18 hour radio broadcast on 60 years of Palestinian dispossession
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 60 YEARSTHURSDAY, MAY 15th, from Midnight until 6pm (EST) - Join us for this historic international radio reflection of the Palestinian Nakba or catastrophe. Content will be hosted by the International Middle East Media Center in Bethlehem (Palestine), in collaboration with CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal (Quebec, Canada), CHRY 105.5fm in Toronto (Ontario, Canada), and KBOO 90.7fm in Portland (Oregon, USA). Including contributions from Pacifica Radio and Democracy Now!
Tune-in and remember!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.On Thursday, May 15th, we will broadcast throughout the day on these and many other topics.
A complete schedule will be available soon, email news[at]ckut.ca for details.George N. Rishmawi
The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People (PCR)
Director
Phone: +972(0)2-277-2018
Fax: +972(0)2-277-4602
+970-599-833-888 (cell)
+972-(0)544-351-339 (cell)
www.pcr.ps , www.imemc.org