Following is the announcement that was sent out for our final show on Coop Radio. And the show (as you can hear on the download) went as scheduled. Ms. Abdu gave us a moving update about the status of Palestinian political prisoners, including her own husband, and then many of our volunteers dropped by the …
Category: Show Summaries
Aug 28
This week …
News Highlights: International Solidarity Movement ISM issues a statement criticizing the Israeli judge’s verdict in the Rachel Corrie lawsuit brought by her family. The weekly anti-wall protest in Kufr Qaddoum on August 24th, 2012 commemorates the memory of Rachel Corrie killed by an Israeli military bulldozer while protecting Palestinian families from home demolition. Israeli settlers …
Aug 21
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News Highlights: One of a group of Israeli teens who participated in brutally lynching a Palestinian man said “let him die, he’s an Arab”, according to Israeli media. Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian home near Nablus, and other settlers firebomb a Palestinian car near Bethlehem, seriously injuring five people including two young children …
Aug 14
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News Highlights: One Palestinian protester is critically wounded and many more suffer tear gas inhalation in 5 anti-wall protests across the occupied West Bank, as Israeli troops use rubber coated steel bullets and fire tear gas canisters directly at people’s heads. Israeli human rights group Btselem calls on Israeli military police to reopen the investigation …
Aug 07
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News Highlights: Israeli PM Netanyahu claims he will release 50 Palestinian political prisoners detained prior to Oslo if the Palestinian Authority scraps its UN bid for recognition. 4 Palestinian detainees are still on hunger strike as their health continues to deteriorate, according to several human rights groups, who also note that the hunger strikers are …
Jul 31
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News Highlights: Israel allocates 70 times more water to each settler than to the average Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Water Authority. Palestinian officials state the Israeli government is responsible for shooting dead a 46-year-old Palestinian at a military checkpoint. Israel’s High Court orders the Israeli state to find a …
Jul 24
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News Highlights: Palestinian detainee Akram al Rekhawi ends his hunger strike with an agreement for early release, but 5 Palestinian political prisoners are still on hunger strike ranging from 13-67 days. Israeli settlers repeatedly attack a group of Palestinians and international volunteers from Operation Dove. Israeli media reports that Israel plans to demolish 8 Palestinian …
Jul 17
This week …
News Highlights: Two more Palestinian political prisoners go on hunger strike, bringing the current number to 5, after the deal made to end the mass hunger strike in April is not fully honored by Israeli prison authorities. Israeli military officials claim the UN agency giving tents to dispossessed Palestinians is engaging in “illegal operations”. A …
Jul 10
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News Highlights: A Palestinian demonstrator is injured by Israeli forces and many others suffer the effects of tear gas, as Bilin marks the 8th anniversary of the Hague ruling on the illegality of Israel’s apartheid wall. Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Sarsak is finally released by Israeli authorities after 96 days on hunger strike; Sarsak, a member …
Jul 03
This week …
News Highlights: Palestinian detainee Akram Rikhawi is in critical condition after 83 days on hunger strike, as Israeli authorities refuse requests from doctors from Physicians for Human Rights Israel to visit. Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrate in Ramallah for the 3rd day, protesting PA police brutality and planned talks by Palestinian officials with Israeli VP Shaul …