Talk Nation Radio for Christmas Week, December 23, 2009
A Solidarity Holiday at the Gaza Freedom March
Also featuring Olga Ghazaryan, Oxfam International’s regional director for the Middle East.
Breaking Story: 16 aid organizations criticize the US and international community in general for their failure to help end Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
TRT:29:13
Produced by Dori Smith, Storrs, Connecticut
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As other American college students head home for the holidays, some head to Gaza for a solidarity Christmas at the Gaza Freedom March December 31st. Those who are Christian in the group are hoping to be in Bethlehem for Christmas then meet 1,000 other international activists and tens of thousands of Palestinians calling on Israel to open the borders for peace and aid. www.gazafreedommarch.org
Hedy Epstein is one of more than 1,000 people from all over the world, well known activists and students or other types of volunteers, hoping to promote peace and a lifting of the Israeli blockade. The list includes some government officials from France and the Philippines as well as Zainab Salbi of Women for Women International, writer Alice Walker, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale, Filipino MP Walden Bello, Codepink founders Jodi Evans and Medea Benjamin, author and activist Ali Abunimah, as well as French rap group M.A.P. — Musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd and other artists, writers, and peace activists.
The Gaza Freedom March was organized by the International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza, a diverse group of faith based and non faith based organization focusing on human rights under international law.
Youtube Clips: Hedy Epstein, and French Rappers MAP in Nablus.
A very happy solidarity holiday season! Our web site is talknationradio.org and special thanks to everyone who helps with this program particularly my husband Joseph Smith. Our music is by Fritz Heede