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Today on Flashpoints:
We are broadcasting live from the New College of California in San Francisco: Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from occupied Palestine on the local response to Israel’s invasion of Lebanon and about a poignant visit she made with young Palestinians to the land that was stolen from their families starting in 1948; We’ll also feature a live panel discussion on the gentrification of inner city neighborhoods from Harlem to Hollywood; The Knight Report with Robert Knight;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report

* Lebanon announces its intent to seek reparations from Israel as the invasion death toll exceeds 300
* Israel bombs bunkers seeking leaders of Hizbullah in Beirut today
* Turkey threatens to imitate Israel's cross-border incursion in Iraq
* Ethiopia is also imitating Israel's cross-border incursion in Somalia

Robert Knight

5:06 PM PST
Palestinian Local Response to Israel Invasion of Lebanon
Civilian Palestinian refugee convoy targeted by Israeli attacks - source http://angryarab.blogspot.net Nora Barrows-Friedman, Flashpoints senior producer reporting from Palestine
Western media turns a blind eye to the horrific images of civilian deaths under collective punishment in Gaza and Lebanon by Israeli state-sponsored terrorism. When Israel kidnapped and jailed one third of the Palestinian legislative council weeks ago, there was little coverage. Yet when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, Israel is permitted with US, EU and international collaboration and encouragement.
Interviewed by Dennis Bernstein

5:28 PM PST
From Harlem to Hollywood: Gentrification Panel
Willie Ratcliff, publisher SF Bay View Newspaper/owner Liberty Builders
Marie Harrison, columnist SF Bay View Newspaper/ GreenAction organizer
Shanell Williams, 2005 Jefferson Award for San Francisco
Alicia Schwartz, organizer People Organized to Win Employment Rights
Brian Murphy O’Flynn, coordinator Defend BayView Hunters Point Referendum Campaign
Interviewed by Emily Howard
Articles:

• In the war of the super-rich on the rest of us ... in San Francisco, as in New Orleans by Ann Garrison (SF Bay View)
• The Bayview Battler by Eliza Strickland (SF Weekly)
• The removal picks up speed by Kevyn Lutton (SF Bay View);
• Bay View back yard was jammin' Sunday by mesha Monga-Irizarry (SF Bay View);
• 'We Shall Not Be Moved' by Marilyn Bechtel (People's Weekly World Newspaper);
• Ten months after Katrina: Gutting New Orleans by Bill Quigley (SF Bay View)

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