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Monday, Oct 7, 2002 - Start Audio

-00:00 Dennis Bernstein: introduction: Israeli missile strike kills 14 Palestinian civlians including 4 children; interviews with Netta Jorgesen in Gaza; International Solidarity Member, Adam Shapiro; Professor of Political Science, As'ad Abu-Khalil
-00:58 Dennis: US supplied arms used for terrorist missile attack (Pal Chronicle story) (UK Independent story) (BBC story) (BBC audio and video report 108 min.)..

now w Netta Jorgensen (sp?) of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza City.. Netta: last night at midnight.. "Woman

Israeli forces entered Khan Younis city (background: Harpers Magazine, Gaza Diary, page 7), 14 heavily armored jeeps and tanks supported by helicopters; fighting for four hours.. one Palestinian man killed.. at 4:15 the Israelis left.. people came out on the street.. then a Cobra or Apache homicide heliocopter fired a missile.. 14 killed including 4 children; 85 wounded including 17 children..

List of the murdered Palestinians include:
1. Mohammed Hassan al-Astal, 15, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
2. Abdullah Walid Salah, 16, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
3. Ahmed 'Abdul Ra'ouf al-Astal, 16, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
4. Fares 'Abdul Nasser Daoud al-Zaqzouq, 17, killed by shrapnel in the head;
5. Haitham Mousa Abu al-Naja, 27, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
6. Ussama Mohammed 'Ali 'Aabdin, 23, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
7. Eihab Helmi Dhib Khalaf, 22, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
8. Ayman Mohammed Saqer, 35, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
9. Mohammed Mustafa Sadiq, 20, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
10. Jamal Fathi Muhareb, 18, killed by with several live bullets in the neck and the chest;
11. Mohammed Farhan Shaloula, 23, killed with a live bullet in the back;
12. Rahima Hassan 'Ali Salama, 50, shot by Israeli soldiers in her home, bled to death later;
13. 'Abdul Fattah Ali Suleiman al-Sallout, 40, was wounded in the chest by a heavy caliber bullet fired by an Israeli attack helicopter and later died...

Netta: also Israel tried to arrest one man.. went to his home.. the mother, Rahima Hassan 'Ali Salama, opened the door, fearing assault.. the Israelis told her to shut the door, then they fired through and killed her, and wounded her 15 year old son.. about the reaction in the community.. funerals, "victim

demonstrations, people are mourning, angry.. about the neighborhood, very crowded, junction of three roads.. no room between the houses, built together.. two, three story houses.. one missle went through a house into a bedroom.. Dennis: Israelis say they're in the business of killing terrorists.. Netta: most all of the people killed and wounded were not militants.. they were curious to see what had happened, "injured

if anyone was hurt or killed.. just normal people.. there are problems getting adequate medical equipment and medicine into Gaza.. some of the seriously injured might die.. 23 people still in the hospital.. Netta: life in Gaza is very difficult, impossible to leave the Strip, very crowded, divided into three pieces by the Israeli military.. most people cannot get to work, cannot get to university, farmers can not transport their products.. most people were working in Israel before, now Israel has closed the borders.. 65% unemployed, malnutrition rampant.. "two

Israelis now say three people must be in a car to cross a checkpoint.. little kids offer to ride through for a little money.. try to sneak back, (sometimes killed).. about the attack last night, the only thing I've heard from Israel is that they blamed the people for being in the street..my concern is that is happening quite often.. and the media hardly mentions it unless a lot of people are killed like last night
-18:28 Dennis: more about the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine..

with Adam Shapiro of International Solidarity Movement (ISM).. Event: Adam speaking tonight at 145 Dwinnell Hall UC Berkeley 7:30PM.. Adam: a situation all too common.. this got attention because of the outrageousness of the attack.. "woman

I've been in Palestinian cities after an Israeli assault, and yes, people do come out in the street to check on their neighbors.. it seems to me that the Israelis were repelled.. and then an officer decided to get even.. supported by US, the Israelis consider all Palestinians as terrorist, no matter how old or young.. one of the options for Iraq, attack it like the Israelis attacked Jenin.. if you attack an urban city, you are attacking peoples' homes.. everybody has a right to defend their homes.. "US?

