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Apr 11
This week …
News Highlights: Apr 10th – Israeli artillery shells blast the Ghaban family home in northern Gaza, killing 8 year-old Hadeel and injuring her mom and 7 other family members. This year alone, 15 Palestinian kids have been killed in the occupied territories by the Israeli military. Thousands of Palestinians marched in Jenin, to mark the …
Apr 04
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This show includes excerpts of a speech by Khaled Mouammar, presented at the second annual Palestine Lives Conference held April 1st at McMaster University. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Apr04_2006_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB) VOP_Apr04_2006_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7.0MB)
Apr 04
This week …
News Highlights: April 3rd – Israeli forces launch night raids into Budrus, which has played a key role in protesting the apartheid wall. April 3rd – 13-year-old Palestinian shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Qalandia refugee camp; Palestinian fighters fire homemade rockets at southern Israel after another Israeli extra-judicial assassination. Israeli forces shell Gaza, killing …
Mar 28
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This show includes an in-studio discussion about the result of the Israeli elections, held March 28th, and the swearing in of the new Palestinian government, set to happen March 30th. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar28_2006_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB) VOP_Mar28_2006_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7.0MB)
Mar 28
This week …
News Highlights: Both the outgoing and new Palestinian governments condemn the compensation paid to the Israeli soldier who murdered Iman Al Hams, a 13-year-old Palestinian girl. Al Bireh, near Ramallah, no longer has places to bury its dead due to Israel preventing the construction of a new cemetery. Israeli election results show Ehud Olmert’s party …
Mar 21
This week …
News Highlights: British Foreign Office criticizes Israel after border policemen shot dead a 10-year-old Palestinian girl in Yamoun. Director of CARE Int’l in the West Bank says the route of the wall matches that of water resources, with many aquifers now located on the “Israeli side”. Extremist settler leader, Baruch Marzel, campaigning for the upcoming …
Mar 21
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This show includes a live interview from Palestine with Tom, a Vancouver activist volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar21_2006_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB) VOP_Mar21_2006_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7.0MB)
Mar 21
ISM-Vancouver report
Following is a report sent today from Robin, whom we interviewed on the Voice of Palestine on Tue. Mar. 21, 2006, Robin is a member of ISM-Vancouver, and this is his second trip to Palestine. Destruction and Defiance in the Shadow of Bethlehem: Unable to enter the al-Walaja village, I waited for close to an …
Mar 14
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This show includes an interview with Splitting the Sky, an indigenous activist, who talked about the recent trip of the Assembly of First Nations chiefs to Israel, and the response. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Mar14_2006_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB) VOP_Mar14_2006_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7.0MB)
Mar 14
This week …
News Highlights: Israel invades Jericho and raids a Palestinian prison compound, kidnapping the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Ahmed Saadat was being guarded by British and American monitors who left the prison just before the Israeli raid. Palestinian official Saab Erekat says Western donors never gave money directly to the …