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40 supporters of Gaza Freedom Flotilla rally in Temple Terrace listen

06/14/10 Kelly Benjamin
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Tags: Palestine, Gaza, Freedom Flotilla, Israel, Temple Terrace

Two weeks ago, at least nine activists were killed when Israeli Commandos boarded an aid flotilla that was en route to Gaza last month. Since then, protests and vigils have been taking place all over the world. Around 40 people gathered holding signs and banners during rush hour traffic on Friday in Temple Terrace. WMNF’s Kelly Benjamin was there and spoke with Ramsey Kilic, director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Remah Ahmad, a Palestinian woman who...

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Interfaith rally in support of Gaza Freedom Flotilla listen

06/11/10 Kelly Benjamn & Seán Kinane
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Tags: Gaza, Freedom Flotilla, Palestine, Israel

WMNF reports from an interfaith rally in North Tampa / Temple Terrace in support of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. It's from a mobile phone so the sound is not optimal.

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In Tampa people rally in solidarity with Gaza Freedom Flotilla listen

06/04/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Gaza, Freedom Flotilla, flotilla, Israel, Rachel Corrie

The Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner on an aid ship heading to Gaza says the activists on board will not resist Israeli soldiers if they board the Rachel Corrie.

This afternoon, Mairead Corrigan said the vessel is expected to soon reach Israel's 20-mile exclusion zone.

Corrigan said the members of the Freedom Flotilla are prepared to be arrested and taken to Israel if Israeli soldiers board the boat.

She said they will deliver humanitarian aid to...

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American Emily Henochowicz shot in eye by Israelis listen

06/01/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Tristan Anderson, Emily Henochowicz, International Solidarity Movement, Israel, Palestine

Yesterday’s attack on the Free Gaza flotilla is not the only case of the Israeli military shooting international activists. Also yesterday, a 21-year-old American artist, Emily Henochowicz, was shot in the eye by a tear gas canister while she was peacefully protesting the attack on the flotilla. She is an activist with the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank. She is expected to survive the attack, but has lost her left eye.

Today, we spoke with a...

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Protestors: Stop giving Israel money listen

06/01/10 Kate Bradshaw
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Tags: Israel, Palestine, flotilla, blockade, Gaza, Middle East

A high-seas raid by the Israeli military yesterday resulted in the deaths of at least nine human rights activists headed for Gaza on a flotilla. In response, more than thirty protestors gathered in front of the federal building in Tampa today to condemn Israel’s actions.

The diverse crowd stood peacefully in the shade holding placards with messages like “stop funding Israel,” and “Palestinian self-determination is not terrorism.” Jordan Harrah’s sign said “Israel is a terrorist state.” ...

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Peace activist gives eyewitness account from occupied territories

05/27/10 Robert Lorei
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Tags: Palestinian human rights, Israel, Pinellas peace activist, International Women's Peace Service

Our guest today is a Pinellas County peace activist, Bettejo Indlicato, who has spent the past several months living in the Palestinian territory that is occupied by Israel.

http://wordsfrompalestine.org/

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USS Liberty survivor tells his story

05/13/10 Robert Lorei
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Tags: USS Liberty, Israel, Six Day War, Ernest gallo

On June 8, 1967, the US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty was attacked in international waters by the air and naval forces of Israel. Two-thirds of the nearly 300 men on the ship were either killed or wounded.

Our guest, Ernie Gallo, was a sailor on the ship and he says the Israeli forces attacked with full knowledge that this was an American ship and later lied about it. Survivors have been forbidden for 40 years to tell their story under oath to the American public. Ernie Gallo will be...

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Norman Finkelstein on Israel-Palestine conflict listen

04/30/10 Doris Norrito
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Tags: Israel, islam, Jews, GazaPalestinian Territories, Palestine

A lecture by Norman Finkelstein concluded a week long program on “Demystifying the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”. Finkelstein gave a recent history of the invasion of Gaza. He said the reaction to the democratic elections held in Gaza in 2006 is the “ghost that won’t be buried.”

Finkelstein quoted Mary Robinson, the former high commissioner for human rights who went to Gaza after the invasion.

Finkelstein considers Sarah Roy the world’s leading authority on the Gaza economy. Roy has de...

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Norman Finkelstein will speak about Middle-East tomorrow at USF, will be protested listen

04/28/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Norman Finkelstein, Bob Kuntz, Israel, Palestine, USF, Laila Abdelaziz

Tomorrow, noted Middle East expert Norman Finkelstein will give a lecture on the Israel-Palestine conflict at the University of South Florida in Tampa. But the appearance of the controversial professor will be protested by a pro-Israel group. Finkelstein’s lecture is being organized by five student groups, including the Muslim Student Association at USF and one of their members Laila Abdelaziz.

But not everyone is thrilled with Finkelstein’s visit to USF. Bob Kuntz is president of Shalom I...

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