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Tampa Mayor Buckhorn traveling to Israel, but not Palestine listen
11/16/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Buckhorn, Israel, Palestine, jobs, AIPAC
As Tampa continues to struggle with the rest of the country to find jobs for its citizens, Mayor Bob Buckhorn is reaching out to Israel. During a press conference Tuesday night the Mayor provided details about his trip.
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn says he is traveling to Israel to strengthen relationships with the country in an effort to attract businesses to the area. For example, a lot of the equipment that will be used in USF’s [Center for ...
1 commentsShould U.S. reinstate funding for UNESCO? Listeners weigh in listen
11/02/11 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: UNESCO, United Nations, Palestine, Israel, Everglades
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. The United States is no longer helping to fund UNESCO after the organization admitted Palestine as a member.
Many people have visited a UNESCO World Heritage Sites like the Galapagos Islands, Everglades National Park, Pueblo de Taos in New Mexico, City of Bath in England, or Venice.
We asked listeners about their experiences and whether they think the US should have cut off its funding to UNESCO.
We played ...
Be the first to commentAt USF Norman Finkelstein offers solution to Israel-Palestine conflict listen
10/13/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Israel, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Norman Finkelstein, USF
The United Nations Security Council has yet to vote on Palestine’s bid for statehood. Political scientist Norman Finkelstein spoke to students at the University of South Florida in Tampa last night, and said supporting a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict shouldn’t be controversial.
A self-described atheist, Finkelstein told a crowd of about 50 at the Marshall Center that “God helps peopl...
Be the first to commentState of Palestine asks for full member status at United Nations listen
09/23/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Israel, United Nations
Friday afternoon at the United Nations in New York, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asked the UN to admit Palestine as a full member state.
The US has promised to veto Palestinian statehood in the UN Security Council. Despite US-led pressure on Palestine to abandon their bid, Abbas said the application should be sent immediately to the Security Council and the General Assembly.
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Be the first to commentTwo views on the Palestinian bid for an independent state
09/22/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palesinian state, U.N., AJC, American Jewish Committee, Ken Bandler, Josh Ruebner, U.S. Campaign To End The Israeli Occupation, Israel, Palestine
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to request that the United Nations recognize Palestine as a full member of the organization in his scheduled speech tomorrow before the UN. If the UN accepts his proposal Palestine will become an independent state, receiving the full rights that other member countries enjoy. The new Palestinian state would be based on the borders Israel and Palestine shred before the Six Day War in 1967. We'll hear two differing views on whether Abbas' request i...
Be the first to commentWith or without Palestinian statehood, "Is Peace Possible?" listen
09/20/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Israel, Palestine, State, United Nations, security council
Last Sunday the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and donor nations gave their support to a Palestinian bid for statehood. But the United States plans to use its standing on the UN Security Council to veto their resolution.
In the past, President Barack Obama has voiced his support for a two-state solution to the ongoing...
1 commentsFrench Free Gaza boat boarded and brought to port by Israeli military listen
07/19/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: flotilla, Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Freedom Flotilla, France
Today the Israeli military says its commandos have taken control of a French ship that was part of the Freedom Flotilla 2 on its way to the Gaza Strip. But individuals in the Free Gaza Movement say the ship was in International waters and should not have been interfered with by Israel. Huwaida Arraf is with the Free Gaza Movement, one of the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla.
After this interview, the Israeli website YNetNews.com [reported](http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-409757...
Be the first to commentBoat of US activists sets sail for Gaza, but turned back by Greek Coast Guard listen
07/01/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Gaza, Audacity of Hope, Colonel Ann Wright, Alice Walker, Greece, Israel, flotilla
The U.S. boat in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza was turned back by Greek commandos today. The boat, the Audacity of Hope, set sail without permission today, but according to Tweets from journalists on board, was stopped in open waters by the Greek Coast Guard. The boat’s captain attempted to negotiate with the Coast Guard, who wanted the ship to return to port. But the captain was reluctant because at least two boats in the flotilla have been sabotaged in Greek port, presumably by Israeli age...
Be the first to commentIn speech to Congress, Netanyahu says Palestinian refugees can't return home listen
05/24/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Israel, Barack Obama, Congress, Benjamin Netanyahu, AIPAC
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress today. Many of his positions on an eventual Palestinian state are in opposition to those laid out last week by President Barack Obama. Netanyahu reiterated Israel would not use its pre-1967 borders as a starting point in negotiations. In 1967 Israel seized the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem during the six-day war. But Netanyahu said Israel would not give back any part of Jerusalem and would maintai...
1 commentsObama says Palestine must be based in 1967 borders listen
05/19/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Barack Obama, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt
President Barack Obama is endorsing the Palestinians' demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war. Israel's prime minister has rejected that, saying return to the borders before Israel occupied the Palestinian territories would spell disaster for the Jewish state.
Obama outlined U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa in a speech today.
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