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Feb 15
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This show includes an Eyewitness Palestine: Annexation of Palestinian Land, featuring two reports about the forced de-population by Israel of Palestinian villages close to Jerusalem. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Feb15_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Feb 08
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News Highlights: Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon meet in Sharm Al Sheikh and agree to ceasefire, but not in a formal written document; Palestinian group Hamas still evaluating the summit. Egyptian students and journalists stage protests against summit and against normalization with Israel. Israeli forces to withdraw from five Palestinian cities within three weeks, according …
Feb 08
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This show includes an instudio discussion about the Sharm Al Sheikh summit, what took place and what are the implications for the future. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Feb08_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Feb 01
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News Highlights: Jan. 31st – Israeli soldiers kill 10-year-old Palestinian girl in a playground at a U.N. school. Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon to hold summit next week, but some Palestinian officials warn that bilateral cooperation must lead to a final settlement. Jan. 30th – Israeli border police plan to demolish Arab neighbourhood in Jerusalem …
Feb 01
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This show includes an interview with Riad Muslih, an Iraqi Canadian, about the Jan. 30th Iraqi elections, their credibility, and what the results mean. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Feb01_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Jan 25
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This show includes an interview with Matthew Cassels, an American Jewish activist from Chicago, who is now volunteering in Palestine. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Jan25_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Jan 25
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News Highlights: Israel has begun seizing East Jerusalem land owned by Palestinians under the obscure “absentee owners” law; many of the landowners, some of whom live 100 metres from the land about to be expropriated, now live on the wrong side of the apartheid wall. Israeli official says Israel seeks only interim accord with Palestinians; …
Jan 18
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News Highlights: Jan. 15th – Israeli tank shell kills 50-year-old Palestinian woman and her sonin their home in Khan Younis. The same day, Israeli troops kill six other Palestinians in Gaza Ariel Sharon instructs his army to carry out unlimited operations in Gaza,“without restrictions”. Jan 15th – Palestinian Election Commission staff resign to protestirregularities in …
Jan 18
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This show includes an interview with Professor Marion Boulby from Trent University, who was a Canadian election observer for the Jan. 9th, 2005 Palestinian elections. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Jan18_2005_8kbps.mp3 (8 kbps encoding, ~3.5MB)
Jan 11
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News Highlights: Palestinian Central Election Commission confirmed the election of Mahmoud Abbas, with 62% of the vote in the Jan. 9th presidential elections, and with Mustafa Bargouthi receiving almost 20%; only 46.9% of eligible voters in the occupied territories cast a ballot. Israel says Abbas must show his “seriousness” and they have already prepared steps …