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Jan 22
This week …
News Highlights: Gaza Strip’s only power plant is forced to shut down due to the Israeli blockade on fuel and other basic supplies; doctors fear for the lives of hospital patients, including premature babies. Israeli human rights groups deplore the Israeli blockade, and say this collective punishment is a “crime against humanity”. Jan. 19th – …
Jan 15
This week …
News Highlights: Israeli forces kill 17 Palestinians, including 5 civilians, during the latest invasion into Gaza City. Gazan doctors say there are also many wounded, and question if Israel is using the banned “flechette” shells. Hamas leaders criticize the Arab regimes that are cooperating and meeting with the U.S. and Israel. Canada’s foreign minister refuses …
Jan 01
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News Highlights: Israeli human rights group Btselem releases year-end report, saying 373 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in 2007, 53 of them minors; although this number is lower than 2006, human rights conditions continue to deteriorate in the occupied territories. According to Btselem, Palestinians held in administrative detention increased to an average number of …
Dec 25
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News Highlights: Roman Catholic Patriarch Michel Sabbah criticizes exclusivism and occupation in the Holy Land in his Xmas message in Bethlehem. Israel blocks Arab clergy from reaching their churches in Bethlehem and elsewhere in the West Bank, due to new travel restrictions. Israel announces plans to build even more settler housing, on the eve of …
Dec 18
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinians mourn the 11 people killed in Israeli air raids, and Arab analysts believe the raids make a mockery of the Annapolis conference. Donors pledge $7 billion for the Palestinians in Paris, although previous pledges have fallen far short of money delivered. Israeli Foreign Minister working to avoid any international criticism over its …
Dec 11
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian negotiators call for freeze on Israeli settlements after Israel issues a tender for more settlement construction in “Har Homa”. EU criticizes the Israeli settlement expansion in occupied Palestinian territory. Israeli human rights groups support the call to end the siege on Gaza, as the Israeli blockade intensifies. Seriously ill Palestinian baby boy …
Dec 04
Downloads
This show includes an extended interview with Dr. Haidar Eid from Gaza, who teaches at Al Aqsa University and is a cofounder of the One Democratic State Association. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Dec04_2007_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB) VOP_Dec04_2007_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7.0MB)
Dec 04
This week …
News Highlights: Israel is planning to install underground sensors to further tighten the closure on Gaza. Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Bargouthi calls Israel’s prisoner release “a joke”, as Israel releases around 400 Palestinian detainees set to be freed soon anyway. Israeli cabinet approves Annapolis declaration, and cabinet minister claim success in keeping core issues and …
Nov 27
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian demonstrator killed by PA security forces in the West Bank, as thousands defy ban on anti-Annapolis rallies. Tens of thousands of Palestinians rally in Gaza to also protest the U.S.-led summit. Three Palestinians killed in Gaza in two Israeli airstrikes on Nov. 26th, 2007; close to 100 Palestinians, including many civilian passersby, …