This week on Crossing The Line: The games of the 29th Olympiad kicked off on 8-8-08 in Beijing China, amongst the participating countries is Israel who — although they claim to be the only democracy in the Middle East – have no Arab or Palestinian representation, sportswriter, activist and author Dave Zirin will join us to speak about the Beijing games, sports and politics and whether or not Israel should be banned from international competition.

Also this week, last summer a group called, The Palestine Media Collective produced a parody of the Vancouver Sun. Six months later, Mordecai Briemberg was charged with producing the parody and committing a commercial violation of trademark; we’ll hear an interview conducted by Jane Williams of the Red-Eye collective with Brian Campbell of The Seriously Free Speech Committee about the case.

And finally, 3 Fulbright scholars from Gaza have been told by the US consulate in Jerusalem that they will not be allowed to enter the United States after the consulate was informed of new information regarding the students. Former Fulbright Scholar, activist and author Anna Baltzer will join us to talk about the decision.

This program was produced by Crossing The Line for August 15, 2008.

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This week on Crossing The Line: An Israeli court found no evidence that soldiers acted improperly in the killing of a Reuters cameraman, we’ll hear from Palestinian journalist Rami Almeghari about the ruling, reactions too it, and doing journalism while under siege.

Also this week, Palestinian, Israeli and International peace activists have set sail on two boats for the Gaza coast. Israel has stated that it is within its right to use force if necessary against the activists, we’ll speak with one of the participants – Paul Larudee — as the boats steam towards Gaza.

And finally a commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal regarding the conflict between Russia and Georgia, all that’s coming up stay tuned, but first the news from Palestine.

This program was produced by Crossing The Line for August 22, 2008.

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Two converted fishing boats set sail from Cyprus today carrying more than forty activists and humanitarian workers who are part of the Free Gaza movement that is trying to break the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli foreign ministry said in an open letter to the participants, “We assume that your intentions are good but, in fact, the result of your action is that you are supporting the regime of a terrorist organization in Gaza.” We speak with three of the activists at sea: Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement; Lauren Booth, a journalist and sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; and Israeli anthropology professor Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.

This program was produced by Democracy Now! for August 22, 2008.

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The ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues. As Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government expand settlements in the West Bank while asserting that “painful concessions” are being made, what is really going on behind the scenes? Host Naji Ali speaks with Ramallah-based activist Neta Golan.

Crossing the Line is a weekly podcast dedicated to giving voice to the voiceless in occupied Palestine. Through investigative news, arts, eyewitness accounts, and music, Crossing the Line does its best to present the lives of people on the ground.

This program was produced for February 26, 2008.

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On January 26, 2008, thousands of people converged in front of the British Prime Minister’s residence at 10 Downing street in London, England to call for an end to the crippling Israeli siege of Gaza. The demonstration was called by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in the UK, which is also active in the global campaign to boycott Israeli apartheid.

This report also focuses on the voices of Palestinian children living in the UK as they express their concern for people their age living in the Gaza Strip.

This program was produced by CKUT Radio for January 26, 2008.

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In the face of ongoing Israeli military actions directed at the Gaza Strip, which have taken the lives of over one-hundred Palestinians within the past week — including multiple children — a popular committee has formed in Gaza, which has been coordinating a series of popular direct actions and appealing for protests lead by social justice movements throughout the world.

On Monday, February 25th, the Popular Committee Against the Siege in Gaza, organize a major protest, bringing tens-of-thousands of Palestinians on the streets of Gaza, to protest the ongoing Israeli closure enforced on Gaza, which has left the 1.5 million Palestinians of Gaza without basic supplies, without regular electricity and often without clean water. The protest aimed to highlight the realities of the ongoing Israeli siege on Gaza, which Amnesty International recently deemed a violation of international law.

This interview with organizer Sam Hadeeb provides a direct perspective on popular, or grassroots organizing taking place in Gaza in opposition to the ongoing Israeli siege on Gaza, which has been maintained in the context of ongoing Israeli military operations throughout the Gaza Strip, that have drawn international condemnation, including from the Secretary General of the U.N.

This program was produced by Stefan Christoff for Radio Tadamon! on March 10, 2008.

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Mike Cannon speaks with Beck Wolf of the Palestine Solidarity Project. At 27, this former NY high school teacher just returned from a year long stay Beit Ommar, Palestine where she worked with grassroots organizations and communities nonviolently resisting the Israeli Occupation.

This program was produced by The Mike Cannon Show for WNRB-LP on February 26, 2008.

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George Cadman speaks to Dr. Paul Larudee, co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement, on plans to set sail from Cyprus to Gaza in May of 2008.

The Free Gaza Movement’s mission is to break the siege of Gaza. They want to raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of the Gaza Strip and pressure the international community to review its sanctions policy and end its support for continued Israeli occupation. They want to uphold Palestine’s right to welcome internationals as visitors, human rights observers, humanitarian aid workers, journalists, or otherwise.

Dr. Paul Larudee is Co-Founder of the Free Gaza Movement. He is a former Ford Foundation supervisor in Lebanon, a Fulbright-Hays lecturer to Lebanon, and a former contracted US govt. advisor to Saudi Arabia. He participates in Palestinian nonviolent resistance with the International Solidarity Movement.

This program was produced by Peace Talks for Free Radio Santa Cruz on December 4, 2007.

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On Wednesday 23rd January, The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) hosted a workshop entitled “How can UK Residents Help the Palestinian Cause?” The guest speaker was Norman Finkelstein. The first part consists of Finkelstein’s Introductory remarks, and Part 2 is a recording of the workshop, and a short Q&A session.

This program was produced by the Federation of Student Islamic Societies for January 23, 2008.

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In early 2005, Yonatan Shapira and Bassam Aramin began meeting secretly along with a handful of other Palestinian and Israeli fighters in an effort to find a better way. The organization became known as Combatants for Peace.

Less than a year after they held a press conference announcing their goals, Bassam’s 10 year old daughter Abir was killed, he believes, by Israeli soldiers. But instead of hate, Bassam pledged continued non-violence while demanding justice for the death of his daughter.

Yonatan and Bassam talk with Dick Gordon about their stories and Combatants for Peace.

This program was produced by The Story for January 24, 2008.

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