Joe O’Brien of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), following his return from the Middle East, relates Michael FitzGerald an account of his observations while there and offers his recommendations for a just and peaceful resolution to the long-standing problems of the region.
This program was produced by Near 90 fm for September 10, 2009.
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Lia Tarachansky speaks to Fatou Bensouda, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) about the Palestinian Authority’s appeal to join the group of nations over which the court has jurisdiction. Bensouda says that before the ICC can investigate the perpetration of war crimes during Israel’s recent attack on Gaza, the court would have to rule on whether it has jurisdiction in the Palestinian Territories. For that, there would have to be clear borders identified, a task the UN would have to take on. Once the court rules on jurisdiction it would be able to prosecute anyone who committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide within the territory, even if (such as in the case of Israel) the perpetrator is not part of the International Court.
This program was produced by The Real News for September 4, 2009.
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Media reports said that a deal about prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas is likely to come about soon, yet no confirmation has been made public by the parties involved as Israeli attacks on Palestinians were reported in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for August 14, 2009.
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Sharon Lock discusses the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza.
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One of the key parts of Israel’s well-planned media narrative in Gaza is that they are carefully targeting attacks and that there is no humanitarian crisis there which isn’t attributable to the mis-management of the elected Hamas government. President Shimon Peres repeated the claim this Sunday on ABC News “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”.
John Ging, the head of the UN relief agency in Gaza, described the situation there as “inhuman”.
We have a catastrophe unfolding in Gaza for the civilian population,” he said. “The people of Gaza City and the north now have no water. That comes on top of having no electricity. They’re trapped, they’re traumatised, they’re terrorised by this situation.
They’re in their homes. They’re not safe. They’re being killed and injured in large numbers, and they have no end in sight. The inhumanity of this situation, the lack of action to bring this to an end, is bewildering to them.
The whole infrastructure of the future state of Palestine is being destroyed. Blowing up the parliament building. That’s the parliament of Palestine. That’s not a Hamas building. The president’s compound is for the president of Palestine. Schools, mosques.
This program was produced by Crooks & Liars for January 4, 2009.
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The International Solidarity Movement issues update on Israeli invasion of Nablus.
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In the West Bank, clashes between invading Israeli forces and Palestinians resistance fighters leave one civilian and one Israeli soldier dead in Nablus. In the Gaza Strip meanwhile, one man is killed by Israeli gunfire in the north of the region. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for September 18, 2007 was brought to you by John Smith and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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This week on Crossing The Line, June 8th marks 40 years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. Today we’ll speak to two women, Samira Khoury whose family was displaced on this day in the West Bank and Nadia Hijab a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies. Also, we’ll hear from noted author and activist Phyllis Bennis about the continuing human rights violations of the Israeli occupation army onto Palestinian land.
Then later in the podcast our weekly commentary by Mumia abu-Jamal and The War’s Toll compiled and read by Scott Burgwin of The Stand Independent News Service.
This program was produced by Crossing The line for June 8, 2007.
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