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Mar 10
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This show includes an interview direct from Gaza City with Montreal engineer, activist and poet Ehab Lotayef, who just recently managed to enter into Gaza with the CodePink delegation. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar10_2009_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Mar 10
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News Highlights: A Palestinian family who lost 29 members in Israeli attacks in January 2009, is suing PM Ehud Olmert and other Israeli officials for “criminal negligence”. Health system in Gaza was further devastated during the Israeli aggression earlier this year, with 15 hospitals and 41 clinics damaged. Israel plans to demolish six homes and …
Mar 03
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This show includes an interview from Gaza City with Dr. Eyad Sarraj, first played on our sister station CKUT in Montreal in late January, 2009. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar03_2009_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Mar 03
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News Highlights: A high-ranking U.S. delegation is shocked to discover that items such as lentils and macaroni are included in the Israeli blockade on Gaza. The U.S. administration plans to spend most of its announced $900 million aid package on support for the appointed Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, not for reconstruction in Gaza; announcement came …
Feb 24
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News Highlights: Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian farmers and international volunteers in northern Gaza near Khan Younis; 4 farmers have been shot since January 27th, 2009 while working in their fields. Palestinian Muslim and Christian leaders denounce the Israeli settlement expansion in east Jerusalem, most recently in the Al Bustan neighbourhood whose residents just …
Feb 24
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This show includes a live interview with Ali Mallah from CUPE Ontario about the recent resolution passed over the weekend by CUPE Ontario workers to boycott Israeli universities. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Feb24_2009_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Feb 17
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News Highlights: New settlement construction of 2500 more units expected for Efrat as the Israeli military takes over 425 acres of Palestinian land. Israeli political parties consider coalition partners ahead of announcement later this week as to who will form the next government. Israeli military officials admit its army could face significant difficulties justifying the …
Feb 17
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This show includes a live interview with Jay Cassano, from Students for Justice in Palestine, about the recent divestment of Hampshire College from companies involved in aiding Israeli occupation. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Feb17_2009_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Feb 10
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This show includes the first in-studio panel discussion of 2009 that analyzed developments in the region, especially the Israeli elections and what is happening in the Palestinian political arena. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Feb10_2009_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)
Feb 10
This week …
News Highlights: UN Secretary General appoints an inquiry into the deaths and destruction at UN facilities in Gaza during the Israeli aggression. Israeli forces destroy Bedouin Jahalin structures, leaving 30 homeless including 15 kids; this is just one expulsion in this community to make way for settlement expansion. Israeli elections show Kadima and Likud close …