In the West Bank, the Israeli army continues to impose its siege on the el-Ein refugee camp in Nablus. In the Gaza Strip meanwhile, a 17-year-old boy is crushed by an invading Israeli bulldozer. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for September 20, 2007 was brought to you by John Smith and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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We see images on TV of stone throwing children, the destruction following a suicide bomb attack and Israeli army tanks and helicopters. But what’s behind the conflict? On this program we take a look at the Palestinian’s long history of resistance to colonialism and the current conflict over the Occupied Territories.
Featuring: Hatem Bazian, Professor of Near East Studies at the University of California at Berkeley;
Najiya Shana, a Palestinian American residing in Washington, DC;
Moatsin Agha, a Palestinian from Gaza who was exiled after the 1967 war;
As’ad Abu Khalil, a Research Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and author of “Bin Laden, Islam and America’s New War on Terrorism”;
Marwan Barghouti, Secretary General of Fatah.
This program was produced for the National Radio Project for May 29, 2002.
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This Week In Palestine for April 7th through April 13th, 2007 is a service of the International Middle East Media Center.
While Palestinian and Israeli officials are negotiating a prisoners’ swap deal, Israeli army continue to attack Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and Israeli settlers continue to expand and build new settlements. These stories and more in this week’s recap.
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