This week saw a fresh round of negotiations between various Palestinian and Israeli officials, while the Israeli army continued to attack Palestinians killing 14 this week among them six children. These stories and more in this weeks program.
This Week in Palestine for August 25 through August 31, 2007 was brought to you by the International Middle East Media Center.
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Three United States attorneys who explain how they and others are using American courts on behalf of Palestinian claimants to seek justice for alleged rights violations committed by Israeli officials in Palestine.
Features interviews with:
Maria Lahoud of the Center for Constitutional Rights;
Jamil Dakwar, cooperating Human Rights attorney;
and Abdeen Jabara, Civil Rights lawyer and activist.
This program was produced by Noura Erekat for Alternative Focus.
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www.ccr-ny.org (Center for Constitutional Rights)
The Israeli army killed four Palestinians in Gaza, among them two children, and in the West Bank kidnapped civilians. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for August 30, 2007 was brought to you by Louisa Wite and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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On June 12th 2007, at the Daila center in West Jerusalem, Clemens Messerschmid, presented the first of a two-part lecture series sponsored by the Alternative Information Center, titled “Till the Last Drop: The Palestinian Water Crisis in the West Bank, Hydrogeology and Hydropolitics of a Regional Conflict.” Mr. Messerschmid is a German hydrogeologist who has worked for many years on international water projects in the West Bank.
He introduced the physical settings of water resources in the region and their extremely asymmetrical allocation between the Palestinians and Israelis.
In addition, he gave an introduction to the hydrogeology of the shared aquifers and an overview of the historical development of their utilization, focusing on the years of overt occupation between the 1967 War and The Oslo Interim Agreement of September 1995.
This program was produced by the Alternative Information Center.
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electronicintifada.net/v2/article6983.shtml (Separating the Waters, Part 1 by Clemens Messerschmid)
electronicintifada.net/v2/article6982.shtml (Separating the Waters, Part 2 by Clemens Messerschmid)
The Israeli Army attacks the West Bank city of Qalqilya and injures 34 civilians, meanwhile in the Gaza strip the deposed Palestinian cabinet claims it’s working hard to end the sanctions. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for August 29, 2007 was brought to you by Kate Orwell and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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In the West Bank, the Israeli army launches a number of invasions in various towns and cities. In the Gaza Strip meanwhile, one resident of Sderot is lightly injured by a home-made missile fired from the coastal region. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for August 28, 2007 was brought to you by John Smith and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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On Monday, July 23, 2007, Shir Hever, economic researcher with the Alternative Information Center (AIC), interviewed, Prof. Jonathan Nitzan about two recent articles which he co-authored with Shimshon Bichler, titled “Cheap Wars” and “Israel’s Roaring Economy.”
Jonathan Nitzan is a professor of Political Economy at York University in Toronto Canada and the author of numerous articles and books dealing with the regional and international political economy, including The Global Political Economy of Israel, published in English in 2002, which he co-authored with frequent collaborator, Shimshon Bichler.
This program was produced by the Alternative Information Center.
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bnarchives.net (The Bichler and Nitzan Archives)
In the West Bank, the Israeli army invades the city of Nablus and the nearby refugee camp of Askar. In the Gaza Strip meanwhile, a Palestinian man is killed after Israeli forces open fire on him near the Gaza-Israel border. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for August 27, 2007 was brought to you by John Smith and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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The conference, The Bilbao Initiative: Another Future is Possible, was held in Bethlehem on Friday, 27 July 2007.
Endorsed in 2003, by over 20 Palestinian and Israeli organizations, the Bilbao Declaration presents the minimum conditions under which a just and lasting peace can be formed, as well as providing a concrete foundation upon which Palestinian and Israeli activists can work together.
Over 100 Palestinian, Israeli and international social activists met at the conference, to jointly analyze the current political situation, endorse the Bilbao Declaration and form a steering committee to update this 2003 document for use in future joint advocacy.
In this show, we bring you the lecture of Dr. Majed Nassar, titled, “The Takeover of Gaza: What Next?” Dr. Nassar is Deputy Director of the Palestinian Health Works Committee (HWC) and a board member of the Alternative Information Center (AIC).
This program was produced by the Alternative Information Center.
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As the crisis rages on in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, Crossing The Line speaks with a nurse who was one of the last to leave. She describes the conditions and events that have plagued Palestinian residents for almost three months.
Also, we’ll hear from Sousan Hammad a Palestinian American independent journalist living in Ramallah, about accompanying 20 children from Jenin refugee camp to Israel for the very first time and the emotional impact this trip had on them.
And Mumia abu-Jamal shares a commentary on faith based foreign policy.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line for july 27, 2007.
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