A volunteer with Bustan describes Ecobuilding a medical clinic with indigenous Bedouin people in Israel as direct action.

This program was produced on April 18, 2006.

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bustan.org

Professor As’ad Abukhalil, author of the “Angry Arab News Service” blog, discusses depictions of Arabs in recent Hollywood and independent films, including “Munich,” “Kingdom of Heaven,” and “Paradise Now.”

This lecture was recorded at the Seattle Arab and Iranian Film Festival, 2 April 2006.

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www.saiff.com/ (Seattle Arab and Iranian Film Festival)
angryarab.blogspot.com/

In Gaza, a 17-year-old girl dies from wounds sustained three years ago from Israeli gunfire. Israeli tanks along the northern Gaza-Israel line shelled unpopulated areas near Beit Hanoun Wednesday night. A resistance fighter was also killed by Israeli gunfire. In the West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli settlers set a Palestinian woman’s car on fire Thursday. Nearby Israeli soldiers did not intervene to stop the settlers from burning the car. This was the third car the women has lost due to vandalism by Israeli settlers. More than 20 Palestinian civilians were abducted from points across the West Bank Thursday morning.

Palestine Today for April 5, 2007 was brought to you by Oliver Eacott and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.

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David Hardaker covers the story of Osama and Jasmine. He’s a Palestinian Muslim, she’s an Israeli Jew. They fell in love and are now forced to leave their native land because of social persecution.

This program was produced by the AM program on Australia radio.

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www.abc.net.au/am/default.htm