Last week the Israeli Army entered the Gaza strip and killed 13 Palestinians, including a 12 year old boy. It was the bloodiest fighting that Gaza has seen since its takeover by the Hamas party two weeks ago. While Hamas fighters were among the dead, the organization has reduced its attacks on Israel since the end of major fighting with the rival Fatah party. Tension between Hamas and Fateh resulted in an all-out civil war between the two groups in late 2006 and 2007. Hamas now has complete control of the Gaza strip while Fatah remains in charge of the West Bank. The context of this in-fighting is of course the on-going Israeli occupation.
Uprising Radio spoke recently with Dr. Mona El Farra, a physician who works and lives in Gaza. Dr. El Farra is currently in the United States at the US Social Forum and joined us for an interview.
This program was produced by Uprising Radio for July 2, 2007.
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uprisingradio.org
fromgaza.blogspot.com (Dr. El Fara’s blog)
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