As proximity talks started this week Israeli leaders continued to authorize more settlements in the West Bank putting a doubt over those talks, whilst Palestinians marked the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba this weekend. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for May 14, 2010.
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Mind Over Matters interviews Jeff Halper, Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and author of “Obstacles to Peace: A Re-framing of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict” and “An Israeli In Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel”.
Halper describes the beginnings of ICAHD and what the organization is doing today. ICAHD not only offers humanitarian help for affected Palestinians, but also emphasizes the importance of political resistance in Israel/Palestine and abroad.
This program was produced by Mind Over Matters on February 21, 2010.
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Michael Ratner reports on his recent visit to the West Bank. Ratner is President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. He has taught at Yale Law School, lectured at Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild.
This program was produced by The Real News for February 16, 2010.
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A high-ranking Fatah official visited the Gaza Strip this week, as the Israeli siege and continued attacks claim the lives two Palestinians. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for February 5, 2010.
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A leading member of the Hamas party survives an assassination attempt, and Palestinians continue to suffer form detention and eviction notices. These stories and more in today’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for February 2, 2010.
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Jamal Juma’a is the coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, based in East Jerusalem. As a human rights activist and advocate of the non-violent civil society campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), he was arrested Wednesday, December 16, 2009, becoming yet another Palestinian to be recently imprisoned by Israel in response to BDS advocacy activity. He along with Mohammad Othman and Abdallah Abu Rahma are among those who have been targeted in the last few months by Israel’s attack on Palestinian human rights defenders.
In this interview, Jamal addresses how to build the growing BDS campaign, linking BDS tangibly to other struggles for social justice, the origins of the BDS campaign prior to it’s official in 2005, as well as Israeli Apartheid Week activities in Palestine itself.
This program was produced by No One is Illegal Radio for March 05, 2009.
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Medea Benjamin, founder of Global Exchange and co-founder of CODEPINK, discusses the US and Middle East climate for war vs peace. She also talks about the Gaza Freedom March planned for December 31st of this year. Hundreds of international citizens are set to pour across the Egyptian border carrying a message of hope about peace and justice.
This program was produced by Talk Nation Radio for November 19, 2009.
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As Israel approves more settlements on occupied Palestinian land Israeli army conducted at least 22 military invasions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and bombarded areas in the Gaza Strip.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center.
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Omer’s speaks at Harvard on the details of his family’s home which was bulldozed to the ground without warning. His mother is in the hospital recovering from injury sustained jumping out the kitchen window to save her life. His sister was killed. The shocking photos he shows can be found on Omer’s website listed below. Among them, UN ambulances shot up by Israeli soldiers.
This program was produced by This Week in Palestine for November 7, 2009.
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Mairead Maguire was 32 when she and Betty Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976. We talk with her from Ireland about her work for peace in Palestine. Maguire was on the ship Spirit of Humanity en route to Gaza when it was boarded by Israeli commandos.
This program was produced by Redeye Co-op Radio on September 19, 2009.
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