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Israel Holds Hamas-Led PA Directly Responsible for Tel Aviv
Attack as Occupied Territories Starved of International Aid
Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka on Oil in the Niger
Delta, the Effect of Iraq on Africa and His New Memoir
Israel Holds Hamas-Led PA Directly Responsible for
Tel Aviv Attack as Occupied Territories Starved of International
Aid
The Israeli government has announced it holds the Hamas-led
Palestinian Authority directly responsible for Monday's suicide
bombing in Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, millions of dollars of aid
to the PA have been cut off worsening the humanitarian crisis
in the Occupied Territories. We speak with Oxfam, Columbia
University professor Rashid Khalidi and economic researcher
Shir Hever in Jerusalem. [includes rush
transcript]
The Israeli government has announced it holds the Hamas-led
Palestinian Authority directly responsible for Monday's suicide
bombing in Tel Aviv. Nine people were killed in the blast,
making it the deadliest Palestinian strike against Israel
in two years. The group Islamic Jihad took responsibility
for the bombing and Hamas said the attack was justified. Israel
called Hamas's justifications "clear declarations of
war."
The bombing was widely criticized by the international community.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri defended his stance, saying
"Hamas and the Palestinian people will not buckle in
the face of political pressure and blackmail." Meanwhile,
Israeli troops clashed with hundreds of Palestinian stone
throwers in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday. Israeli
forces reportedly fired tear gas, rubber-coated steel pellets
and some live rounds at the crowds. Israeli troops also arrested
more than 20 Palestinians in raids across the West Bank. The
father of the Tel Aviv bomber was reported to be among those
detained.
Israel said it plans to revoke the residency permits of several
Hamas MPs living in East Jerusalem. This comes as Japan has
confirmed that it will halt new aid payments to the Palestinian
Authority, adding to a financial crisis. The US and EU have
cut off millions of dollars in aid to the PA since Hamas's
victory in the January 25th elections, demanding that Hamas
recognize Israel and renounce violence. Last week Oxfam International
warned that the humanitarian crisis in the West Bank and Gaza
will only worsen in response to international aid cuts.
- Adrienne Smith, spokesperson for Oxfam, an international
aid organization. She speaks to us from Boston.
- Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies
and the Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia
University. He's also the author of several books most recently
"Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's
Perilous Path in the Middle East."
- Shir Hever, economic researcher for the Alternative Information
Center in Jerusalem.
Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka on Oil in
the Niger Delta, the Effect of Iraq on Africa and His New
Memoir
Legendary Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka, the first African
to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, joins us to discuss oil
in the Niger Delta, the effect of the U.S. invasion and occupation
of Iraq on Africa and why he titled his new memoir "You
Must Set Forth at Dawn." [includes rush
transcript]
Part II of our conversation with legendary Nigerian writer
and political activist, Wole Soyinka - the first African ever
to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
For decades, he has been an outspoken critic of many Nigerian
administrations, and of political tyrannies worldwide.
He is the author of many novels and plays. His latest work
is a memoir titled: "You Must Set Forth at Dawn."
- Wole Soyinka, legendary Nigerian playwright. In 1986,
he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first
African ever to receive the award.
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