ISRAEL

  • Democracy Now! March 18, 2003

    Hour 1: President Bush vows to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein doesn t flee within 48 hours: Democracy Now talks to response Dennis Halliday, Ralph Nader, Leslie Cagan and Jeremy Scahill; With 300,000 troops set to invade Iraq, Gulf War veterans are concerned the safety of US forces may be compromised: We talk to Steve…

  • Democracy Now! March 18, 2003

    President Bush vows to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein doesn t flee within 48 hours: protests intensify around the world & British government in uproar as senior officials resign; Vandenberg Air Force Base authorizes ‘deadly force’ against protesters: protesters aren t deterred; 300 New Yorkers protest the Israeli military killing of U.S. citizen Rachel Corrie:…

  • Democracy Now! March 11, 2003

    Hour 1 :: Anti-war protesters plan for massive civil disobedience in Washington next week; Immigrant rights groups prepare for a fourth round of mass deportations of Pakistani detainees; Police in Montpelier, Vt. photograph student protesters & ask for surveillance help from the local media: Meanwhile in Minnesota, law enforcement identifies student anti-war group as possible…

  • Democracy Now! March 12, 2003

    “Throughout the globe, the United States is becoming associated with the unjustified use of force : Diplomat John Brown explains why he resigned from the State Department to protest U.S. war plans in Iraq; Halliburton, Bechtel and other U.S. firms set to profit from the rebuilding of postwar Iraq: Meanwhile the Guardian reports Halliburton is…

  • Democracy Now! December 24, 2002

    Is Bill Frist another Trent Lott? The NAACP and NOW gives the Tennessee Senator s record an F grade, consumer groups warn about his extensive ties to the medical and pharmaceutical industry. Today is Frist s first day as Senate Majority leader.; Christmas under Siege: Israeli pull back its troops in Bethlehem but warn residents…

  • Democracy Now! January 27, 2003

    Israel considers full reoccupation of Gaza Strip. Weekend raid kills 14 Palestinians and injures dozens; UN weapons inspectors set to ask for more time Iraq: U.S. threatens to go to war alone and unleash massive attack (possibly nuclear) on Iraq; From Porto Allegre to Davos to New York: We hear from activists at the World…

  • Democracy Now! August 12, 2002

    A DISCUSSION WITH GEORGIA’S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONGRESSWOMAN/COLOMBIA S PRESIDENT AUTHORIZES GOVERNMENT TO TAKE SPECIAL MEASURES AND BOOST DEFENSE SPENDING |Congressmember Cynthia McKinney Under Fire: She is Georgia’s first African-American Congresswoman. She is the only woman serving in Georgia s congressional delegation. She is an internationally renowned advocate for voting rights, human rights and Africa. She…

  • Democracy Now! August 13, 2002

    JORDAN SHUTS DOWN AL JAZEERA |Story: ISRAEL APPROVES FORCED EXPULSIONS OF FAMILIES OF ‘SUSPECTED TERRORISTS’ The expulsions are the first of their kind. Israel says it decided to use this tactic as a deterrent measure. Last month, the Israeli military attempted to expel 19 relatives, apparently intending to send them all to Gaza. But the…

  • Democracy Now! August 2, 2002

    100 ISRAELI TANKS INVADE NABLUS |I00 Israeli Tanks Invade Nablus: After a bombing kills seven people, including five Americans, Israel invades the West Bank city in the middle of the night. Bush admits tax havens are a problem: But he claims he can t remember his own firm, Harken Energy, setting up an offshore subsidiary…

  • Democracy Now! Ju;y 09, 2002

    SON OF BLACK MAN BRUTALLY MURDERED BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS, FIGHTS TO SAVE HIS FATHER’S KILLER FROM EXECUTION |The son of James Byrd Jr., the black man brutally murdered by white supremacists in Jasper Texas, fights to save his father’s killer from execution Then, after international activists are held illegally by the Israeli military for 48…