Excerpted from Democracy Now: Ali Abunimah and Phyllis Bennis engage Amy Goodman to discuss the UN's failed deal to end the occupation, and the PA's subsequent application for membership in the International Criminal Court. Unknown to most, that UN "deal" would make the settlements permanent and forever kill the Right of Return, among other evils. Also discussed by our host: the unremitting pro-Israel bias of the New York Times.
On today's show we will feature an interview of authors and activists Ali Abunimah and Phyllis Bennis by Democracy Now's Amy Goodman on the Palestinian Authority's recent decision to join the International Criminal Court (or ICC). As expected, the United States, and Israel have opposed this move, and Israel has withheld tax revenues in retaliation, badly needed to pay salaries and public services. Despite these measures, the Palestinian Authority decided to join the ICC, because the United States and Israel successfully lobbied against the United Nations Security Council's measure to condemn the occupation of Palestine and create a Palestinian state by 2017. Recently it has also been reported that one of the first cases Palestine would take to the ICC concerns the war crimes perpetrated by Israel during Operation Protective Edge last summer. It is our sincere hope that the Palestinians will implement an effective legal strategy capable of finally holding Israel accountable for its violent and unending assault on Palestinian human rights. Please note the Democracy Now segment was first broadcast on January 5, 2015.
This Week In Palestine (a weekly part of Truth and Justice Radio) is an award-winning three-quarter-hour segment of news from Palestine and discussion of issues relevant to the Palestinians' struggle for freedom from Israel's brutal military occupation and colonization of their homeland. It speaks from the point of view of Palestinians and those who care about them.
It's a regular part of Truth and Justice Radio, aired Sundays 6-10am ET on WZBC 90.3FM, Newton, MA, streaming and archived for two weeks at wzbc.org; TJR's website, truthandjusticeradio.org, has a link to This Week In Palestine archives back thru 1-6-2008; earlier editions are obtainable from radio4all.net or by navigating through our playlists. (At this important time, TJR has been airing a lot of Palestine coverage IN ADDITION to that provided by This Week In Palestine.) We hope you'll write to us at tjr@bluebottle.com if you rebroadcast our work, or have questions or comments.
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