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Oct 18
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This show includes a live interview with Paul Burrows from Winnipeg about the second annual Palestinian film festival in that city. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Oct18_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Oct 18
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News Highlights: Oct. 17th – Israeli Supreme Court authorizes further construction of the illegal separation wall in Jerusalem area; construction will literally go through the backyards of Palestinian homes. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemns operation that killed three Israelis. Palestinian negotiator Saab Erekat warns against Israeli suspension of coordination meetings; Mahmoud Abbas heads to U.S. …
Oct 11
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This show includes live interview with Professor Asad Abukhalil from San Francisco, who is invited to speak in Vancouver on Oct. 15th 2005 at the second annual fundraiser for the Palestine Center. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Oct11_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Oct 11
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News Highlights: The summit between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ariel Sharon is postponed again; Palestinians say they need more than just general promises. Oct. 10th – Israeli army shot dead three Palestinians workers at a border crossing. Oct. 8th – Israeli forces arrest seven Palestinian teens near Bethlehem; meanwhile Hamas and Fateh …
Oct 04
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This show includes an edition of Eyewitness Palestine that highlighted part of an article carried in The Sept. 25th, 2005 Independent newspaper, entitled The Hebron Confessions. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Oct04_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Oct 04
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News Highlights: Defense for Children International – Palestine reports that in the five years since the intifada started, 720 Palestinian children have been killed and hundreds disabled. Khalid Tantawi, father of 13-year-old Udawi murdered by an Israeli sniper on Sept. 30th, will sue Israeli military. The results of Palestinian municipal elections show the Fateh party …
Sep 27
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This show includes an interview with Susan Howard-Azzeh, the co-chair of the Niagara Palestinian Association in Ontario, and an anti-racist advocate. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Sept27_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Sep 27
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News Highlights: Sept. 25th – Israeli PM Ariel Sharon orders continuous military strikes on Gaza; a deadly explosion at a Gaza rally on Sept. 23rd killed 17 Palestinians, after which resistance groups fired rockets into Israel. An Israeli air strike on Sept. 25th struck a Gaza school, injuring many civilians, including a 40-day-old baby. A …
Sep 20
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This show includes a live interview with Jeff Halper in Jerusalem, who is from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Sept20_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Sep 20
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News Highlights: Hamas official calls Ariel Sharon’s efforts to force Hamas out of the Palestinian legislative elections “intervention in Palestinian affairs”; Sharon also threatens to disrupt the voting in the West Bank if Hamas runs. Sept. 20th – George Bush is reportedly pushing for the Palestinians to declare a temporary state in Gaza. The Rafah …