Israel escalates attacks in the West Bank, and in Gaza, navy forces attack Palestinian fishing boats. These stories and more in today’s update from Palestine.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for February 8, 2010.
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On the UN Day of Solidarity with Palestine, Professor Walid Khalidi gives a lecture on the history of political Zionism and its profound impact on the struggle to control Jerusalem and how this city has become a source of conflict between Islam and the West. He discusses many wide held misconceptions on Islam and the history of Zionism and details the importance of Jerusalem for the faith of Islam.
Born in Jerusalem, Walid Khalidi, is the author of several books on Palestinian history and he is the Secretary General for the Institute of Palestine Studies.
This program was produced by Radio Tahrir for December 29, 2009.
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A report back and critical look at Gaza, one year after the invasion. Noam Chomsky is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a world renowned linguists, philosopher, cognitive scientist and political activist. Here, Chomsky speaks about the strategic isolation of Gaza from the rest of the Palestinian territories, the continued US/Israeli crimes, the corrupt Israeli prison system, the Israeli decision to choose expansion over security and many other US backed Israeli atrocities committed with complete impunity and in violation of international law. This event was sponsored by The Newton Dialogue on Peace and War, Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, CodePink, Greater Boston, Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine, and others. Prasannan Parthasarthi was moderator.
This program was produced on December 8, 2009.
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As the Israeli military siege on Gaza leaves one patient dead, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s central committee this week renewed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ term in office. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for December 18, 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.
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Israeli air strikes leave three injured in the Gaza Strip while an Israeli teen stabs a Palestinian in Jerusalem.
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Israeli troops kidnap civilians from the West Bank and plans to destroy homes in Jerusalem, these stories and more in today’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for October 13, 2009.
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On August 2nd, Israeli riot and border police evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem, claiming the land on which their houses were built belongs to Jews. The court ruling was the result of a Jewish settlers’ association claiming there were Jewish inhabitants in the region in the 1930s. The Real News spoke to the evicted families, and to Stephen Lendman, Research Associate at the Center for Research on Globalization about whether the same could happen to Jewish families.
This program was produced by The Real News for August 15, 2009.
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The Hanouns, a Palestinian family evicted by Israeli authorities from their home in East Jerusalem, are protesting their eviction by sleeping on the street outside the house that was for decades their home.
Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reports on the from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, where the Hanouns are sleeping rough in protest.
This program was produced by al-Jazeera English for August 7, 2009.
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Israeli forces attack Palestinians while delivering demolition orders in East Jerusalem as one Palestinian man is electrocuted in a Rafah tunnel in Gaza, these stories and more in today’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for August 5, 2009.
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