This week we talk with Professor Rashid Khalidi, from Columbia University about his new book “Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. has Undermined Peace in the Middle East”, as well as the recent visit of US President Obama to the region.
Our closing piece of music is “Beirut” by the Palestinian troupe Al Ashekeen and we dedicate it to the Palestinian people’s refusal to surrender to the deceit and hegemony of the U.S. empire, something their leadership in Ramallah seems to have lost.

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Interview with Mahmoud Abdelal /10th Anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s Murder
This week we talk with Mahmoud Abdelal about the upcoming Palestinian Return Conference in Vancouver in May. Mahmoud, based in Montreal, is part of the organizing committee for the conference.
Our closing piece of music was dedicated to Rachel Corrie on the 10th anniversary of her murder by Israeli forces. The show presented a brief excerpt from what her father said on this anniversary in the “Congress Blog” as well as part of the call to action by the Rachel Corrie Foundation. Our music is by Egyptian Canadian singer Miriam Tollar, entitled simply Rachel. May her memory live on.

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This week we have a frank interview with Palestinian diplomat and author, Afif Safieh, who is officially the ambassador for the Palestinian Diplomatic Corps. We will discuss with Afif his new book, The Peace Process: from Breakthrough to Breakdown, as well as the current situation in Palestine.
Our closing piece of music is by the late great Egyptian singer Sheik Imam, based on a poem by the late Palestinian poet Tawfiq Ziad, I Clasp your Hands. We dedicate this song to the steadfast resistance of the Palestinian people who will continue to fight for their homeland until victory.

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Dr. As’ad Abu Khalil: The Case Against “Israel” as part of Vancouver’s Israeli Apartheid Week

SPHR-UBC marked Israeli Apartheid Week with a series of events, one of which was a keynote address by Dr. As’ad Abu Khalil, a Lebanese American Professor of Political Science at California State University and the creator of the Angry Arab News Agency blog. The March 1/13 event entitled “The Case Against ‘Israel'” shed light on very important questions facing Palestinians and their supporters. Voice of Palestine presents Dr. Abu Khalil’s speech in its entirety as he discusses the following points – Does the apartheid state have a right to exist? Did it ethnically cleanse 750,000 Palestinians and destroy over 500 villages or is this just a Palestinian myth? And why does this Zionist entity have to maintain its aggression and occupation of Palestine? Is this structure of systemic and systematic colonialism, oppression and occupation of stolen land viable or is it doomed to failure?

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This week we talk with Kevin Neish who is currently visiting Gaza for several weeks. Kevin, a long time human rights activist from Victoria and a Mavi Marmara survivor, will tell us about what he has seen and experienced in Gaza so far and the objectives for his trip there.
Our closing piece of music is by Palestinian singer, Mais Shalash, Gaza in the Day of Victory. We dedicate it to the heroic Palestinians in Gaza and all the people of Palestine.

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This week, we talk with Dr. Bill Dienst, the co-editor of Freedom Sailors, a new book about the Free Gaza movement and its 2008 sailing that first broke the Israeli siege on the civilian Palestinian population. Bill will talk about the book and his upcoming speaking tour in British Columbia, as well as the medical conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories. (More info on Bill’s tour at Gaza’s Ark website)
Our closing piece of music is by Syrian-American singer songwriter Michael Heart, We Will Not Go Down, which was written during the 2008-9 Israeli invasion of Gaza, and we dedicate it to the historic steadfast people of Gaza.

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This week, we talk with Sean Clinton from Ireland about the campaign calling for a boycott of Israeli diamonds. Sean will update us on why and how the campaign was formed, the limitations of the Kimberly Process in banning all “blood diamonds” and Canadian and western complicity in maintaining the Israeli diamond trade. For more detailed info, see the campaign’s Facebook page. Our closing piece of music is by David Rovics, The St Patricks Battalion, and we dedicate it to all those working on the global Boycott Israel movement, their perseverance and their integrity. The struggle continues.

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This week Voice of Palestine features a wide-ranging interview with Dana Olwan, Asst. Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Syracuse University. Dana talks about the role of Palestinian women, the connection of the Palestinian grassroots movement with Idle No More and the indigenous struggle, as well as what is happening on the Palestinian scene following the UN vote last November. Dana also detailed the report she co-authored with Mike Krebs, entitled “From Jerusalem to the Grand River, Our Struggles are One“.

Our closing piece of music is by Palestinian singer Camillya Jubran, “About a Human Being”, based on a poem by Mahmoud Darwish, and we dedicate it to the indigenous people of the world, from Turtle Island to Palestine. The struggle continues.

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This week Voice of Palestine talks with Diana Ralph, member of the national steering committee of Independent Jewish Voices, about their group’s activities, the upcoming tour of Miko Peled and the historic petition Jews for the Palestinian Right of Return. Our closing piece of music is by Omayma El Khalil, They Wore the Keffiyeh, and is dedicated to all those international activists that wear the keffiyeh as a statement of support for Palestinian human and national rights.

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This week we depart from our expanded interview format and feature a special two-part show. Firstly, an Eyewitness Palestine about the Jan. 13th Israeli attack on the new Palestinian village of Bab al Shams and then a discussion by our two cohosts about the transition of Voice of Palestine to its new web format as well as their personal reflections on leaving Coop Radio. Listeners were encouraged to send feedback or programming suggestions to [email protected] or to Voice of Palestine’s Facebook page.

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