US military on the ground taking notes in Jenin during the assault.. Dennis: the Marine Times wrote that the US special forces were in Jenin.. Adam: about the Divestment conference in Michigan this weekend.. it's not about the existence of the state of Israel, not about being or not being Jewish.. about the illegal occupation of Palestine.. "woman

campaign modeled after South Africa.. the underlying attitude similar to colonial supremacy.. we need to take more action to force Israel to comply with international law.. Israeli are in fear, but they have to ask themselves why this fear.. the underlying reason is the occupation.. continuing and expanding.. getting rid of the occupation, the only way to get rid of the fear.. normal live for Palestinians nowadays is being locked in your house 24/7.. and living in great fear.. Dennis: olives an important crop

for Palestinians, the harvest coming up.. Adam: olives an important crop, a good year for olives this year.. farmers land has been confiscated, or the land is near settlements, and settlers or army shoot at Palestinians.. everywhere is under curfew.. ISM is working to escort farmers to their fields.. they require international protection..

it would be great if the US or the UN would come, but they won't.. Dennis: how did you get involved, why? as a Jew.. Adam: trying to build bridges between Arab and Israeli kids.. I was on the ground when Sharon invaded the Temple Mount.. lethal force used against Palestinian protestors.. , unless Internationals were present.. American Jews need to separate support for Israel, from support for what Israel is doing.. Sharon fighting an expansionist war for land and to get rid of the Palestinian people.. "men

about 'transfer' (ie ethnic cleansing) talked about in Israel.. Jane's Intelligence Review located Israeli forces in western Iraq.. looking for areas to settle Palestinian people.. even here in the US, Dick Armey called for 'transer'.. a hardcore Zionist agenda to find 'land for people for a people without land'.. we know Palestine was not empty, but the Zionists want to make it so.. Dennis: Jordan says it will militarily resist Israeli purge of the Palestinians.. Adam: to join us on the ground in Palestine, or support us, see our website: www.PalSolidarity.org.. more about the divestment campaign, see: Students for Jusice in Palestine.. about what the US is creating.. I've always felt safe in the Arab world, but it's becoming a world very unsafe for our children to live.
-38:28 music break Phil Oaks, One More Parade
-41:08 Dennis: now w As'ad AbuKhalil,

author of

the new book, Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New "War on Terrorism" (order from Cody's Online), and professor of Political Science at CSU Stanislaus and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley.. Professor AbuKhalil: If Saddam is the menacing force that Bush says he is, why didn't he bring it up during his campaign two years ago?.. there are already a nuclear arsenal in Israel, but Bush is not concerned.. the inspectors were ready to do their job, but stopped by US.. the last inspection team infiltrated by US spies..

Bush says it is certain there will be a war.. US and Britain provoking.. Israel provoking the Palestinians.. Dennis: why does the US want this war.. AbuKhalil: the document US released (National Security Strategy).. the US wants empire.. the defence budget structured for endless war.. any power tries to match US force they will be dealt with by US military.. the US wants to put another Karsai in place, not democracy.. the US has no record supporting human rights in Arab world.. Saudi Arabia the most undemocratic, sexist, anti-Semitic in the world.. about the 'Iraqi opposition' that the US is courting.. these generals were the torturers and the worst human rights offenders of Iraq.. a record of blood and torture against the Kurds.. these are people going to deliver democracy to Iraq? Fat chance.. when the Kurds were gassed Cheney and Rumsfeld were chummy with Saddam.. Dennis: how will this play on the Arab street?.. AbuKhalil: already very negative.. the governments friendly to the US, repressive as they are, afraid of their own population.. the Israelis almost giddy about what will happen.. Dennis: about the missile attack in Gaza last night?.. AbuKhalil: the campaign of war and terror launched by Israel.. goes on.. about the death of children.. the US people rightly horrified by the death of Israeli children by bombs, but why no comment on the Palestinian children killed.. why never the term 'terrorism' applied to the Israeli actions, the Palestinians are terrified.. about the discussion in Israel about expulsion of Palestinians, now openly discussed.. contemplated openly.. great fear in Palestine and Jordan.. the US planning a 'new map' for the Middle East.. an unstopable flareup of ethnic fighting in store..
-54:42 Mary Bishop: wrapup
-55:28 End today's show. today's review by john lionheart

