AUDIO: Anne Gwynne on the 'relative period of calm' in which only Palestinians were killed

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Today on Flashpoints: The National Movement to Boycott Israeli Products Gains Steam.
We’ll Feature Reports on the Divestment Movement from New Jersey and San Francisco; What Provoked Yesterday’s Suicide Bombings; Mainstream Media Coverage Excludes the Killing of Palestinian Children by Israeli Occupation Forces; Two Spoken Word Pieces Dealing with Civil Liberties and Civil Rights.

00:00 Ongoing Violence in Palestine and the Media's Response To It.
Anne Gwynne, Flashpoints correspondent and Alison Weir - If Americans Knew
What provoked the suicide bombings yesterday. Was it really a 'calm time' in Isreal and the occupied West Bank and Gauza. Anne Gwynne cites that since June 3rd, the Roadmap Inception there have been 69 murders of Palestinians, 250 wounded, 424 arrests, 12 cases of firings on demonstraters, 60+ house demolitions, 8 major land confiscations and 19 curfews: all illegal and a contradiction of the Roadmap.
Update on the ongoing critical issues in the violence against Palestinian civilians.

24:00 "I Disagree" : Spoken Word Piece by Steve Connell.
30:00 Rainbow Vote to Boycott Israeli Goods and National Divestment Effort
Dennis interviews Rachel West of Rainbow Grocery and Charlotte Kates of Rutgers University.
Locally the progressive Rainbow Grocery is taking a vote on boycotting Israeli goods as part of the national movement against Istraeli apartheid. Nationally, Rutgers University Charlotte West relates the resistance, intimidations and threats both to her, her parents and the movement.
Initially the NJ Governor tried to shut down the 3rd annual event by initiating a Counter Terrorism investigation. After the University upheld the right to speak out and national outspoken support, the movement is gaining momentum despite severe intimidation tactics.
54:00 "Hyphen-American": Spoken Word Piece by Uchechi Kalu

Christopher Sparkle introduces this music accompanied piece by U. Kalu. "You Ask What I Am,
Where I Come From? This is All I Can Say: I'm Hyphen- American"..