April 5 - Sprouts radio program spends "Easter in Israeli-Occupied Jerusalem"

Sprouts, a weekly radio program on KKFI-FM 90.1 in Kansas City, will feature a discussion on current events in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict this Monday, April 5 at 9:30 am. Sprouts is a nationally-syndicated program produced in collaboration with community radio stations and independent producers across the country.

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For years Palestinian Muslims have been locked out of Jerusalem's holy Al Aqsa Mosque, unable to freely practice religion in a city that was supposed to be shared freely, under the General Assembly vote that partitioned Jerusalem into an Arab and Jewish section, East and West. After years of claiming that their settlement construction advanced security needs, Israelis have entered into a bolder discussion about land rights to Jerusalem -- asserting that they can build wherever they want, and expel Palestinians in the process. We hear about the international legal questions, and the ongoing peaceful resistance in Palestine where protests are held against the separation wall every week.

We also hear from Christian Palestinians unable to travel between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, as they join in peaceful protests. The resistance effort against the separation wall goes on weekly, as Christian, Muslim, and other Palestinians, join Jewish peace activists from Israel and internationals.

Also in this episode of Sprouts:

• Attorney Francis A. Boyle, Harvard Scholar and author of the new book, "Palestine, Palestinians and International Law."
• Professor Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, formerly of the University of Tennessee, Yale, and Duke, he now does research at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities. Professor Qumsiyeh is a well known expert on Middle East genetics and author of "Sharing the Land of Canaan, Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle."
• Frank Barat, coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine held in early March. The tribunal found EU states in breach of international and internal European Law with respect to protection of Palestinian human rights. At issue too is the matter of who provided the weapons to Israel that were used during attacks on Gaza in 2006. British Lawmakers have called for a re-evaluation of weapons deals with Israel.

Music from YouTube recorded at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Franciscan choir, Orthodox Christian choir, and Procession through Jerusalem as well as the Bells of the Church of Holy Sepulcher, Golgotha

Sprouts is a weekly program that features local radio production and stories from many radio stations and local media groups around the world. The program is coordinated and distributed by Pacifica Radio and offered free of charge to all radio stations.

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