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George Bush ponders the fantasy of a Palestinian state as key cities in the West Bank are locked down for his visit, Kristen Ess reports from Bethlehem; also, we get reaction from the south of Lebanon with our special correspondent Chris Brown reporting from the squalor of the Palestinian refugee camps; Michael Parenti talks about … Continued
Bush goes to Israel in the name of peace, even as the Israeli war machine continues killing innocent Palestinians; we”ll have a series of special reports from the west bank, which has been locked down and sealed tight in anticipation of the Bush Peace Train; also JR and Block Report with an important up date … Continued
Hilary’s campaign goes negative as she struggles to stay in the race, we’ll speak to Bob Parry about the campaign and the politics around it, and will the US turn the alleged confrontation in the Gulf of Hormuz into another Gulf of Tonkin?; also, Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports from the West Bank, on … Continued
Investigative journalist Alan Nairn talks about the CIA kidnapping tortures, the real story behind the candidates and the upcoming elections, and Suharto on his death bed, maybe; also, fourteen Palestinians killed in one week as Israeli warplanes bombard the Gaza strip, Kristen Ess reports from the West Bank as George Bush prepares to swing into … Continued
We speak with filmmakers of the groundbreaking documentary meeting resistance, that takes a look at the Iraqi Resistance in their own voices; Plus, U.S., Mexican and Canadian workers block the southern U.S. border in response to new NAFTA regulations; Headlines from the Region; and Flashpoints en Espanol.
Israeli tanks and warplanes re-invade the occupied Gaza strip, opening fire and extra-judicially assassinating six resistance fighters, bringing the weekly death toll to twenty; we’ll get reports from both Gaza and the West Bank; also, Chris Brown reports from Beirut, Lebanon, where he investigates the ongoing displacement and dispossession of Palestinian refugees; JR and the … Continued
We take a look back at our top stories, in part two of our New Years special featuring the best of Flashpoints in 2007. We’ll talk about a visit to a former Palestinian children’s prison in the occupied West Bank; the struggle of life under Israeli military occupation and colonization from the eyes of a … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, We take a look back at our top stories, in part oneof our New Years special featuring the best of Flashpoints in 2007.U.S. Gunships attack Somalian citizens in an escalation of the so-called‘War on Terrorism’ and a surge in military spending; Israeli economicsanctions worsen the humanitarian crisis in Occupied Palestine, while gunbattles … Continued
As the U.S. Border Patrol fires gas cannisters at Mexican citizens in Tijuana, Mexico, we get a response from the American Friends Service Committee working on the ground; Plus, we speak with Bill Means on the decision by the Lakota Nation to declare independence from the United States; Also, Activist Nation features the work of … Continued
