Huwaida Arraf of the Free Gaza Movement and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement discusses the situation in Gaza and the effort of international peace and justice activists to break the Israeli siege. Ranaan Gissin, former advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister, argues that Hamas is the party at fault.
This program was produced by Inside Story for Al Jazeera English for August 24, 2008.
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http://freegaza.org
http://palsolidarity.org
Huwaida Arraf of the Free Gaza Movement and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement discusses the situation in Gaza and the effort of international peace and justice activists to break the Israeli siege. Ranaan Gissin, former advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister, argues that Hamas is the party at fault.
This program was produced by Inside Story for Al Jazeera English for August 24, 2008.
For more information, visit:
http://english.aljazeera.net
http://freegaza.org
http://palsolidarity.org
Two converted fishing boats set sail from Cyprus today carrying more than forty activists and humanitarian workers who are part of the Free Gaza movement that is trying to break the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli foreign ministry said in an open letter to the participants, “We assume that your intentions are good but, in fact, the result of your action is that you are supporting the regime of a terrorist organization in Gaza.” We speak with three of the activists at sea: Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement; Lauren Booth, a journalist and sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; and Israeli anthropology professor Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
This program was produced by Democracy Now! for August 22, 2008.
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http://democracynow.org
http://freegaza.org
http://icahdusa.org
The Free Gaza Movement has set sail from Cyprus on their way to Gaza. Reports vary as to whether the Israeli government will allow the two boats, the S.S. Free Gaza and the S.S. Liberty, to pass through the naval blockade and reach the Gazan coast. The boats are sending out video updates periodically during their trip. This report was posted from the deck of the S.S. Liberty (named after the U.S.S. Liberty which was fired upon by Israel during the 1967 war killing scores of American crewman) at 7pm GMT on August 22, 2008.
For more information and to donate to the Free Gaza Movement, visit:
http://freegaza.org
In the face of ongoing Israeli military actions directed at the Gaza Strip, which have taken the lives of over one-hundred Palestinians within the past week — including multiple children — a popular committee has formed in Gaza, which has been coordinating a series of popular direct actions and appealing for protests lead by social justice movements throughout the world.
On Monday, February 25th, the Popular Committee Against the Siege in Gaza, organize a major protest, bringing tens-of-thousands of Palestinians on the streets of Gaza, to protest the ongoing Israeli closure enforced on Gaza, which has left the 1.5 million Palestinians of Gaza without basic supplies, without regular electricity and often without clean water. The protest aimed to highlight the realities of the ongoing Israeli siege on Gaza, which Amnesty International recently deemed a violation of international law.
This interview with organizer Sam Hadeeb provides a direct perspective on popular, or grassroots organizing taking place in Gaza in opposition to the ongoing Israeli siege on Gaza, which has been maintained in the context of ongoing Israeli military operations throughout the Gaza Strip, that have drawn international condemnation, including from the Secretary General of the U.N.
This program was produced by Stefan Christoff for Radio Tadamon! on March 10, 2008.
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http://tadamon.resist.ca
http://freegaza.ps/english/
Israel continues its policy of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and barring internationals from documenting Israeli human rights violations, Sam Bahour will join us to talk more about this ongoing policy.
Then, a Palestinian mother of seven dies at the border as yet another casualty of Israel’s border closure of the Gaza Strip, where more than a dozen critically ill patients have died as a result of collective punishment. Electronic Intifada frequent contributor and Crossing The Line correspondent, Rami Almeghari will speak more on this story.
Plus, masked Palestinian resistance fighters take over a classroom in Gaza, but they haven’t come to violate international laws, they’ve come to learn about them, Iyad Nasr – spokesperson for the International Committee of The Red Cross will join us to explain.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line for November 23, 2007.
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http://epalestine.com
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9096.shtml
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Workers arriving at the Caterpillar – Perkins factory in Irlam, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, this morning were surprised by a 30 foot yellow banner with an acrylic image of a Palestinian, head in hands, whose house is being demolished by a Cat bulldozer while an Israeli soldier stands guard. The spray-painted text proclaims “Stop Caterpillar… Palestine… House Demolitions… Apartheid Wall… Perkins… 100% owned by Caterpillar… Israeli Tank Deal”.
It was all too much for some – they kept their windows firmly sealed while staring straight ahead. Others were interested but scared that someone might notice, a few shouted at us and declined any discussion. But quite a number, especially those not driving a Jag, perhaps even walking to work, were curious enough to take our leaflet and the War on Want Shareholders anti-Report. Some knew nothing about their company’s role in Palestine and thanked us for the information. Some knew of the issues and agreed with us completely. Some, it seems, were embarrassed to go into work through our line.
This program was produced by Chris Edwards on April 8th 2005.
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http://stopcat.org
http://catdestroyshomes.org
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org
The Israeli government declared the Gaza Strip an “enemy entity,” while the army kill eight Palestinians this week. These stories and more in this weeks program.
This Week in Palestine for September 15 through September 21, 2007 was brought to you by the International Middle East Media Center.
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http://imemc.org
Three United States attorneys who explain how they and others are using American courts on behalf of Palestinian claimants to seek justice for alleged rights violations committed by Israeli officials in Palestine.
Features interviews with:
Maria Lahoud of the Center for Constitutional Rights;
Jamil Dakwar, cooperating Human Rights attorney;
and Abdeen Jabara, Civil Rights lawyer and activist.
This program was produced by Noura Erekat for Alternative Focus.
For more information, visit:
http://alternatefocus.org
http://www.ccr-ny.org (Center for Constitutional Rights)
CKUT radio produced a retrospective on the 1967 Naksa (setback) for the 40th anniversary that aired on June 7, 2007. This is part four of that program.
CKUTs Samaa Elibyari interviews Prof. John Quigley, who speaks on the international right of refugees. He is a Professor of International Law (Ohio State University) and author of the book – The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspective.
For more information, visit:
http://ckut.ca
http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/bios.php?ID=42 (Prof. Quigley’s page at Ohio State Univ.’s site)