Our feature presentation this week is our own interview with Iyad Burnat, head of the Bilâin Popular Committee Against the Wall. This past week, he's been speaking throughout the Boston area as part of his month-long nationwide tour of American cities.
Bilâin is a village in the West Bank which has been bisected by the Israeli Apartheid Wall. Its residents have risen up to nonviolently challenge the infringement and theft of their land for settlement development. Iyad is also head of Friends of Freedom and Justice in Bilâin, a pro-Palestinian organization with the stated aims of building a "wide network of people from all over the globe who support Freedom and Justice for all."[
Iyad was gracious enough to sit down with This Week In Palestine to discuss his work with the Popular Committee in Bilâin. Here is that interview.
But first, some domestic news coverage: This Week In Palestine has been following various stories out of college campuses reflecting the growing student activism and organizing going on there concerning the Palestinian/Israeli issue. In particular we have been encouraged by the work of the organization Students for Justice In Palestine (SJP). They have faced enormous challenges, not only from the pushback by Zionist students, but also the attempted censorship by college and university administrations who try to stifle their creative activities in response to pressure from alumni donors influenced by the Zionist lobby.
In this regard, we share two Electronic Intifada reports from campuses, the first on Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts), and the second on Pitzer College (Claremont, California). The Northeastern U report is "Divestment referendum blocked at Northeastern" (electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/divestment-referendum-blocked-northeastern). The Pitzer College report is "Defying collegeâs threats, California students build mock Israeli wall" (electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/defying-colleges-threats-california-students-build-mock-israeli-wall).
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.
This Week In Palestine 4-5-2015
We interview Iyad Burnat of the Bilâin Popular Committee Against the Wall
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