Crossing The Line host Christopher Brown speaks with attorney and activist Huwaida Arraf. Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, speaks about the victory for the residents of Bil’in village. The Israeli high court on 4 September ruled that the apartheid wall must be rerouted near the town. Every Friday for the past two years residents of Bil’in, as well as Israeli and international peace activists, have staged nonviolent protests against the wall. The Israeli occupation forces almost always used rubber-coated steel bullets, sound grenades and teargas against the crowd. Brown speaks with Arraf about the use of non-violent resistance in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Later, Brown speaks with Caoimhe Butterly, a journalist and activist who has documented the events in Lebanon since the fighting in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp began in May. Butterly speaks with Brown from Baddawi refugee camp about the current living conditions of the displaced Palestinians and how the Lebanese and other governments are addressing the issue.
As always, Crossing the Line begins with “This week in Palestine,” a service provided by The International Middle East Media Center.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line for September 14, 2007.
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CTL speaks with activist Caoimhe Butterly who is in Lebanon working with Palestinians who have been forced from their homes in Nahr al-Bared because of the fighting between the Lebanese Army and militants from Fatah al-Islam. Butterly speaks about an event she witnessed where two Palestinians were killed and 27 injured when the Lebanese Army opened fire on a non-violent protest organized by Nahr al-Bared residents wishing to return to their homes.
Later in the program Ghassan Bannoura from the International Middle East Media Center reports on the announcement from the Egyptian and Israeli governments to allow thousands of Palestinians stranded at the Rafah border crossing to return to their homes in the Gaza Strip. Bannoura also reports on the Palestinian civil servants who have received part of their unpaid salaries as Israel releases part of the withheld tax money to the new Palestinian “emergency government.”
This program was produced by Crossing The Line for July 6, 2007.
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This 2006 Cambridge Film Festival podcast features interviews with Caiomhe Butterly and director Katie Barlow.
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http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/ (Official CFF site)
http://cff.libsyn.com (CFF Podcasts)
http://www.visitpalestine.info (Official film site)