News Highlights: May 21st – Israeli forces have killed 36 Palestinians, including 18 civilians in six days of aerial attacks; Palestinian Centre for Human Rights exposes Israeli policy of retaliations against the Palestinian civilian population. Israeli cabinet decides to “intensify its operations” in Gaza, just hours before its assassination attempt on a Palestinian MP that …
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May 15
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News Highlights: 20 Palestinians have died in Gaza in 3 days, most of them in factional clashes, as Palestinian Interior Minister resigns. 13 Palestinians killed on May 15 alone, as the clashes escalate and Israel briefly opens the Rafah crossing to allow 450 Presidential Guard members into Gaza. International Cmte. of the Red Cross, in …
May 08
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News Highlights: Israeli human rights groups confirm that Palestinian detainees are tortured by Israel, in defiance of rulings by the Israeli Supreme Court. Israeli soldiers are smashing down doors to homes and harassing school children in the Qalqiya area, all without making any arrests. S. African cabinet minister, Ronnie Kasrils, himself Jewish, denounces critics of …
May 01
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News Highlights: Thousands protest in Nazareth in support of Azmi Bishara, the Israeli Palestinian political leader and former Knesset member being persecuted by the Israeli establishment. Israel seizes more Palestinian land near Jericho to build the separation wall. A recent UN report shows that the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is deteriorating rapidly; …
Apr 24
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News Highlights: European parliamentarian Luisa Morgantini says Israel must stop its executions and extrajudicial killings and calls on the EU to take a firm position. Azmi Bishara resigns from the Israeli Knesset while in Egypt and his party is calling for a total lifting of the gag order on the Israeli investigation against Bishara, to …
Apr 17
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News Highlights: Palestinians mark annual “Prisoners Day” and call for the release of their relatives and political leaders in Israeli jails. There are 11,000 Palestinian political prisoners including 398 children and 110 women; Palestinian cabinet minister says 4000 of the Palestinian detainees have not even been tried, including 40 MPs. Palestinian village of Bilin will …
Apr 10
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Highlights: List of Palestinian detainees to be included in any prisoner swap for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is released; list includes Marwan Bargouthi and Ahmed Saadat. Detained Palestinian mother, whose baby was born in jail, appeals to be included in any prisoner exchange. MK Azmi Bishara may resign from the Israeli Knesset; he is currently …
Apr 03
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News Highlights: Israeli forces stormed East Jerusalem’s Shufat refugee camp in the middle of the night and told 300 Palestinians they had 2 weeks to leave their homes. Rescue efforts continue in northern Gaza after the sewage flood that killed 5 people; eleven Palestinians are still missing and 250 homes were damaged. Leaders of Christian …
Mar 27
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This show includes a live interview with two members of the freexero.com collective about their upcoming exhibition entitled “The wall of Nablus – From the Romans to Hamas”. Here is an audio file of this show:
Mar 20
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News Highlights: Dozens of Israeli settlers occupy Palestinian home still under construction in Hebron/Alkhalil, alleging they bought it; settlers have attempted this before with another building and Palestinian owner says all the ownership documents are in his possession. Arab League SG Amr Moussa calls on Israel to restart Mideast negotiations based on the 2002 Arab …