After Israel attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat abducting 21 human rights workers & seizing humanitarian supplies, another larger convoy is set to take its place from the U.S. – The Viva Palestina Caravan.
This program was produced by Building Bridges for July 6, 2009.
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This week rival Palestinian parties traded accusations of foiling national unity, while Israeli settlers and military attack are reported in both Gaza and the West Bank. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for July 17, 2009.
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This week on Crossing The Line: The UN Committee Against Torture releases a scathing report on Israel’s continued use of torture on Palestinian prisoners we’ll speak to Louis Frankenthaler of The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel about the report and a follow-up report that PCATI issued.
Also this week, after nearly two years of isolation from the outside world – courtesy of the Israeli military – ongoing extrajudicial assassinations, acute malnutrition, and a host of other issues facing the Gaza Strip’s 1.5 million residents activists from Brittan organized a massive convoy of goods and services to send to the occupants of the world’s largest open-air prison. We’ll speak to Fatima Mohammadi an activist and coordinator of Viva Palestina about the convoy and the challenges they face.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line for May 22, 2009.
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http://www.vivapalestina-us.org