Flashpoints

Flashpoints – August 14, 2006

Thousands of Lebanese head south to assess the destruction following thirty-three days of Israeli bombings and shellings; also, the cease-fire does not include Gaza, where Israeli tanks and warplanes killed three members of the same farmer family, blown up in their own fields by Israeli attackers; an in-depth discussion with Dr. Helen Caldicott on the … Continued


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – August 3, 2006

Our daily war summary from the South with Bilal El Amine: A view from Congresswoman Barbara Lee on US backed war against Lebanon: Eight more dead in Gaza; We speak to Dr Mona Al- Farra about the killings and the latest Israeli seige of Gaza: Lebonese Writer, Elmaz Abinader, counteracts the war with poetry; JR … Continued


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – August 1, 2006

Our special correspondent Bilal el-Amine tours the destroyed south of Lebanon, where thousands still remain trapped and many dead lie along the highway; also, a report from Beirut on the human rights nightmare presented by hundreds of thousands of displaced Lebanese; we’ll also hear about the emerging environmental nightmare as a result of Israel’s bombing … Continued