Friday, Oct 4, 2002 - Start Audio

-00:00 Leslie Kean: "Freedom

introduction: interview w authors of the new book, 'Freedom'.. Oakland police scandal.. Queer prison activists.. about the 'Forum on Peace' workshop and 'Not In Our Name' demonstrations this weekend.
-00:50 Leslie Kean: about the authors of 'FREEDOM', a history of black America in photograghs and essays.. order from Cody's Online.. "Manny

Columbia University in New York.. now w Manning Marable, Professor of History and Political Science, and the Founding Director

of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York.. Dr. Marable: about freedom.. the early English settlers seeking religious freedom.. now w Leith Mullings, Professor of Graduate Anthropology at the City College of New York.. Prof. Mullings: African Americans being enslaved.. concerned with the freedom to have families, to have an education, to be free to earn a wage.. Dr. Marable: photos of lynchings in the book.. Prof. Mullings: a human striving to live.. Dr. Marable: California constructed 21 new prisons and only one new university.. the prison industrial complex.. Prof Mullings: ordinary people putting their lives on the line.
-24:00 music break Sweet Honey in the Rock
-25:30 Oakland in the

middle of its biggest police scandal ever.. the Oakland Riders.. now w civil rights attorney, Van Jones, of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.. Van: the Rider scandal.. similar to the Ramparts Scandal in Los Angeles.. about Measure FF.. an effort to get 100 new police officers added to the force.. extremely high levels of violence on the street, but no money for social programs.. PUEBLO, Lets Get Free, other groups spearheading a campaign against FF.. $70 million dollars for these 100 cops, could be spent much better.. "Marin

many ministers have come out against FF.. would create a tremendous opening for progressives.. time for the city government of Oakland to get on the side of the people, and not the incarcerators.. Event: about the "Forum on Peace" in Marin Sunday, Oct 7, 2002.. the anniversary of the start of US bombing of Afghanistan.. Medea Benjamin, and many others speaking.. Marin Center Theater (see map).. 2pm-6pm.. tix: 415-472-3500.. info: 415-389-0163 www.BiggerThanME.com .. Van: we're blessed in the bay area.. get involved call Global Exchange at 415-255-7296.. or try the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights: 415-951-4844.. the power to change the world lies with the left, and power to change the left lies with us.. making the Bay Area a progressive lighthouse
-38:00 NOT IN OUR NAME, pledge..

(Saul Williams reads). Leslie: about the Not In Our Name demonstration this Sunday.. now w Jeff Patterson, Gulf War Marine vet and resistor.. Andrea Pritchard, of Copwatch.. and Judy Greenspan, of CA Prison Focus.. (no further review this segment)
-47:00 Leslie: reads a statement by Barbara Lee..

gives support to the Not In Our Name movement.. now w Andrea Pritchard.. Sunday: 2PM Union Square, guerilla theatre, .. in the East Bay, noon at Peoples Park.. Mission and 16th, SF 1pm.. info 510-594-4076.. info: www.nionbayarea.net .. Judy Greenspan: Event: Queers against Gray Davis, 'No Pride in Davis' protest 1800 Market Street.. Monday 5PM October.. info 510-665-1935 Gray Davis vetoed bills to help gays and lesbians.. also more about the 'Not In Our Name' protests all over the country this weekend, see: NotInOurName.net
-55:30 Leslie Kean: wrapup
-56:12 End today's show. today's review by john lionheart

OOPS! Flashpoints Oct 7: GAZA ATTACK: eyewitness report; Adam Shapiro; AbuKhalil

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