This week … May 15, 2012

News Highlights: 2000 Palestinian political prisoners end their hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authorities. Prisoner rights group Addameer is concerned Israel may not respect the terms of the agreement, which included an end to the abusive use of solitary confinement and other punitive measures, as well as some changes in… Continue reading »

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Downloads May 08, 2012

This show includes a speech given by Ilan Pappe on May 5th, 2012 at the Vancouver public library: “The False Paradigm of Peace: Revisiting the Palestine Question” VOP_May08_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB) Note: Due to audio difficulties in-studio, we have made available special, high-quality downloads containing the full speech of Ilan Pappe (in MP3 and… Continue reading »

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This week … May 08, 2012

News Highlights: 10 more Palestinian detainees are transferred to hospital, as the hunger strike against administrative detention and other severe restrictions continues and grows, with over 2000 Palestinian prisoners now involved in the strike. The Int’l Committee of the Red Cross warns that 6 of the hunger-strikers are in “imminent danger of dying”. Israeli officials… Continue reading »

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This week … May 01, 2012

News Highlights: After over 60 days of hunger strike, two more Palestinian detainees are at risk of death and have been transferred to an Israeli hospital; 4 more prisoners are also currently hospitalized in an Israeli prison medical facility, including Ahmad Saadat, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Israeli government… Continue reading »

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This week … Apr 24, 2012

News Highlights: Israel confirms it legalizes 3 settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank; meanwhile, the Palestinian Bedouin village of al Arraqib is demolished for the 37th time in the Negev. Israel takes punitive measures against the 1200 political detainees on hunger strike; today, activist Bassem Tamimi from Nabi Saleh is finally released after 13… Continue reading »

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This week … Apr 17, 2012

News Highlights: Around 1600 Palestinian political detainees go on hunger strike, to protest administrative detention and solitary confinement; solidarity activities go on around the world to mark the Global Day for Palestinian Prisoners. Welcome To Palestine organizers note that Israeli authorities are not only stopping and deporting visitors at Ben Gurion airport, but have pressured… Continue reading »

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This week … Apr 10, 2012

News Highlights: Israeli navy fires at Gaza fishing boats, to force them to adhere to Israel’s arbitrary 3 nautical mile limit off Gaza, despite the Oslo Accords dictating a 20 mile limit. Israeli prison authorities transfer another Palestinian hunger striker to hospital after 33 days; meanwhile, other statistics show that Israel still detains nearly 190… Continue reading »

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Downloads Apr 03, 2012

This show includes a special Eyewitness Palestine, with two reports highlighting the significance of both Land Day and the Global March to Jerusalem. Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer: VOP_Apr03_2012_32kbps.mp3 (32 kbps encoding, ~14MB)

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Important Notice: The Voice of Palestine would like to bring to the attention of the public recent decisions made by the Coop Radio membership during the Vancouver Coop Radio AGM held on November 27th, 2011. Please read Coop Radio places itself on the wrong side of history.

Voice of Palestine collective issued a detailed statement on Dec. 16, 2011 regarding the first motion that was presented to the Co-Op Radio AGM, entitled Let’s Reclaim Our Radio!
Voice of Palestine collective issued a second position paper on Jan. 14, 2012 about the motion that was presented to the Co-Op AGM regarding Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel entitled Support for Palestine is Support for BDS‏

The Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign – Vancouver (BIAC) issued an open letter to Co-Op Radio Board and members in support of the Voice of Palestine BDS resolution.
The Palestinian Committee of the Canada Palestine Association (CPA) issued a statement in support of Voice of Palestine and asked Coop Radio members and programmers, and all progressive organizations in Canada and across the world, to endorse their call

Welcome to the Voice of Palestine radio show; broadcast weekly on Vancouver Cooperative Radio (CFRO) 102.7 FM. Tune in every Tuesday night from 8 to 9 pm to hear news and analysis from occupied Palestine, as well as cultural specials and interviews. The show first went on the air in September, 1987, and has hit the airwaves every week since then. Voice of Palestine is run collectively, completely independent, and committed to bringing the often muffled and neglected voice of the Palestinian people to the Canadian public.

Listen to our show from within the Greater Vancouver and Lower Mainland areas (B.C., Canada) on 102.7 FM radio. Listeners with cable television can also tune in to the show from other areas. For more information about this feature and Vancouver Cooperative Radio, please visit their website.

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