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The Voice of Palestine was pre-empted this week and there was no show scheduled.

News Highlights:

• Israeli military forces increase checkpoint measures between Nablus and Ramallah, and near Bethlehem.
• Israeli authorities issue demolition orders to Palestinian shops in occupied East Jerusalem.
• Suspected Israeli Mossad hit squad used British and other European passports to assassinate Hamas leader in Dubai.
• U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton recognizes "subsequent developments", a move seen as allowing the Israeli government to hold on to major settlement blocs in the occupied West Bank.

Feature:

A live interview with Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American author and activist, who will be speaking at UBC the first week of March. Anna detailed the journey she had taken intellectually and personally that had shaped her political views on the oppression of the Palestinians. She also talked about her time with the International Womens Peace Service (IWPS) in Hares in the occupied West Bank and detailed her own personal campaign of encouraging Jewish people globally to renounce the Israeli Law of Return that automatically grants citizenship to any Jew who comes to Israel. Anna is coming to UBC at the invitation of SPHR to be part of the Israeli Apartheid Week there and will be bringing her book Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories.

Focus on Zionism:

Highlights of the February 16th, 2010 press release about efforts by the Israel lobby to shut down the Human Drama In Gaza Photo Exhibit in Montreal.

This show includes a live interview with Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American author and activist, who will be speaking at UBC the first week of March.

Download an audio file of today's entire show to listen at home on your computer:

• VOP_Feb16_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)

News Highlights:

• Dozens of Palestinians, including journalists, are injured as clashes continue with Israeli forces in and around Shufat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem.
• Palestinian farmers and internationals try to challenge the Israeli "exclusion zone" in northern Gaza, and reclaim 300 metres of private farmland.
• Israeli courts free two foreign nationals nabbed by Israeli military in Ramallah, as Israel increases its arrest campaign against both Palestinian and international activists.
• Palestinian ex-president Mahmoud Abbas agrees to the "proximity talks" being pushed by U.S. envoy George Mitchell.

Feature:

A live interview with Dr. Mads Gilbert from Norway, who had just recently returned home from a North American tour talking about his experiences in Gaza a year ago during Israel's attacks. Dr. Gilbert explained that he and other colleagues had been supporting the Palestinian people for a long time and been active in Gaza with medical projects for several years. He detailed the horrific scenes he witnessed during Israel's military invasion and the civilian injuries and deaths he and other doctors had to deal with. He also talked about his new book Eyes in Gaza, which should be out in English in May of this year, and said how pleased he had been with the response to his recent tour.

Focus on Zionism:

Highlights of a February 9th, 2010 statement from Students Against Israeli Apartheid SAIA at York Univ. about the racist intimidation of its activists by pro-Israeli groups, in particular the JDL.

This show includes a live interview with Dr. Mads Gilbert from Norway, who had just recently returned home from a North American tour talking about his experiences in Gaza a year ago during Israel's attacks.

Download an audio file of today's entire show to listen at home on your computer:

• VOP_Feb09_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)

News Highlights:

• Israeli attacks on Gaza last year have left a legacy of birth defects, possibly from exposure to white phosphorous according to doctors.
• Contrary to official Israeli denials, a huge bomb dropped by the Israeli airforce was defused at the Gaza flour mill last year as documented in the Goldstone Report.
• Israeli settler in occupied East Jerusalem threatens Palestinian family with M16.
• Israeli peace groups condemn right wing attacks on the New Israel Fund, which has been criticized for supporting human rights groups.

Feature:

A live interview with Jared Malsin, the English editor of the independent Palestinian news agency Maan, who was recently detained and deported by Israeli authorities. Jared, a Jewish American citizen, explained how Israeli officials grabbed him at the airport in Tel Aviv and then a week later deported him, after claiming "security concerns" had arisen. Many journalists feel that the Israeli actions were a pretext to retaliate for Jared’s reporting on Palestine, a move the Committee to Protect Journalists called "unacceptable".

Focus on Zionism:

Highlights of a February 1st, 2010 Open Letter from Palestinian, Israeli and International Human Rights NGOs about the recent moves by the new leadership of Canada’s Rights and Democracy organization to de-fund and attack Palestinian human rights groups.

This show includes a live interview with Jared Malsin, the English editor of the independent Palestinian news agency Maan, who was recently detained and deported by Israeli authorities.

Download an audio file of today's entire show to listen at home on your computer:

• VOP_Feb02_2010_16kbps.mp3 (16 kbps encoding, ~7MB)