The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back visiting the region within the framework of US efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, while Israeli forces continue to close all the Gaza border crossings, as they have done for more than two years. These stories and more in this week’s update.
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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 Free Gaza Movement has set sail from Cyprus on their way to Gaza. Reports vary as to whether the Israeli government will allow the two boats, the S.S. Free Gaza and the S.S. Liberty, to pass through the naval blockade and reach the Gazan coast. The boats are sending out video updates periodically during their trip. This report was posted from the deck of the S.S. Liberty (named after the U.S.S. Liberty which was fired upon by Israel during the 1967 war killing scores of American crewman) at 7pm GMT on August 22, 2008.
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George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Jeff Halper about the Israeli government’s policy of demolishing Palestinian homes and how that policy fits into the overall Occupation of Palestine. Also discussed was the viability of the “two-state solution”, the U.S. connection to Israeli government policy, the Jewish Voices For Peace Conference in Oakland, Ca on April 28-29 (where he was a featured speaker), and his upcoming talk in Santa Cruz on Wednesday, May 2, 2007.
Jeff Halper is the Coordinating Director of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD), a distinguished author, internationally acclaimed speaker, and an Israeli peace activist for over 30 years. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and is the author of Obstacles to Peace (2005). ICAHD is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses. It is comprised of members of many Israeli peace and human rights organizations and works closely with local Palestinian organizations.
This program was produced by George Cadman for Free Radio Santa Cruz on April 29, 2007.
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Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from the occupied West Bank on the ongoing illegal Israeli settlement colony expansion and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land; she speaks with Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions as he explains the policies, and spends time with residents of a village south of Bethlehem who are losing their land to an encroaching settlement colony; and the Knight Report.
This program was produced by Flashpoints Radio on April 12, 2007
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