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Palestinian Playwright Uses Peaceful Methods to Challenge Israeli Occupation

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Tags: Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour, Beautiful Resistance, non-violence, Bethlehem, peace activist, Alrowwad, Israeli occupation, human rights, water

Good morning, welcome to radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll speak with a Palestinian peace activist. Award-winning Palestinian playwright Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour (Abed) is the initiator of “Beautiful Resistance” and director of Alrowwad, an independent center for artistic, cultural and theater training for women and children. Located in Aida Refugee Camp, Alrowwad aims to replace the ugliness of violence with the beauty of creativity. By telling about the success of “Bea...

Plan to end homelessness in Sarasota; What is it like to live in the Holy City of Bethlehem?

Tags: Richard Martin, Suncoast Partnership, Homelessness, Sarasota County, Dr. Mazin Qumsyiheh, PCR, Palestine, Israel, Bethlehem

Coming up today we’ll hear about a new plan to end homelessness in Sarasota. And we’ll also go to Bethlehem -- one of the holiest places in Christianity -— where we’ll talk about what the situation is like there just two days before Christmas.

But first a listener comment about yesterday’s interview with Iranian American scholar Trita Parsi about the prospects for war with Iran.

First up today — five years ago The National Coa...

Rally for Israel listen

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Tags: Obama, Palestinian Territories, politics, American foreign policy, Jerusalem, West B ank, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Culture, occupation, Bethlehem

We have to understand we’re in the Middle of World War III. So far, the only one that doesn’t get it is the White House.

Bob Kunst spoke to a group of Israel supporters beside the statue of the World War II sailor kissing his sweetheart. The rally was to show love and support for America and Israel, and against the Obama politics threatening to divide [Jerusalem](http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/defaultnew.asp?lng=2...