This is a weekly 45-minute 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.
Sherif Fam (associate producer), Stan Robinson (co-producer), and the staff of "Truth and Justice Radio," aired Sundays 6-10am on WZBC 90.3FM, Newton, MA, streaming at <wzbc.org>. The program's own website is <truthandjusticeradio.org>. It links to our playlists, which link in turn to archived audio.
Sherif Fam presents this special segment on The Nakba ("catastrophe"), incorporating part of the first hour of IMEMC's 18-hour marathon broadcast on 5-15-08. For the entirety of IMEMC's marathon, go to imemc.org and click on the "Radio Free Palestine" icon (now on the left column). Or use humanrightsmedia.org/nakba.html to download individual components.
Thursday, May 15th, 2008, commemorates 60 years of the Palestinian Nakba. In 1948 eighty-five percent of the Palestinians living in the areas that became the state of Israel became refugees. More than 500 Palestinian villages were depopulated and later destroyed to prevent the return of the refugees. Today there are a total of 7 million Palestinian refugees, dispersed throughout the world - the largest and longest running refugee problem yet unresolved.
60-years later, Israel continues to occupy and colonize Palestinian land through the construction of Jewish only settlements and the Wall in the West Bank. The Gaza Strip has been turned into one large prison. Israel violates international law and commits ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity. And Palestinians abroad are the world's oldest refugee population, making-up more than one fourth of all refugees.
This Week In Palestine: Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Nakba
