Flashpoints
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Flashpoints – Gaza in the Aftermath – January 21, 2009 at 5:00pm
Gaza in the Aftermath. We feature an in depth interview with a well respected Irish Human Rights activist who is documenting potential war crimes, committed during the savage three week US/Israeli bombing of the densely populated Gaza Strip. We also speak to noted Palestinian Psychiatrist about the psychological damage done by the attacks, and we … Continued
Flashpoints – January 20, 2009 at 5:00pm
Documenting the Deadly Use of Unconventional Weapons Against I.5 million imprisoned Gazans. Also, medical workers continue to recover dozens of bodies left under the rubble of Israel's three week Savage bombing Campaign.Also, Barack Obama takes the oath of Office as the first African American President of the US, we feature excerpts from his speech today, … Continued
Flashpoints – Israeli forces continue to kill unarmed Palestinians – January 19, 2009 at 5:00pm
Israeli forces continue to kill unarmed Palestinians, despite declaring a unilateral cease fire. We hear a series of reports from the north to the south of Gaza, on the massive carnage left in the wake of a devastating, three week air, land and sea attack, that slaughtered over 1300 Palestinians, including four hundred children, and … Continued
Flashpoints – An eye-witness account of Israel’s Aerial Bombings of Al-Quds Hospital – January 16, 2009 at 5:00pm
An eye-witness account of Israel's multiple Aerial Bombings of Al-Quds Hospital in the densely populated Gaza city. Also Israel steps up its use of snipers in civilian neighborhoods. The death toll for Palestinians rises to over 1,150 with over 330 of the dead being children. Also activists chain themselves down and get arrested at the … Continued
Flashpoints – US Israeli forces continued to bomb heavily populated sections of Gaza City – January 15, 2009 at 5:00pm
US Israeli forces continued to bomb heavily populated sections of Gaza City, hitting three medical centers and a major UN food compound with White Phosphorus. Meanwhile, the death toll for Palestinians rises to over 1,100 with over 300 of the dead being children, and over 5,400 wounded. Also Nora Barrows Friedman reports on a militant … Continued
Flashpoints – ISM Observers document potential war-crimes in Rafa, Khan Younis, and Gaza City
ISM Observers document potential war-crimes in Rafa, Khan Younis, and Gaza City, as the Palestinian Death toll spikes to over a thousand dead, including three hundred children, and nearly five thousand more wounded. We'll also speak to a Spanish Human Rights worker about the use of unconventional weapons by Israel, against an illegally occupied civilian … Continued
Flashpoints – Israel continues to bomb the Gaza strip from North to South – January 13, 2009 at 5:00pm
Israel continues to bomb the Gaza strip from North to South, stepping up its use of Bunker Busters and the internationally banned substance, White Phosphorus: We feature reports on a potential massacre in the south by Israeli ground forces, and a series of punishing attacks in and around Gaza City that have left scores more … Continued
Flashpoints – Israel’s Brutal land, air and and sea war against Gaza
Israel's Brutal land, air and and sea war against Gaza, continued for the seventeenth day, as the death toll tops nine hundred, with over two hundred of the victims being palestinian children, and over 4000 thousand wounded: we have reports from Beit Lahia in the north,Gaza city, Rafah, and Egypt. Also Flashpoints senior producer, Nora … Continued