israeli authorities issue demolition orders to Palestinian shops in occupied East Jerusalem. Suspected Israeli Mossad hit squad used British and other European passports to assassinate Hamas leader in Dubai. U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton recognizes “subsequent developments”, a move …
Feb 09
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This show includes a live interview with Dr. Mads Gilbert from Norway, who had just recently returned home from a North American tour talking about his experiences in Gaza a year ago during Israel’s attacks. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Feb09_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
Feb 09
This week …
News Highlights: Dozens of Palestinians, including journalists, are injured as clashes continue with Israeli forces in and around Shufat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian farmers and internationals try to challenge the Israeli “exclusion zone” in northern Gaza, and reclaim 300 metres of private farmland. Israeli courts free two foreign nationals nabbed by Israeli …
Feb 02
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This show includes a live interview with Jared Malsin, the English editor of the independent Palestinian news agency Maan, who was recently detained and deported by Israeli authorities. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Feb02_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)
Feb 02
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli attacks on Gaza last year have left a legacy of birth defects, possibly from exposure to white phosphorous according to doctors. Contrary to official Israeli denials, a huge bomb dropped by the Israeli airforce was defused at the Gaza flour mill last year as documented in the Goldstone Report. Israeli settler in …