Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah appeared on Democracy Now!, interviewed by host Amy Goodman, on Friday, 15 June 2007. He was joined by journalist and mother living in Gaza, Laila El-Haddad. Abunimah and El-Haddad discuss the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as Hamas takes control over the Gaza Strip. The two discuss US and Israel’s involvement in the recent fighting between Fatah and Hamas which has been commonly referred to as a civil war.
This program was produced by Democracy Now! for June 15, 2007.
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This week Crossing The Line continues with Pt.2 of a conversation with Israeli academic and activist Ilan Pappe.
Also this week, Professor Norman G. Finkelstein of DePaul University a noted academic scholar on Israel/Palestine, is being attacked by his old nemesis Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School regarding his attempts at tenure at DePaul. I’ll speak to attorney Frank Menetrez who published an article regarding the long simmering feud between the two men and the danger of academic freedom on university campuses.
Then later, we’ll hear from Aljazeera correspondent Laila el-Haddad about the current situation in the Gaza Strip in light of the 59th anniversary of al-Nakba “The Catastrophe”
And, as always, weekly commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line on May 18, 2007.
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a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/
Laila El Haddad is a journalist based in the US and the Gaza Strip. El Haddad is a regular contributor to the Guardian Unlimited and is a correspondent for Al-Jazeera’s English language website. Her blog, “Raising Yousef, A diary of a Mother Under Occupation”, is named after her 2 year old son.
This program was produced by George Cadman for Free Radio Santa Cruz on July 2, 2006.
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Israel pulled out of Gaza more than a year ago, but residents there say they are anything but free. Israel retains a tight rein on the border. Palestinian militants continue to direct attacks outward towards Israel, but fighting has also turned inward, as Fatah and Hamas struggle for power.
Laila El-Haddad is a Palestinian journalist who divides her time between Gaza and Durham, N.C. She was in Gaza City this December when violence broke out between the two factions. Dick Gordon talks with Laila about the prospect of civil war in Gaza on The Story. He also hears what it’s like to raise a child under occupation. Laila has a son, 2 ½ year old Yousuf, who is just now beginning to question what the fighting is all about.
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www.thestory.org
a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/ (Laila El-Haddad’s weblog)